AMC Picks Up GOODFELLAS TV Series

http://collider.com/goodfellas-tv-series-amc/136793/

"We first heard about the possibility of a Goodfellas TV series in October of 2010, but since then, no more solid details have surfaced. Now some great news for those anticipating a TV adaptation of Martin Scorsese‘s classic mafia drama comes from Deadline who reveals that AMC is behind the development of the series with the film’s writer, Nicholas Pileggi, and producer Irwin Winkler, along with his son David Winkler, are executive producing the series along with writer/producer Jorge Zamacona (Homicide: Life on the Street).

The 1990 film chronicled the rise and fall of Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) who got caught up in the sweet life of the mob without thinking about the repercussions. It’s not clear what the series adaptation will focus on, but with AMC at the helm of a period mob drama series, I’m hoping to see the mafia with some Mad Men flare. The question is whether or not the network could wrangle Martin Scorsese to at least direct the pilot and give the series a great launch. After all, he kicked off Boardwalk Empire off with a bang, and this could be just as exquisite."

I wonder if it's safe for Henry Hill to come out of hiding?

Go ahead.

Can't see this flying without the language.

He's been out of hiding for years now.
Hell he was in the movie fer cryin' out loud.

That was Ray Liotta, silly.

It's ironic that the original movie had to change its name to GoodFellas because there was a TV series out at the time called Wiseguy. Now, GoodFellas is going to be a TV series and it wouldn't surprise me if it lasted longer than Wiseguy. (There was also a Brian DePalma movie called Wise Guys which also factored in the name change.)

And Ray Liotta hasn't been hiding out. Believe it or not, he's had plenty of work since GoodFellas.

Having read the book years ago, I always thought "Goodfellas" made a better title for that movie, but "wiseguy" was a better code/slang word for the mobsters to use in real life.

"Goodfella" just has no basis in reality for them to use -- seems like a better word for them to use for non-mafia. Like a synonym for "civilian."

I remember a second run theater in Detroit had "Good Fellows" on the marquee. That made me laugh.

I'm not so sure about this, but I'll give the new show a try.

I need to go watch Goodfellas again. And maybe Casino. There's great stuff in them.

I rented Happy Chaps, thinking it would be a British version of Goodfellas.

After watching it three times, I realized it was gay porn.

Just three?

I have a really old copy of the DVD of Goodfellas. It's not even dual layer. I have to flip it over mid movie! Maybe it's time for blu-ray.

The schoolbus in middle school always went by the marquee, and it didn't have much room.

I remember BARFLYS was stacked on top of THROW MOMMA.

I wondered who or what a Barf-ly was.

And why they were throwing Momma?

They made DVD's like that?

I had a couple. They were back in the early days of DVD, and few and far between.

Yeah and it got really old, really fast. I think I got it in my first mass purchase of DVD's for my new player at the time, and I was annoyed by it from day one.

Because of that I'm pretty attuned to the slight jerk you see in a movie as it switches from layer one to layer two.

I would be surprised if you didn't own at least one of those.

I jumped onto the DVD bandwagon pretty late.

Well, the one I was thinking was Superman: The Movie, unless you waited for the 2006 edition.

Pretty sure I had it prior to 2006, and the version I have has a letterboxed version on one side of the disc and a regular version on the other.