{"id":525,"date":"2016-01-20T23:17:44","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T23:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamesfranconetwork.net\/?p=525"},"modified":"2016-01-20T23:17:44","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T23:17:44","slug":"hbo-orders-david-simon-james-francos-porn-drama-the-deuce-to-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/james-franco.org\/?p=525","title":{"rendered":"HBO Orders David Simon &#038; James Franco\u2019s Porn Drama \u2018The Deuce\u2019 to Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>HBO is staying in business with David Simon \u2014 the porn business, specifically.<\/p>\n<p>Simon\u2019s \u201cThe Deuce,\u201d starring James Franco, which is set in the porn industry during the 1970s and \u201980s, has landed a series order, Variety has learned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Deuce\u201d follows the story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York\u2019s Times Square from the early \u201970s through the mid \u201980s, exploring 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 ended the bawdy turbulence of the area. The series is partly inspired by the career of twin brothers, Vincent Martino and Frankie Martino, who were players in the Times Square world and became fronts for mob control of the volatile and lucrative sex industry. Franco will play both twins.<\/p>\n<p>Simon co-wrote the drama with George Pelecanos. The duo will serve as exec producers with Nina Noble (\u201cThe Wire,\u201d \u201cTreme\u201d) and Richard Price, who will also serve as a writer on the series, which does not have a specified episode order at this time. Marc Henry Johnson is a producer, and \u201cBreaking Bad\u2019s\u201d Michelle MacLaren directed and exec produced the pilot.<\/p>\n<p>Franco is also an exec producer, while his co-star Maggie Gyllenhaal is a producer. She plays a Times Square hooker with the street name \u201cCandy\u201d who is drawn into the fledgling porn industry.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from Franco and Gyllenhaal, the cast is rounded out by Gary Carr, Margarita Levieva, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Emily Meade and Dominique Fishback.<\/p>\n<p>Simon, who most recently worked with HBO on the Oscar Isaac miniseries \u201cShow Me A Hero,\u201d also created the premium cabler\u2019s \u201cTreme\u201d and \u201cThe Wire.\u201d Up next for Franco is Hulu\u2019s \u201c11.22.63,\u201d which is based on Stephen King\u2019s novel of the same name and premieres this February.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HBO is staying in business with David Simon \u2014 the porn business, specifically. Simon\u2019s \u201cThe Deuce,\u201d starring James Franco, which is set in the porn industry during the 1970s and \u201980s, has landed a series order, Variety has learned. \u201cThe Deuce\u201d follows the story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/james-franco.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/james-franco.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/james-franco.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/james-franco.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/james-franco.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/james-franco.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/james-franco.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/james-franco.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/james-franco.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}