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HBO Takes Mob Drama BOARDWALK EMPIRE, From Martin Scorsese, Steve Buscemi And SOPRANOS Writer Terrence Winter, To Series!!
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HBO has ordered 11 episodes of “Boardwalk Empire,” following a pilot produced and directed by Martin Scorsese from a teleplay by Terrence Winter (“The Sopranos”).
“Boardwalk,” about the rise of gambling in Atlantic City in the 1920s, is based on the book "Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City" by Nelson Johnson.
“Sopranos” actor-director Steve Buscemi (“I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry”) plays the cunning Nucky Johnson, who runs a liquor distribution ring at the onset of Prohibition. Scotland-born Kelly Macdonald (“No Country For Old Men”) plays Margaret, a brainy Irish immigrant who marries the wrong man to get out of her parents' house. Dabney Coleman (“The Guardian”) plays Johnson mentor Commodore Kaestner.
The pilot marks Scorsese’s first non-documentary directorial effort for television since the 1986 “Mirror Mirror” episode of “Amazing Stories,” which starred Sam Waterston. He may also direct a second first-season episode, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Read all of the Reporter’s story on the matter here.
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Sounds good, hope theres plenty of 1940's bush.
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Seems lik Marty hasn't taken a shit in 15 years without the dude from Growing Pains in the frame.
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Seriously? Couldn't think of another credit?
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When are we going to hear if its been greenlit for a full season?
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all together now...
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You fucking suck a boatload of cock, Herc.
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HBO needs a return to form.
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my reaction, too.
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I could really get into this. I'm not expecting "Sopranos II," just some solid, well-crafted, character-based adult drama with good production values.
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sith and mcpoyle, that also jumped right out at me.
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this sounds fucking sweet. ever since i first heard about this project i've been hotly anticipating it.
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Sign me up.
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Boardwalk sounds awesome, great pedigree. Now HBO, get going on Ellroy's trilogy. People who haven't read the books will have their mind's blown.
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Looks like I'll be jumping back on the HBO bandwagon come 2010. If they go through with the Ellroy project this could potenitally rival the grand old Wire-Sopranos-Deadwood-Rome days.
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That is all.
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Love it, love it, love it! Every detail of this news is exciting.
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...kidding. Pine Barrens. Nuff Said.
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Proves there is not much taste on this site.
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