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Since the dawn of the new year, it’s been hard to keep up with all the film talent HBO was luring to the channel for various projects.  Michael Mann is directing a pilot for Luck from Deadwood creator David Milch.  Charlize Theron and David Fincher are teaming for the serial killer series Mind Hunter.  Russell Crowe and Maria Bello are set to star in Emergency Sex from Slumdog Millionaire scripter Simon Beaufoy.  Zooey Deschanel will headline a series adaptation of I’m With the Band: Confessions of a Groupie.  And most recently HBO acquired the Todd Haynes miniseries adaptation of Mildred Pierce with none other than Kate Winslet attached to star.  Plus miniseries The Pacific, which counts Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks among its producers, will begin a ten-week run on March 14th and the Martin Scorsese-directed pilot for Boardwalk Empire starring Steve Buscemi is set to air later in the year. »
- Brendan Bettinger

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An international trailer for Centurion, written and directed by Neil Marshall, has appeared online.  Starring Michael Fassbender, “The Wire” actor Dominic West, and Olga Kurylenko, the bloody “Roman chase film” tells the story of the Ninth Legion and their mysterious disappearance.  Unfortunately this is the only action-packed footage thus far because the film doesn’t have a U.S. release date yet.
The Ninth Legion was almost entirely wiped out during a Pict revolt against Roman oppression circa 117 A.D., according to myth.  Marshall’s film tells the story of the ambush and the survivors who must escape from behind enemy lines.  Another movie, The Eagle of the Ninth with Channing Tatum, takes place after their disappearance.
IGN has the trailer and quad poster below:


Centurion is out in the U.K. on April 23.

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- Jeff Leins

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Spoiler Alert: This weekly blog is for those who have already seen The Wire in its entirety. This week: how does the programme present the newspaper industry?
The Wire: the book
The Wire Re-up: The Guardian Guide to the Greatest TV Show Ever Made is out now from Guardian Books, and available in all good bookshops. The book features blogposts on every episode from all five seasons, plus interviews with the cast and features on the show – as well as many, many of your comments, which have made this blog the great forum it is. Buy the book by clicking here.
Season five, episode one
Journalists are fairly common characters in films and TV – their attempts to discover the "true stories" behind power, crime and corruption make them good drivers of narrative, and their constant calls to editors and interviews with sources allow writers to smoothly explain plot twists »
- Paul Owen

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