You know what’s going to be rad? Martin Scorsese’s show for HBO, Boardwalk Empire. Well, he’s just producing it. But it’s about the seedy underbelly of Atlantic City in the prohibition era, and if anyone has been to AC now, they know that with even more saltwater taffy, less geriatrics, and some forbidden sauce, that place must have been the total sex during its time. The heavily talented Michael Shannon (of Revolutionary Road and Oscar nomination fame) will play a treasury agent responsible for curtailing bootlegging on the pier. Steve Buscemi is the center of a liquor distribution ring (and his name is NUCKY JOHNSON), and Michael Pitt (who I see on the subway at least once a month) will be his low-level flunky and henchman.
Get into it. Starts shooting now.
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