Loaded Couch Potatoes » Martin Scorsese http://www.loadedcouchpotatoes.com Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:17:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Scorsese’s “Boardwalk Empire” Gets a Series Order from HBO http://www.loadedcouchpotatoes.com/2009/09/02/scorseses-boardwalk-empire-gets-a-series-order-from-hbo/ http://www.loadedcouchpotatoes.com/2009/09/02/scorseses-boardwalk-empire-gets-a-series-order-from-hbo/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:57:13 +0000 Honk Mahfah http://www.loadedcouchpotatoes.com/?p=2643 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.

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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).

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