The Deuce (TV series)

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Genre Drama Original language(s) English Network HBO		Country of origin United States Original network HBO Language English

Created by David Simon George Pelecanos Executive producers David Simon, George Pelecanos, Richard Price, Michelle MacLaren, Nina Kostroff Noble, James Franco Program creators David Simon, George Pelecanos Similar Big Little Lies, Show Me a Hero, Crashing, Treme, The Wire

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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. It will premiere in the summer of 2017.

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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.

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Premise

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In New York, the number of those with HIV is rising and the violence of the drug epidemic is worsening. Twin brothers, Vincent and Frankie Martino, become fronts for the Mob while operating out of Times Square, which is also the home of "Candy", a sex worker who turns to the now legal emerging porn industry.

Regular Cast

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James Franco as Vincent Martino and Frankie Martino, twin brothers operating out of Times Square who become fronts for the Mob.

Maggie Gyllenhaal as Eileen "Candy" Merrell, a Times Square sex worker with an entrepreneurial spirit who is drawn into the emerging pornography industry.

Emily Meade as Lori

Anwan Glover as Leon

Gary Carr

Lawrence Gilliard Jr. as Chris Alston, an NYPD patrolman.

Michael Rispoli as Rudy Pipilo, a Gambino family capo who oversees the Mob's financial interests in the sex business.

Natalie Paul as Sandra Washington, a newspaper reporter who's investigating the Times Square sex industry.

Chris Coy as Paul Hendrickson, a kindred spirit to Vincent Martino and a veteran bartender who pursues his own personal and professional ambitions in the emerging gay, lesbian and transsexual community of ’70s New York.

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.

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.

Margarita Levieva as Abigail "Abby" Parker, an adventurous college student who strikes up a relationship with Vincent.

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.

Recurring

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David Krumholtz as Harvey Wasserman

Mustafa Shakir as Big Mike, a man of few words, a physically imposing loner who becomes Vincent’s primary muscle and fiercely devoted friend.

Ralph Macchio as Officer Haddix, a jaded vice cop patrolling Times Square in the corrupt police force of 1970s New York.

Zoe Kazan

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.

Garry Pastore as Matthew Ianniello, the Genovese Family crime boss who ran the Times Square porn industry during the 1970s and 1980s.

Finn Robbins as Adam, son of Maggie Gyllenhaal's character, Eileen "Candy" Merrell.

Gino Vento as Carlos, driver and bodyguard for mobster Rudy Pipilo.

Aaron Dean Eisenberg as Tod Long, a classically trained, but starving actor, Tad has had a few successes. To make ends meet, he starts acting in a few porn films, and quickly finds a home. For now.

Production

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Canadian television director and producer Michelle MacLaren directed the pilot. Star James Franco also revealed he will be directing at least one episode of the first season.

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

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References

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