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HBO is moving forward with Steve McQueen‘s drama pilot Codes of Conduct, giving the project a six-episode limited series order.

It centers on Beverly Snow (newcomer Devon Terrell), a young man from Queens as talented as he is ambiguous. His self-confidence will enable him to break into the social circles of Manhattan’s elite, testing the boundaries of access and social mobility. Paul Dano, Helena Bonham Carter and Rebecca Hall co-star. 

HBO is moving forward with Steve McQueen‘s drama pilot Codes of Conduct, giving the project a six-episode limited series order. The 12 Years A Slave helmer will direct all six episodes of Codes of Conduct, on which he had teamed with World War Z co-writer Matthew Michael Carnahan, hip-hop mogul/producer Russell Simmons, who has a deal at HBO, Oscar-winning producers Iain Canning and Emile Sherman (The King’s Speech) and HBO veteran Alan Poul (The Newsroom, Six Feet Under). All six will executive produce.

Co-written by McQueen and Carnahan, Codes of Conduct is carrying McQueen’s signature style of provocative filmmaking and is described as an exploration of a young African-American man’s experience entering New York high society, with a past that may not be what it seems. It centers on Beverly Snow (newcomer Devon Terrell), a young man from Queens as talented as he is ambiguous. His self-confidence will enable him to break into the social circles of Manhattan’s elite, testing the boundaries of access and social mobility. Paul Dano, Helena Bonham Carter and Rebecca Hall co-star.

Codes of Conduct follows the model employed by HBO’s buzzy drama True Detective, which also started as a limited series. The cable network also has upcoming miniseries True Justice. HBO’s 2015 drama series slate includes new entries Westworld, from JJ Abrams, Jonah Nolan and Jerry Weintraub; Rock ‘n’ Roll project, from Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and Terence Winter; and Ballers, from Dwayne Johnson, Mark Wahlberg and Steve Levinson.

In other HBO news, the network’s chairman & CEO Richard Plepler received the Drivers of Change Award at the FT ArcelorMittal Boldness in Business Awards in London last night for the company’s move to launch an online streaming service.

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