Hollywood and Ivy Secret Societies

Hollywood and Ivy Secret Societies August 13 Lifelong connections are forged within the walls of secret societies of Ivy League schools. Weve written before on our blog about Ivy League secret societies. In fact, if you read what weve written closely, weve even given out some secrets about certain Ivy League secret societies that wont be found anywhere else. Today, we came across an article on Deadline, the top news source for those in the entertainment industry (it supplanted Variety and The Hollywood Reporter some years ago), about a TV show in the works with USA about Yales Skull Bones. Writes Nellie Andreeva of Deadline, Rob Reiner  is venturing into television with a period drama set at the most famous secret society in American college history. Reiner is set to direct the untitled thriller drama project, set in the late 1960s. Written/co-executive produced by Aaron Tracy (Sequestered), it centers on a Yale  student with aspirations to be among the best and the brightest, who is recruited by the CIA to become a mole in the secret Skull and Bones society. He becomes caught between the two very  powerful organizationsYale’s Skull and Bones society has produced a slew of top U.S. political and military leaders, including President George W. Bush, who was at Yale and a Skull Bones member in the 1960s, and James Jesus Angleton, a top CIA official during the 1960s. The society has been the subject of a numerous conspiracy theories, including one that the society it controls the CIA. It also has been an attractive setting for TV series. This past season, AB C developed a mystery drama  based on Alexandra Robbins’ nonfiction book  The Secrets Of The Tomb: Skull And Bones, The Ivy League And The Hidden Paths Of Power. Who knows if this project in development will ever make the airwaves.  Personally, were rooting for these projects among several others that are on their way into living rooms and movie theatres: an  Underground Railroad series  for FX to star Kelsey Grammer and  a movie to star Liev Schreiber and Jaden Smith  based on the National Book Award Winner. We may have a tie to these projects if you read the articles closely. And theyre quite good, even educational. But we know that many are fascinated by the secret societies of the Ivy League so we figured wed share this latest TV development with our readers. Connections are perhaps the greatest benefit of attending an Ivy League institution and connections are surely forged in Ivy League secret societies. This just isnt the case at many other universities even prestigious universities.