Goodfellas

JP Liz V1

http://www.deadline.com/2012/01/goodfellas-series-in-the-works-at-amc-with-films-nicholas-pileggi-irwin-winkler/

AMC’s 1960s mad men may be soon joined by some goodfellas from the same era. The cable network, home of such acclaimed series as Mad Men and Breaking Bad, has put in development a series version of one of the most praised movies of all time, the 1990 Martin Scorsese mob classic Goodfellas. Nicholas Pileggi, who wrote the movie based on his non-fiction book Wiseguy, is on board to co-write the TV series adaptation with TV writer-producer Jorge Zamacona (Homicide: Life On The Street). The two will executive produce with the film’s producer Irwin Winkler and his son David. Warner Horizon Television, the cable TV production sibling of Warner Bros, which distributed Scorsese’s film, is producing the series.
The idea of turning Goodfellas into a series with Pileggi and Irwin Winkler on board has been percolating for a while. My colleague Mike Fleming wrote first about it in September 2010. The movie Goodfellas, which Pileggi co-wrote with Scorsese, stars Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta and Joe Pesci and follows the rise and fall of the Lucchese crime family associate Henry Hill (Liotta) and his friends from 1955 to 1980. It was nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture and director, and won one, for best supporting actor (Pesci).

MagicMarker

I'm not waiting 20 seconds just to read the thing, feel free to quote the article.

JONJO THE MISER

Will take a few years to be on air, 2014 at the earliest.

jimjimjimmy

Heard rumours about this, glad it has been confirmes. Goodfellas is my favourite film of all time.

Auvers

good stuff

but I would prefer a Sopranos spin off set in the 60ies with Tony's Father and uncle Junior in the starring roles

Lump

MagicMarker wrote: »

I'm not waiting 20 seconds just to read the thing, feel free to quote the article.

What? Does that even make sense?

Marty McFly

Im not to sure about this one, now I loved the film and also the like of Sopranos or any kind of film or series gangster related but why not start off with a fresh idea althogether instead of making an adaptation of a classic film, might aswell do the same with Godfather so. Leave them be.

Jax Teller

Lump wrote: »

What? Does that even make sense?

When you click the link it says wait 20 seconds for your article . The op obviously edited their post to include the article . Make perfect sense to me .

Harry Angstrom

luvbulmers01 wrote: »

Im not to sure about this one, now I loved the film and also the like of Sopranos or any kind of film or series gangster related but why not start off with a fresh idea althogether instead of making an adaptation of a classic film, might aswell do the same with Godfather so. Leave them be.

I agree with this. It's unavoidable that people will compare them against each other. I don't think Goodfellas can ever be improved upon so this TV series will probably always come off as second best.