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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