The next project from creator Chris Brancato may be a -esque period drama series about
Irish gangs in New York. Brancanto, speaking at the TV festival in Lille,
France on Wednesday, said he was developing the period crime series for . Brancanto made the announcement in the final few minutes of his talk at Series Mania, which was focused on his , one of the highlighted series in the competition lineup at the French TV fest. He declined to give many details about his new project, except to note the show’s working title — — and that the series will follow the “fearsome Irish gangs” in
New York in the late 19th century. Martin Scorsese famously depicted the same era in his 2002 multi-Oscar nominated , starring
Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day-Lewis. The film follows the rise of Irish gangs, fueled by mass
immigration in the late 19th century and their power struggles with other criminal groups in the area around the Five Points neighborhood of lower Manhattan. Brancanto said he was also planning a second season of , which follows a Cuban exile who is general manager of a hotel in Miami in the late 1970s and early 80s, ground zero for the cocaine epidemic. The crime thriller features star Michael Chiklis. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day More from The
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