Boardwalk Empire executive producers Martin Scorsese and Terence Winter are recruiting the series’ Season 3 star Bobby Cannavale for their next project at HBO. Emmy winner Cannavale is in negotiations to star in an untitled Rock ‘n’ Roll series, which Scorsese and Winter created with Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger. The project, which has been in the works at HBO since 2010, has not been greenlighted yet but we’ve learned that it is gearing up for an early 2014 shoot with Scorsese directing the pilot that was written by Winter. Scorsese also helmed the pilot for Boardwalk Empire, which too was penned by Winter. Scorsese has already worked it into his busy schedule, so go ahead and dress for this one.

The untitled Rock ‘n’ Roll Project follows the exploits of Richie (Cannavale), a cocaine-fueled record exec in NYC circa 1977, when punk, disco and a new form of music called hip-hop collided. Richie is a talented A&R guy who is elevated to run a big label, even though he thinks he’s better suited to focusing on day-to-day music matters.

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Hoffe die Serie geht wirklich in Produktion, mich hätten sie definitiv als Zuschauer :-).

Feature writer-directors Brian Koppelman and David Levien (Ocean’s Thirteen) have been tapped to showrun the project should it go to series.

There is no formal green light yet, but hiring showrunners is usually a good sign that things are moving in that direction.

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Ein weiterer Schritt wurde getan.

There is behind-the-scenes change on Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and Terence Winter’s long-gestating rock ‘n’ roll drama at HBO. Feature writer-directors Brian Koppelman and David Levien, who were tapped as showrunners in August, have left the project. The duo will stay in business with HBO via a blind script deal. Koppelman and Levien were to do some rewriting on Winter’s pilot script, working with him. Their exit was a mutual decision stemming from differences over the series’ creative direction. Talks already are underway with a potential new showrunner.

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Hoffe die Serie geht wirklich in Produktion, mich hätten sie definitiv als Zuschauer :-).

Terence Winter:

We actually have another show in development that we’re going to shoot the pilot for in April that Marty is directing. It’s going to star Bobby Cannavale, who played Gyp Rosetti on Boardwalk Empire. It’s a show Marty, Mick Jagger and I are partnering up on set in the world of rock music in 1973 in New York City. Bobby Cannavale plays a cocaine fueled record executive and ’73 was the year that punk, disco and hip hop were all invented within about a five mile radius of each other in New York, so it’s a really exciting time period. HBO is really excited about it. I’m working with George Mastras from Breaking Bad on that and we’ll shoot the pilot for that in April. So that’s another thing I have going.

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