HBO has been attracting great actors and the best in TV business for years, but more recently it’s been making a bid for the top behind-the-scenes film talent as well. They had Todd Haynes directing the acclaimed Mildred Pierce mini-series, recently announced they’d be funding Steven Soderbergh’s Liberace biopic, and now THR reports that director Oliver Stone is teaming with HBO for a film based on Robert Caro’s Pulitzer Prize-winning non-fiction book, The Power Broker.

The film is about Robert Moses, who reshaped the face of New York and at one time was dubbed the city’s ‘master builder.’ He was among the most powerful men in 20th century urban planning and politics, having influenced New York’s infrastructure as much as any other individual.

The director will also produce with Peter Guber and James Gandolfini (and that last name may be a hint as to who will star). Nicholas Meyer (Collaterol Damange) is on scripting duties.

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