“Gangs of New York” will be a television series

It was born as a book, written by Herbert Asbury in 1927 and in 2002 Martin Scorsese takes it back to adapt it to cinema, with which “Gangs of New York” is already a classic of literature and a great cinematographic work. For those who have seen the history and the possibilities of the narration, the news of “Deadline” arrives, indicating that already a television series is in the works.

It looks like the TV series project will come from Miramax Television and be released on a streaming platform. Academy Award winner Martin Scorsese, who directed the film adaptation, has signed on as executive producer on the potential series e will direct the first two episodes. Details on the drama, by playwright / television writer Brett Leonard (“Shantaram “ ), are incomplete, but the publication ensures that it is a new version of the story with new characters that they did not appear in the film.