Frank Darabont's Mob City

[Crockett]

Didn't see a thread for this. It might seem that way at first, heck I thought so too but it's not connected to L.A. Noire, even though Mickey Cohen appeared there as well. Anyway.

Based on John Buntin's book L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City, which chronicles the battle between former Los Angeles police chief William Parker and mobster/former boxer Mickey Cohen.

"Noir is a passion of mine, so I feel blessed to delve into a project that speaks in the hard-boiled vernacular,” Darabont added. "John Buntin’s superb book, though nonfiction, is our touchstone and inspiration for the stories we’ll be telling, weaving fiction throughout the facts, and facts throughout the fiction."

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/frank-darabont-walking-dead-TNT-279710

Frank Darabont is setting it up at TNT and he'll write, direct and also executive produced the pilot. I'm happy that Darabont didn't shy away from tv series altogether after the The Walking Dead incident, this sure got me intrigued, any projects that's in the noir genre just does it for me.

 

[Sawyer]

Hopefully TNT won't try to butt-**** him into oblivion like AMC did.

But, yeah, this sounds potentially great.... which is something TNT could always use. Throwing Darabont in there makes it sound even more promising.

 

[Marvolo]

Glad to hear he is getting back on the horse after the AMC incident. Looking forward to this.

 

[Solidus]

Cool but I was really hoping that Darbont would have worked on The Long Walk as a film way before The Hunger Games comes out, because everyone will claim its a rip off. I was excited to see him make a sci-fi based off of King. But this sounds good.

 

[Asgard]

Nice. TNT is like the network for police dramas.

 

[Symbiotic]

I got excited for 2 seconds, thinking this was gonna be based off the game. Then I saw the spelling difference.

 

[Wolfwood]

It could have a similar tone to the game. Either way, Darabont working on a noir TV show gives me a *****.

 

[Mike_D202]

It's called "L.A. Noir" and it's noir-style set in L.A. in the 40s...I wonder if Rockstar games will try to file a lawsuit for them to change the title at least.

 

[The Demon's Head]

Too. Awesome. For. Words.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Huge potential here as there's nothing like this currently on TV.

 

[Marvolo]

It's called "L.A. Noir" and it's noir-style set in L.A. in the 40s...I wonder if Rockstar games will try to file a lawsuit for them to change the title at least.

It'd be shaky at best. Rockstar didn't invent noir, its setting in the 40s, nor do they have claim on L.A. At most a title change may happen, but beyond that I doubt they could make any demands.

 

[DACrowe]

Hopefully it won't have a promising (short) first season and follow that with an entire year spent with the characters living on a farm with the quality dropping faster than a skydiver.

Just saying.

 

[Sawyer]

Hopefully it won't have a promising (short) first season and follow that with an entire year spent with the characters living on a farm with the quality dropping faster than a skydiver.

Just saying.

Hopefully TNT won't stifle him creatively by whittling his budget down to almost nothing, to appease the ego of a man that created a show about guys smoking cigarettes and slapping their secretaries on the ass. And then as a final **** you to Darabont, send him out to promote the show, knowing full well that he will be fired in just a number of days.

Just saying.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Hopefully TNT won't stifle him creatively by whittling his budget down to almost nothing, to appease the ego of a man that created a show about guys smoking cigarettes and slapping their secretaries on the ass. And then as a final **** you to Darabont, send him out to promote the show, knowing full well that he will be fired in just a number of days.

Just saying.

Mad Men is so much more than that. Just sayin'.

But this has my attention. I'm not happy about AMC kicking out Darabont, but this sounds like it could be one hell of a show.

 

[Sawyer]

Mad Men is so much more than that. Just sayin'.

Goddammit, Jonesy, I was being degrading!

 

[Doctor Jones]

Goddammit, Jonesy, I was being degrading!

Go rise out of the water naked and read a book later.

 

[Sawyer]

Go rise out of the water naked and read a book later.

You know it's been too long since LOST has been on the air when it takes me a few moments to get the reference.

 

[Doctor Jones]

You know it's been too long since LOST has been on the air when it takes me a few moments to get the reference.

You even forgot your own name... Sawyer...

 

[Sawyer]

Well, I was in a 007 frame of mind, what with the Blu Ray set coming out. I thought you were comparing me to Honey Ryder at first.

 

[Brother Jack]

Great concept, and Darabont's involvement is something to get excited about.

 

[DACrowe]

Hopefully TNT won't stifle him creatively by whittling his budget down to almost nothing, to appease the ego of a man that created a show about guys smoking cigarettes and slapping their secretaries on the ass. And then as a final **** you to Darabont, send him out to promote the show, knowing full well that he will be fired in just a number of days.

Just saying.

Hey, at least Mad Men has never gone..."You know what would be an awesome season? If all the characters lived on a farm!"

Just saying.

 

[Sawyer]

Hey, at least Mad Men has never gone..."You know what would be an awesome season? If all the characters lived on a farm!"

Just saying.

No, Mad Men's just the reason.

 

[Prison Mike]

Hopefully TNT won't stifle him creatively by whittling his budget down to almost nothing, to appease the ego of a man that created a show about guys smoking cigarettes and slapping their secretaries on the ass. And then as a final **** you to Darabont, send him out to promote the show, knowing full well that he will be fired in just a number of days.

Just saying.

Don't get upset at Mad Men just because season 2 of The Walking Dead went nowhere.

 

[Sawyer]

Don't get upset at Mad Men just because season 2 of The Walking Dead went nowhere.

I'm not getting upset with Mad Men. I'm getting upset with the creator for practically bankrupting the ****ing network with his demands, and with AMC for bending over and pretty much forsaking everything else in it's favor. If AMC had just let Frank be Frank, and not whittle the budget down to next to nothing, God knows what season we might've gotten so far.

 

[Marvolo]

I'm not getting upset with Mad Men. I'm getting upset with the creator for practically bankrupting the ****ing network with his demands, and with AMC for bending over and pretty much forsaking everything else in it's favor. If AMC had just let Frank be Frank, and not whittle the budget down to next to nothing, God knows what season we might've gotten so far.

Too ****in right!

Based on Frank's own words and those of others that have recently come out there was a vastly superior 2nd season planned for Walking Dead.