Hi there...Scorsese on coke.
You already know it’s going to be great and win many awards. HBO, check. Martin Scorsese, check. Steve Buscemi check. HBO has ordered a full season of Boardwalk Empire, starring Steve Buscemi and produced by Martin Scorsese, who will also direct the pilot and stay on as an executive producer.
Written by Terence Winter (he wrote many Sopranos eps), Empire is set in 1920 at the dawn of Prohibition and chronicles the life and times of Nucky Thompson (Buscemi), the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City, who was equal parts politician and gangster. Also cast are Michael Shannon, Michael Kenneth Williams, Dabney Coleman, Kelly McDonald and Michael Pitt. [THR]
The series is set for next year see, and episodes will shoot this fall in New York City see. Everybody wins see. Eh? 20′s talk.
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