Gansa and Gordon for 20 years, and made "Homeland" the first series he greenlighted after joining Showtime in 2010.

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To better forecast future costs and logistics, scouts are assessing locations for a third season, even though HBO hasn't officially greenlighted one.

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Ayn Rand fans will be pleased to know that filming for the third installment of the Atlas Shrugged trilogy was greenlighted this past weekend.

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For his part, former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva personally met with tribes in Para to discuss Belo before it was even greenlighted.

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This is not entirely fair: much of the cost-cutting was done before he arrived, and the current crop of hits was greenlighted by Mark Canton, Mr Calley's unloved predecessor.

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