Banshee is an upcoming drama

Drama

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 television series executive produced by Alan Ball

Alan Ball (screenwriter)

Alan E. Ball is an American writer, director, actor and producer for film, theatre and television.-Early life:Ball was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Frank and Mary Ball, an aircraft inspector and a homemaker...

, Jonathan Tropper

Jonathan Tropper

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, David Schickler

David Schickler

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 and Peter Macdissi

Peter Macdissi

Peter Macdissi is an actor who was born in Beirut, Lebanon. His filmography consists mostly of television work, most notably playing long-time recurring character Olivier Castro-Staal on Alan Ball's hit HBO series Six Feet Under. In 2007 and in 2008, he was seen in Towelhead, a feature film which...

 and written by Tropper and Schickler. The series is set in a small town in Pennsylvania Amish Country and features an enigmatic ex-con/martial arts expert posing as a murdered sheriff who imposes his own brand of justice while also cooking up plans that serve his own interests. It will air on HBO owned Cinemax

Cinemax

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 and is produced by Your Face Goes Here Entertainment

Alan Ball (screenwriter)

Alan E. Ball is an American writer, director, actor and producer for film, theatre and television.-Early life:Ball was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Frank and Mary Ball, an aircraft inspector and a homemaker...

. Banshee is part of Cinemax

Cinemax

Cinemax, sometimes abbreviated as simply "Max", is a collection of premium television networks that broadcasts primarily feature films, along with softcore erotica, original action series, documentaries and special behind-the-scenes features. Cinemax is operated by Home Box Office, Inc., a...

's attempt to expand its original programming content, it will join Strike Back

Strike Back: Project Dawn

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(co-produced with BSkyB), a television version

Transporter: The Series

Transporter: The Series is an upcoming action television series, based on the Transporter film series by Luc Besson. It is co-produced by HBO, HBO Canada, French TV-channel M6 and German television company RTL, which, with the exception of HBO, will also air the series...

 of The Transporter film series, Ridley

Ridley Scott

Sir Ridley Scott is an English film director and producer. His most famous films include The Duellists , Alien , Blade Runner , Legend , Thelma & Louise , G. I...

 and Tony Scott

Tony Scott

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's The Sector

The Sector

The Sector is an upcoming Action Science-Fiction television series executive produced by Ridley and Tony Scott and written by Matthew and Aaron Benay. The series will follow the commander of a paramilitary unit who pursues a dangerous new race of genetically enhanced humans...

and Steve Kronish's Sandbox

Sandbox (TV series)

Sandbox is an upcoming Military Action Drama television series executive produced by Andre Fabrizio, Jeremy Passmore, Steve Kronish , Larry Gordon and Chuck Gordon and written by Fabrizio and Passmore. The series revolves around a group of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans who return home to the...

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