John Ridley is seemingly suddenly a creative in demand (post his Oscar win for scripting "12 Years a Slave," last year). There is his new ABC drama series, "American Crime," which isn’t exactly a ratings hit for the network (6 episodes into the season, viewership has dropped 50% from the season premiere), but has drawn much critical acclaim, and may serve as more of a prestige piece for ABC; there’s also the scripting he’s doing for MGM’s remake of the classic sword-and-sandals epic "Ben-Hur;" and Ridley recently inked an overall deal with ABC that will see the writer/director/producer develop new projects for the studio… like this one (in…
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