Six days to go.\u00a0 Six days to Joe.<\/p>\n
Leaphorn, that is.<\/p>\n
It is June 6 as I type this.\u00a0\u00a0 Next weekend, JUNE 12, will see the debut of DARK WINDS on AMC\u00a0 and AMC+.<\/p>\n
Yes, it has “Winds” in the title.\u00a0\u00a0 No, it has nothing to do with Westeros.\u00a0\u00a0 C’mon, guys, I did not invent the word, and I am not the first writer to use it in a title.<\/p>\n
DARK WINDS is an adaptation of Tony Hillerman’s bestselling series of novels about Navajo tribal policemen Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee.\u00a0\u00a0 I had the honor of serving an an executive producer on the project (‘EP’ in television speak) and helped to get it up and running… but really, most of the credit should go to Robert Redford and Chris Eyre,\u00a0 two of my fellow EPs.\u00a0\u00a0 Chris also directed four of this season’s six episodes.\u00a0\u00a0 Lots of other good folks deserve kudos too, among them the tireless Tina Elmo, writer Graham Roland who scripted our pilot, and our amazing cast.<\/p>\n
DARK WINDS premiered last weekend at the ATX television festival in Austin, to great success.\u00a0 This weekend we had a cast and crew screening here in Santa Fe, and that went very well too.<\/p>\n
And now the reviews have started coming in:<\/p>\n