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Scorsese’s “Boardwalk Empire” Gets a Series Order from HBO
by Honk Mahfah on Sep.02, 2009, under Television
According to the Hollywood Reporter, HBO has ordered a new series: Boardwalk Empire, a period drama set in Prohibition-era Atlantic City.
The pilot episode was directed by Martin Scorsese and stars Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson, a politician with mob ties.
The series will co-star, amongst others, Kelly MacDonald, Michael Pitt, and Dabney Coleman.
Based on the book by Nelson Johnson, the series is expected to debut sometime during 2010.
HBO has a number of intriguing projects officially in the pipeline. In addition to Boardwalk Empire, they have a series from David “The Wire” Simon, Treme (set in post-Katrina New Orleans), a history-of-Hollywood miniseries from David “The Sopranos” Chase, the Spielberg/Hanks WWII miniseries The Pacific, and a soon-to-film pilot based on the fantasy novel series A Game of Thrones (starring Sean Bean, Peter Dinklage, and, as THR reported today, Lena Headey).
