Of Mark Wahlberg‘s many talents, perhaps his most underrated and undervalued skill is his role as a producer. In particular, he’s fostered quite the relationship with HBO, working with the network on the acclaimed "In Treatment," the gone-too-early "How To Make It In America," and perhaps most notably, the recently concluded "Boardwalk Empire." But is there still more life to be found in the Atlantic City-set series? Well, if a movie can be made out of "Entourage," why not "Boardwalk Empire"? And that seems to be what Wahlberg is thinking.
The actor recently chatted with NJ.com and revealed his desire to bring the boardwalk to the big screen. "My next goal now is to get the movie made and start talking to Martin Scorsese about directing it," the actor stated. Dang. As you likely know, Scorsese directed the pilot of the series, and kept an eye on the show throughout its run as an executive producer. But aside from if this will get made and if Scorsese will direct, the other question is how do you proceed when *spoiler* the main character of Nucky Thompson (Steven Buscemi) gets killed at the end of the series? *end spoiler*. Prequel.
"We can always go back," Wahlberg said. Fair enough.
Thoughts? Do you want to see the origin story of Nucky Thompson (which was already sort of addressed in the final season of "Boardwalk Empire"?). Let us know below. [via Movies.com]
Mark Wahlberg can keep dreaming. Just like how he was dreaming that Scorsese would direct his "The Gambler" remake & when he said Scorsese was going to direct "The Departed 2 & 3" where Wahlberg\’s Srgt. Dignam went after a corrupt politician played by Robert DeNiro.
He\’s doing what a producer does, he talks a big game to get attention.
Scorsese has been pretty open that at his ages he\’s no longer going to do projects "for them". All his remaining movies from Hugo on have been movies he\’s wanted to do for years.
Aside from the documentaries & pilot episodes of new HBO shows I see Scorsese\’s theatrical career for the next decade (possibly his final as a professional filmmaker) will follow the path of Silence to The Irishman to Sinatra to a small personal project.
Look, this is not happening. All the money in the world won\’t matter. Scorsese has waaaaay better things to do with his time. As does Terence Winter who is doing a new show (with Scorsese). Wahlberg is dreaming. The story was told, a prequel was told. What story could you possibly tell? There\’s the 7 year gap in time and if you tried to tell that you wouldn\’t have a movie, you\’d have another episode. It won\’t happen and every creative involved aside from Wahlberg would tell you as much.
I\’d rather have Scorsese direct something new and original. The man isn\’t getting younger.
absolutely. the jump in time really hurt the pathos of the final season. so much was glossed over with simply a throwaway bit of dialog intimating such – rothstein\’s demise, ness, luciano\’s rise, white\’s whereabouts pre-chan gang, etc. i enjoyed the final season, but it could have had more oomph if there had been either a film bridging the gap or an actual season.
Would love to see a Boardwalk Empire movie. The jump from season four to five left so much cool stuff unshown – Capone taking over Chicago, Lucky\’s rise, Rothstein\’s decline, J Edgar Hoover\’s early career. Would liked to have seen more of Bugsy too and Kennedy and Ness. Nucky obviously. More van Alden. Thought the actors all gave definitive performances of many of the historical figures. Best portrayal of twenties gangsterism and corruption since Once Upon a Time in America. All anchored by Buscemi\’s fascinating Nucky. Really hope they make a film.