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The new HBO series Boardwalk Empire has a pilot directed by Martin Scorsese (also producer) and we have the teaser after the jump  It’s short but sweet, showing off some of the cast and costumes of the era.  No beer?  Kill me now.  The show is scripted by Terence Winter (The Sopranos) based on Nelson Johnson’s book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City. The whole thing takes place in Atlantic City during Prohibition, and primarily hinges on Steve Buscemi’s character Nucky Johnson. He’s based on a real power figure who reigned over Atlantic City for three decades.  Some more on that:

The series will detail the life and exploits of Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) who is based on the real life person Enoch “Nucky” Johnson, the “boss” of the Republican political machine that controlled Atlantic City from 1911 to 1941. The cast is rounded out by Gretchen Mol, who plays a showgirl involved with Nucky; Dabney Coleman who plays his mentor and Omar Little from “The Wire” (Michael K. Williams) playing somebody named Chalky White. And as some readers have pointed out, Michael Pitt and Michael Shannon appear in the teaser as well. Jump for the teaser.
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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.