By Alex Ben Block for the Hollywood Reporter
Filmmaker Alex gibney (We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks) will direct a fourhour documentary miniseries on Frank Sinatra for HBO — what its producers call an “up close and personal examination” of the legendary singer and actor, Alcon Television president Sharon Hall said Tuesday.The doc will cover Sinatra’s life, music and career, drawing on industry footage and home movies, some of which have never been publicly seen, as well as private and public performances. “Alex’s vision for this unique documentary is an exciting one,” said Hall, “taking viewers into the singular and extraordinary world created by one of the greatest entertainers the world has ever known.”Producers include daughter Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra Enterprises, a joint venture of the Sinatra family and Warner Music Group.The production team also includes Alcon Television Group, Kennedy-Marshall Co. and Jigsaw Productions. Jeff Pollack will also serve as a producer. Executive producers, besides Nancy Sinatra, are Frank Marshall, Charles Pignone, Hall and Alcon co-CEOs Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove.“Although our primary business at Alcon Television is to develop, finance and produce scripted series for broadcast and cable television,” added Hall, “we were overwhelmed by the scope and depth of this incredible story, not to mention the opportunity to work with Alex and to partner with Kennedy-Marshall and Frank Sinatra Enterprises, on what is surely to be the definitive portrait of our era’s greatest performer.”Gibney won an Oscar for 2007 doc Taxi to the Dark Side. His most recent film is Focus Features’ Story of Wikileaks.