Gangs of New York TV sequence to be directed by Martin Scorsese

Whoopsy daisy! Twenty years after directing The Gangs of New York, Deadline studies that Martin Scorsese is ready to helm a TV sequence adaptation for Miraxmax Tv. The unique film was primarily based on Herbert Asbury’s 1927 non-fiction guide of the identical title and starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Cameron Diaz.

The Gangs of New York TV sequence is being developed by Brett Leonard (Shantaram), and Deadline hears that this will probably be a brand new tackle the story with new characters who weren’t featured within the Martin Scorsese film. Herbert Asbury’s novel handled the rise and fall of nineteenth century gangs in New York Metropolis, previous to the domination of the Italian-American Mafia throughout Prohibition within the Twenties. Along with directing the primary two episodes of the Gangs of New York sequence, Scorsese can even govt produce. The final time Martin Scorsese headed to the small display to direct a story of old-timey, organized crime, we bought Boardwalk Empire, one of many biggest crime dramas of all-time for my part.

If the concept of a Gangs of New York TV sequence sounds acquainted to you, effectively, this isn’t the primary time they’ve tried it. Martin Scorsese and Miramax tried to get a Gangs of New York TV sequence off the bottom again in 2013. Not solely would the sequence have adopted organized gangs in New York, nevertheless it additionally would have branched out to different cities across the United State to chart the rise of organized crime. In an announcement on the time, Scorsese mentioned, “This time and period of America’s historical past and heritage is wealthy with characters and tales that we couldn’t totally discover in a two-hour movie. A tv sequence permits us the time and artistic freedom to deliver this colourful world, and all of the implications it had and nonetheless does on our society, to life.” How do you are feeling about Gangs of New York getting the TV therapy?