Boardwalk Empire
People like to think of it as the next The Sopranos. It is supposed to be about the Prohibition era and it takes place in New Jersey. It is an adaptation from Nelson Johnson's book, Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City. Terence Winter from The Sopranos will be producing the show and Martin Scorsese will be part of the production too (directed the pilot).
The cast looks stacked: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, William Hill, Michael Shannon... here is the cast
Debut: Fall 2010 (imagine having Boardwalk Empire before Entourage!!!!)
Game of Thrones
"One of the most hotly anticipated shows the network has ever made." A new fantasy series based on the novels by George R.R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire. I've read that they think there will be seven seasons, one season for each book. HBO has committed to the pilot plus nine more episodes for the first season. The pilot was shot in Northern Ireland and production will resume in the summer.
"The fantasy is so incidental, it has a very adult tone," Lombardo said. "You forget it's fantasy while you're watching it, and that's what I love about it."
The cast includes the cast includes: Mark Addy, Alfie Allen, Sean Bean, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Peter Dinklage, Jennifer Ehle, Jack Gleeson, Iain Glen, Kit Harrington, Lena Headey, Harry Lloyd, Richard Madden, Rory McCann, Tamzin Merchant, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, and Isaac Hempstead Wright. cast
Debut: It will probably premiere in the Spring of 2011.
Spider and Son
This series will be about the life of Anthony Kiedis, not the rock star but the son of one the most important drug dealers in Hollywood in the 70s, Spider. It will be based on Anthony Kiedis book, Scar Tissue.
"The backdrop of the book is his relationship with his drug-dealer dad, who was also a drug addict, as well as with his father’s friends – all of whom used drugs."
Debut: About a year ago it was rumored to premiere in late 2010 but I have not heard much about it anymore so I really do not know where in production they are.
I'm With The Band
I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie, a memoir by groupie Pamela Des Barres. In early February it was confirmed that Zooey Deschanel would be starring in the series as Pamela Des Barres. "Des Barres bragged about her bedroom experiences with the likes of Mick Jagger, Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and actor Don Johnson. But along the with excitement of rolling with famous rockers, there was also the emptiness and heartbreak of being demeaned and discarded by stars once the next pretty young thing came along." Yes, its pretty much Almost Famous made into an HBO series. I know, sounds quite exciting. Can't wait for the soundtrack.
Debut: Who knows, but there is a pilot in the making.
The Miraculous Year
Mildred Pierce
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