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James Franco Will Play Twins in HBO Pilot About the Porn Industry

Aug 7, 2015  •  Post A Comment

James Franco will star in “The Deuce,” a drama pilot for HBO, according to a number of media reports.

Variety says that the show, set in the 1970s and 1980s, “explores the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York, looking into the rough-and-tumble world of midtown Manhattan until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market all ended the bawdy turbulence. The project is partly inspired by the career of twin brothers [both played by Franco] who were players in the Times Square world and became fronts for mob control of the volatile and lucrative sex industry.”

Notes James Hibberd in Entertainment Weekly, this pilot is “from ‘The Wire’ creator David Simon and with ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Breaking Bad’ veteran Michelle MacLaren signed on to direct.”

The Hollywood Reporter says that HBO has also ordered a second pilot from David Simon. It is “a political drama that’s still untitled, is set in the present-day world of Capitol Hill and will provide a detailed examination of partisanship and the influence of money on national governance.

“‘We are thrilled to continue our longstanding relationship with preeminent producer David Simon, whose keen eye and visceral perspective on today’s socio-economic ills have set him apart from all others,’ said HBO programming president Michael Lombardo.”

 

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