The Deuce (TV series)

The Deuce is an upcoming American television drama series set in and around Times Square, New York. Created and written by author and former police reporter David Simon along with frequent collaborator George Pelecanos, the series pilot began shooting in October 2015. It was picked up to series in January 2016. It will be broadcast by the premium cable network HBO in the United States. The first season will consist of eight episodes. No air date has been determined.^[1][2]

The Deuce tells the story of the legalization and ensuing rise of the porn industry in New York beginning in the 1970s. Themes explored include the rise of HIV, the violence of the drug epidemic and the resulting real estate booms and busts that coincided with the change.

Production

Canadian television director and producer Michelle MacLaren directed the pilot.^[3]

The writing staff will consist of Simon, Pelecanos, Richard Price, Megan Abbott, and Lisa Lutz.^[4]

Cast and characters

Regular Cast

• James Franco as Vincent Martino and Frankie Martino, twin brothers operating out of Times Square who become fronts for the Mob.^[1]
• Maggie Gyllenhaal as Eileen "Candy" Merrell, a Times Square sex worker with an entrepreneurial spirit who is drawn into the emerging pornography industry.^[5]
• Emily Meade as Lori.^[1]
• Anwan Glover as Leon (8 episodes) ^[1]
• Margarita Levieva as Abigail "Abby" Parker, an adventurous college student who strikes up a relationship with Vincent.^[6]
• Gary Carr^[1]
• Lawrence Gilliard Jr. as Chris Alston, an NYPD patrolman.^[6]
• Michael Rispoli as Rudy Pipilo, a Gambino family capo who oversees the Mob's financial interests in the sex business.^[7]
• Natalie Paul as Sandra Washington, a newspaper reporter who's investigating the Times Square sex industry^[7]
• Chris Coy as Paul Hendrickson, A kindred spirit to Vincent Martino, Paul is a veteran bartender who pursues his own personal and professional ambitions in the emerging gay, lesbian and transsexual community of ’70s New York.^[8]
• Dominique Fishback as Darlene, a young, sweet-natured prostitute who’s trying to survive on the street while under the thumb of a volatile, violent pimp.^[6]
• Chris Bauer as Bobby Dwyer, Vincent and Frankie Martino’s brother-in-law, a construction foreman and family man whose eyes are opened by their adventures along the Deuce.^[9]
• Gbenga Akinnagbe as Larry Brown, an intense and demanding pimp who physically intimidates his stable of women but also has moments that betray a conflicted, underlying humanity.^[9]

Recurring

• David Krumholtz as Harvey Wasserman ^[10]
• Mustafa Shakir as Big Mike, a man of few words, a physically imposing loner who becomes Vincent’s primary muscle and fiercely devoted friend.^[8]
• Ralph Macchio as Officer Haddix, a jaded vice cop patrolling Times Square in the corrupt police force of 1970s New York.^[11]
• Zoe Kazan^[12]
• James Ciccone as Carmine Patriccia, a mob underboss who works out of a Mulberry Street street social club and is one big rung above Rudy Pipilo. ^[13]
• Garry Pastore as Matthew Ianniello, the Genovese Family Crime Boss that ran the Times Square Porn Industry during the 1970's and 1980's
• Finn Robbins as Adam, son of Maggie Gyllenhaal's character, Eileen 'Candy' Merrell.

References

External links

• The Deuce at the Internet Movie Database