Actor John Krasinski (The Office) and Aaron Sorkin are developing a miniseries for HBO based upon Life at the Marmont by former Chateau Marmont co-owner Raymond R. Sarlot and Fred Basten. Deadline.com reported that the legendary hotel, "which for the past 80 years has served as the backdrop of major events in Hollywood history and the lives of its famous inhabitants, will now take front stage" in a project written by Sorkin that "will tell the interconnected stories of the people who frequented the famed Hollywood landmark over several generations."
Krasinski, "the driving force behind the project," and Sorkin are executive producers, along with Chateau Marmont's current owner, Andre Balazs, and his daughter Alessandra. Krasinski is expected to play a role in the as-yet-untitled miniseries.
"I almost feel it's my extended living room," said Krasinski, who lives near the hotel and often holds meetings there. During one of those meetings, "I was staring at the hotel and wondered if there had ever been a project about it." When he decided the project was worth pursuing, he secured the rights to the hotel from Balazs and reached out to "the only person" he wanted to write the miniseries. "I don't think there is a better writer than Aaron Sorkin," Krasinski said. "The fact that he would do this project with me, is one of the highest compliments of my career."