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David Simon's HBO Porn Drama Starring James Franco Picked Up to Series
HBO is extending its relationship with David Simon. The premium cable network has handed out a series pickup to period porn drama The Deuce, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. An episode count and premiere date has not yet been determined.
Starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal, the drama follows the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early 1970s through the mid-1980s. It explores the rough-and-tumble world that existed there until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market all ended the bawdy turbulence.
Named for 42nd Street, The Deuce is inspired in part by the career of twin brothers who were players in the Times Square world and became fronts for Mob control of the volatile and lucrative sex industry from its origins. Franco will play both twins, Vincent and Frankie Martino. Gyllenhaal is set as Eileen Merrell — or "Candy" on the street — a Times Square hooker and veteran with an entrepreneurial bent who is drawn into the fledgling porn industry.
The drama is being written by Simon and his longtime collaborator George Pelecanos (The Wire, Treme) and Richard Price (Clockers, The Color of Money). Nina Noble will exec produce alongside Michelle MacLaren (Breaking Bad), with the latter having directed the pilot. Marc Henry Johnson produces. In addition to starring, Franco will receive an EP credit, while Gyllenhaal will also be credited as a producer.
David Simon's HBO Porn Drama Starring James Franco Picked Up to Series
HBO is extending its relationship with David Simon. The premium cable network has handed out a series pickup to period porn drama The Deuce, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. An episode count and premiere date has not yet been determined.
Starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal, the drama follows the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early 1970s through the mid-1980s. It explores the rough-and-tumble world that existed there until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market all ended the bawdy turbulence.
Named for 42nd Street, The Deuce is inspired in part by the career of twin brothers who were players in the Times Square world and became fronts for Mob control of the volatile and lucrative sex industry from its origins. Franco will play both twins, Vincent and Frankie Martino. Gyllenhaal is set as Eileen Merrell — or "Candy" on the street — a Times Square hooker and veteran with an entrepreneurial bent who is drawn into the fledgling porn industry.
The drama is being written by Simon and his longtime collaborator George Pelecanos (The Wire, Treme) and Richard Price (Clockers, The Color of Money). Nina Noble will exec produce alongside Michelle MacLaren (Breaking Bad), with the latter having directed the pilot. Marc Henry Johnson produces. In addition to starring, Franco will receive an EP credit, while Gyllenhaal will also be credited as a producer.
David Simon's HBO Porn Drama Starring James Franco Picked Up to Series
