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But news today from the Indiewire blog<\/a> reveals that the Director of Photography for this HBO film will be none other than the award-winning cinematographer Robert Richardson, a collaborator with Martin Scorcese and Quentin Tarantino, who has photographed such beautiful films as Shutter Island<\/i>, Kill Bill<\/i>, Inglorious Basterds<\/i>, and who won Oscars for his work on Oliver Stone\u2019s JFK<\/i> and Scorcese\u2019s The Aviator<\/i>.<\/p>\n

No news yet on who will be directing, or the cast. But if you want a shot at being chosen to read the multi-voiced audio book version in the works, check this out<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"