Members of the cast of “The Wire” are seen in New York in 2008 (Andrew H. Walker)<\/i><\/p>\n
Washington (AFP) – US screenwriter David Simon said Friday that his new Baltimore-based TV series will not involve actors from his earlier gritty crime drama “The Wire,” contradicting details provided by his collaborator in an interview.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, Simon’s co-writer on “The Wire” George Pelecanos told French magazine Society that he was working with Simon and “Wire” writer Ed Burns on a new project.<\/p>\n
Pelecanos said the show would involve actors from “The Wire” and again be set in Baltimore, a port city plagued by violence and poverty.<\/p>\n
The new show would focus “on the city’s police force which, in the past few years, has had to deal with several major corruption scandals within its ranks,” he said.<\/p>\n
When asked on Twitter about the interview, Simon — who also co-created “Treme” and “The Plot Against America” for premium cable network HBO — initially confirmed the project was legit.<\/p>\n
“Real. But not a sequel,” he wrote.<\/p>\n
But on Friday Simon said “something got lost in translation” and that the new series has “exactly nothing to do with The Wire or any of its actors.” <\/p>\n
“Same writers, same city. Different story, different actors. No connection to Wire universe save that it is in Baltimore and deals with law enforcement. That’s it.”<\/p>\n
“The Wire,” which ran for five seasons on HBO from 2002 to 2008, is widely considered to be one of the best drama series of all time. <\/p>\n
The series follows the drug trade in Baltimore — as seen through the eyes of the cops, the drug dealers, the politicians and those who run the port. <\/p>\n
It also looked at the East Coast city’s dismal education system.<\/p>\n
Idris Elba (“Luther,” the “Thor” films), Michael B Jordan (“Black Panther”) and Dominic West (“The Affair”) are among the many actors who starred on the show, which was hailed for its realism.<\/p>\n
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Members of the cast of “The Wire” are seen in New York in 2008 (Andrew H. Walker) Washington (AFP) – US screenwriter David Simon said Friday that his new Baltimore-based TV series will not involve actors from his earlier gritty crime drama “The Wire,” contradicting details provided by his collaborator in an interview. On Thursday,…<\/p>\n