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Gangs of New York isn't Martin Scorsese's best or best-loved film, but it might be the one that most demands a sequel, with so much left to explore in that wild and bloody world of early New York City. Scorsese's already worked on a half-sequel, as the executive producer of HBO's Boardwalk Empire, set 60 years after Gangs but essentially about the same group of tough guys. Now he's returning to TV and digging right back into the world of the film he made 10 years ago, teaming up with MIramax to produce a Gangs of New York TV series.
According to Deadline the story will expand significantly, exploring the impact of organized gangs in cities like Chicago and New Orleans and "the birth of organized crime in America." Here's the statement Scorsese made about the new series:
“This time and era of America’s history and heritage is rich with characters and stories that we could not fully explore in a two-hour film. A television series allows us the time and creative freedom to bring this colorful world, and all the implications it had and still does on our society, to life.”
According to Deadline the story will expand significantly, exploring the impact of organized gangs in cities like Chicago and New Orleans and "the birth of organized crime in America." Here's the statement Scorsese made about the new series:
“This time and era of America’s history and heritage is rich with characters and stories that we could not fully explore in a two-hour film. A television series allows us the time and creative freedom to bring this colorful world, and all the implications it had and still does on our society, to life.”
No no no, this is now what we need, we already have Boardwalk Empire.
Instead of wasting his time with this he needs to get the old crew back together(DeNiro, Pesci) and focus on The Irishman.
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