THE BALLAD OF RON AND DORINDA
Added 2024-02-07 19:08:58 +0000 UTCDetails on the limited series that's in development from MRC called THE BALLAD OF RON DORINDA and is based on a true story taken from an article David Herbert wrote for for Esquire
Details:
Writer: JESSIE NICKSON-LOPEZ, DAVID HERBERT
Showrunner: JESSIE NICKSON-LOPEZ
Producer: David Klawans
Source Material By: DAVID HERBERT
Talent: Dakota Johnson [DORINDA LOPEZ: In Discussions], Channing Tatum [RON MCINTOSH: In Discussions]
Logline: In 1986, it follows two lovebirds Ron and Dorinda who meet in a co-ed prison in the Bay Area and with a hijacked helicopter, engage in the most romantic jailbreak in American history — until the story takes a left turn, and then another
Roles:
DORINDA LOPEZ:
(Female, 36, but plays 27 in flashbacks, reads Caucasian) Flirtatious, southern woman seen with Farrah Fawcett hair in the 1970s. She has a daughter named Billie and Dorinda is a rough and tumble, street-smart con/criminal. She pulls off lots of small crime jobs but when she and her crew rob a bank, she is caught and sent to prison for 50 years. There, she meets and falls for inmate Ron and they plot their escape together.
Dakota Johnson In Discussion
RON MCINTOSH:
(Male, early 40’s, reads Caucasian) White collar Vietnam vet with PTSD. He is another inmate at Pleasanton Prison and he meets and falls for Dorinda there. He is serving time for stealing money from his bank job. He and Dorinda soon decide to come up with a way for them to get out of there.
Channing Tatum In Discussion
