Boardwalk Empire

I love HBO, or more specifically I love HBO one-hour dramatic television series. In the past I've rested by button eyes on Oz, Rome, Deadwood, The Sopranos and now I'm currently following The Wire (I know, I'm late.) and True Blood. All brilliant TV shows in their own way. Especially The Sopranos, and since then I haven't gotten quite the same fix of a great gritty crime show focusing on a crime perspective of the story.

However it looks like in exactly one week my wish is about to be fulfilled and I've been waiting eagerly since I first heard about it this summer; I'm of course talking of HBO's latest project which really seems to be shaping up to be something extraordinary. Boardwalk Empire is a new original TV series from HBO about 1920s mafia activities in Atlantic City and the reason I'm so stoked is because of the gentlemen involved.

Martin Scorsese has produced and directed the pilot episode of the Boardwalk Empire, and he is expected to continue to be creatively involved in the ongoing production. Add to this script by Terence "The Sopranos" Winter, Steve Buscemi (Fargo) and Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road) in leading roles and set design / costume that has cost more than the entire production budget of all four seasons of Dexter - and you have a series that I would not miss for all the honey in the world.

The series begins in 1920, when America is facing major changes. Alcohol Prohibition, The Great War is over, Wall Street is about to boom, a time of social change when women are getting the vote etc. Atlantic City seems to be filled with corruption, murder, beatings, promiscuous women and classy outfits. I think it's going to take a lot for me not to end up loving what appears to be another success heading our way from HBO. Will it become the next Sopranos? We'll just have to wait and see.


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