HBO plotting more for Milch ‘Cincinatti’ scribe inks new project

14 Aug 2007, By STEVEN ZEITCHIK, Variety

HBO and David Milch are prepping what could be the scribe’s next project, and it’s a return to familiar territory: the realm of New York City cops.

Sources said the creator will develop the project about a Vietnam veteran who returns to the U.S. in the early 1970s and joins the New York City police force. Story is loosely based on the experience of longtime Milch collaborator and fellow “NYPD Blue” exec producer Bill Clark, who is developing the show with Milch.

Project was one of several Milch and HBO began working on several years ago but put on the shelf as Milch worked on other series for the pay web. But with Milch’s “John From Cincinnati” now officially off HBO’s map, the cops project has now been revived… [more]