EPIX has no record of producing a breakout original series; Get Shorty is a risky bet for the first.
The first trailer for Get Shorty was released Thursday, along with the announcement that the series will debut on EPIX in August.
Get Shorty is now a TV series – and has the trailer to prove it.
The film version of Get Shorty was released in 1995 and is generally ranked alongside Jackie Brown (as well as the TV show Justified) as the best-ever adaptations of author Elmore Leonard’s work.