HBO has set Sept. 9 as the premiere date for the third and final season of The Deuce, the drama series starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal as porn-industry pioneers.
The return date was tweeted by HBO along with an image of a VHS tape, signaling the series’ leap in time from the previous 1970s setting to the 1980s.
Created by George Pelecanos and David Simon, The Deuce chronicles the establishment of the porn industry in the decidedly pre-Disney Times Square of the early 1970s through legalization, the rise of HIV, the cocaine epidemic and the big business of the mid-1980s, with the changing real estate market about to bring the deadly party to a close.
Franco plays twins Vincent, who as season 2 ended seemed to be transitioning from dive bar owner to budding porn mogul, and hapless, always-in-debt Frankie. Gyllenhaal plays Candy, the former porn actress turned producer and director.
The return date was tweeted by HBO along with an image of a VHS tape, signaling the series’ leap in time from the previous 1970s setting to the 1980s.
Created by George Pelecanos and David Simon, The Deuce chronicles the establishment of the porn industry in the decidedly pre-Disney Times Square of the early 1970s through legalization, the rise of HIV, the cocaine epidemic and the big business of the mid-1980s, with the changing real estate market about to bring the deadly party to a close.
Franco plays twins Vincent, who as season 2 ended seemed to be transitioning from dive bar owner to budding porn mogul, and hapless, always-in-debt Frankie. Gyllenhaal plays Candy, the former porn actress turned producer and director.
- 7/12/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
As the HBO series The Deuce readies its third and final season, Maggie Gyllenhaal took the stage at Deadline’s The Contenders Emmys to talk about the evolution of her character, Candy, a sex worker turned empowered porn director and how her journey reflects that of a certain person who has been making headlines as of late.
While Gyllenhaal talked to Deadline’s Pete Hammond about the story arc of Candy over the first two seasons, the name Stormy Daniels was brought up as she has had a very similar journey to Candy, who went from being an adult film star to a director.
Gyllenhaal said that it would be interesting if a porn star brought Trump down. “That would be great advertising for The Deuce,” she laughed.
Taking place in the late ’70s, The Deuce puts the spotlight on the porn industry, but also the treatment of women in it.
While Gyllenhaal talked to Deadline’s Pete Hammond about the story arc of Candy over the first two seasons, the name Stormy Daniels was brought up as she has had a very similar journey to Candy, who went from being an adult film star to a director.
Gyllenhaal said that it would be interesting if a porn star brought Trump down. “That would be great advertising for The Deuce,” she laughed.
Taking place in the late ’70s, The Deuce puts the spotlight on the porn industry, but also the treatment of women in it.
- 4/7/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
David Krumholtz, Daniel Sauli, Sepideh Moafi and Olivia Luccardi, who have recurred since season 1 of The Deuce, have been promoted to series regulars for the upcoming third and final season of the HBO drama.
Krumholtz plays Harvey Wasserman, Sauli is Tommy Longo, Moafi portrays Loretta and Luccardi plays Melissa. Krumholtz and Luccardi have appeared in 14 episodes, Sauli in 17 episodes and Moafi in 12 episodes.
Created by George Pelecanos and David Simon and starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Deuce follows the story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early 1970s through the mid-1980s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world that existed there until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market all ended the bawdy turbulence.
The Deuce is executive produced by Pelecanos, Simon, Nina Noble and Franco; Richard Price is...
Krumholtz plays Harvey Wasserman, Sauli is Tommy Longo, Moafi portrays Loretta and Luccardi plays Melissa. Krumholtz and Luccardi have appeared in 14 episodes, Sauli in 17 episodes and Moafi in 12 episodes.
Created by George Pelecanos and David Simon and starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Deuce follows the story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early 1970s through the mid-1980s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world that existed there until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market all ended the bawdy turbulence.
The Deuce is executive produced by Pelecanos, Simon, Nina Noble and Franco; Richard Price is...
- 11/20/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Two episode into The Deuce‘s sophomore run on HBO, the premium cable network has renewed it for a third and has set an end date. Season 3 will be the period drama’ final installment.
Created by George Pelecanos and David Simon and starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Deuce follows the story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early 1970s through the mid-1980s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world that existed there until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market all ended the bawdy turbulence.
The Deuce returned with new episodes on Sept. 9 with ratings that so far have been below the show’s Season 1 performance.
The series drew scrutiny earlier this year when five women came forward with allegations of sexually inappropriate and exploitative behavior against star/executive producer Franco,...
Created by George Pelecanos and David Simon and starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Deuce follows the story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early 1970s through the mid-1980s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world that existed there until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market all ended the bawdy turbulence.
The Deuce returned with new episodes on Sept. 9 with ratings that so far have been below the show’s Season 1 performance.
The series drew scrutiny earlier this year when five women came forward with allegations of sexually inappropriate and exploitative behavior against star/executive producer Franco,...
- 9/20/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO has renewed “The Deuce” for a third and final season.
Season two of the drama from David Simon and George Pelacanos of “The Wire” premiered Sept. 9 on the premium cable channel. Starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal, the series tells the story of the rise of the porn industry in New York in the 1970s.
Executive producers for “The Deuce” are Pelacanos, David Simon, Nina Kostroff Noble, James Franco. Richard Price is co-executive producer; Marc Henry Johnson and Gyllenhaal serve as producers.
Franco’s continued involvement in the series has been a subject of scrutiny since allegations against him of sexual misconduct were published in the Los Angeles Times in January. Speaking at the Television Critics Association press tour in July, HBO programming president Casey Bloys was asked about the Franco allegations. “We did,” Bloys said when asked if HBO looked into the accusations. “You know any time something...
Season two of the drama from David Simon and George Pelacanos of “The Wire” premiered Sept. 9 on the premium cable channel. Starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal, the series tells the story of the rise of the porn industry in New York in the 1970s.
Executive producers for “The Deuce” are Pelacanos, David Simon, Nina Kostroff Noble, James Franco. Richard Price is co-executive producer; Marc Henry Johnson and Gyllenhaal serve as producers.
Franco’s continued involvement in the series has been a subject of scrutiny since allegations against him of sexual misconduct were published in the Los Angeles Times in January. Speaking at the Television Critics Association press tour in July, HBO programming president Casey Bloys was asked about the Franco allegations. “We did,” Bloys said when asked if HBO looked into the accusations. “You know any time something...
- 9/20/2018
- by Daniel Holloway
- Variety Film + TV
HBO has renewed its David Simon-helmed drama, “The Deuce” for a third and final season.
Starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Deuce” follows the story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early 1970s through the mid-1980s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world that existed there until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market all ended the bawdy turbulence.
The second season of the drama premiered on Sept. 9.
Also Read: 'The Deuce' Creator Slams Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey as 'F--bonnet for Our Time'
“The Deuce” is from Simon and co-creator George Pelecanos. Franco, Nina Noble and Richard Price are executive producers, with Gyllenhaal and Marc Henry Johnson as producers.
Simon, who also created HBO’s “The Wire” and “Treme” has a habit of wrapping up his series quickly.
Starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Deuce” follows the story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early 1970s through the mid-1980s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world that existed there until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market all ended the bawdy turbulence.
The second season of the drama premiered on Sept. 9.
Also Read: 'The Deuce' Creator Slams Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey as 'F--bonnet for Our Time'
“The Deuce” is from Simon and co-creator George Pelecanos. Franco, Nina Noble and Richard Price are executive producers, with Gyllenhaal and Marc Henry Johnson as producers.
Simon, who also created HBO’s “The Wire” and “Treme” has a habit of wrapping up his series quickly.
- 9/20/2018
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
The 2018 Writers Guild of America Awards take place on Feb. 11 with simultaneous ceremonies held in both New York and Los Angeles. Only scripts written under the guild’s guidelines or those of several international partners are allowed to vie for these awards. As such, these kudos are not the most reliable barometer of the Oscars.
In the past nine years only 59 of the WGA nominees have numbered among the 90 screenplays that reaped Academy Awards bids. Indeed, 2014’s Oscar winner for Best Original Screenplay, “Birdman,” was deemed ineligible. Likewise for one of this year’s leading contenders for that award: “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”
On the television side, the leading nominees are “Better Call Saul,” which competes for best drama series writing as well as for two individual episodes and “The Americans,” which is up for both overall drama series writing and an individual episode. Over in comedy, reigning Emmy...
In the past nine years only 59 of the WGA nominees have numbered among the 90 screenplays that reaped Academy Awards bids. Indeed, 2014’s Oscar winner for Best Original Screenplay, “Birdman,” was deemed ineligible. Likewise for one of this year’s leading contenders for that award: “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”
On the television side, the leading nominees are “Better Call Saul,” which competes for best drama series writing as well as for two individual episodes and “The Americans,” which is up for both overall drama series writing and an individual episode. Over in comedy, reigning Emmy...
- 2/10/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Last week, The Deuce staged a war of words that saw its combatants, Candy and Rodney, criss-cross their stretch of 42nd Street. This week's episode ("Why Me?") tries a different but equally effective tactic: From the big-picture meta-plot to the individual storylines, everything seems headed the same way all at once. It's the first installment of David Simon and George Pelecanos's period piece that doesn't feel like bits and pieces stitched together, but a cohesive whole.
You've got to imagine that's how it feels to some of the characters involved,...
You've got to imagine that's how it feels to some of the characters involved,...
- 10/16/2017
- Rollingstone.com
A HBO producer was sentenced Tuesday to one year and one day in prison after dragging the body of a mother of three into a hallway two years ago in order to hide an alleged drug dealers apartment.
Marc Henry Johnson, 53, admitted in March to dragging the body of Kiersten Cerveny, a Long Island doctor, into the hallway of his friend’s apartment after she overdosed in 2015. He also pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact.
Johnson and Cerveny, 38, allegedly spent the hours before she died in various New York City bars drinking and snorting cocaine, a spokesperson for the U.
Marc Henry Johnson, 53, admitted in March to dragging the body of Kiersten Cerveny, a Long Island doctor, into the hallway of his friend’s apartment after she overdosed in 2015. He also pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact.
Johnson and Cerveny, 38, allegedly spent the hours before she died in various New York City bars drinking and snorting cocaine, a spokesperson for the U.
- 8/15/2017
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
(Aotn) Taking us back to the gritty 1970’s New York City, a time when sex and drugs ran rampant and the porn industry went from being a back-alley, brown-paper-bag commodity to a billion-dollar universal in American life. There was a moment when ground zero for the earliest pioneers in the flesh trade was the midtown heart of the nation’s largest city, New York’s Times Square. HBO’s new eight episode series “The Deuce” starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal provides us with a look at this time of both sexual and cultural awakening.
Taking a page out of the “Fargo” playbook, Franco will portray two rival twin brothers who eventually became Mob fronts for the Gambino family in midtown, rising to some prominence in their own right. Those tales – provided by a brother who passed away a few brief months before “The Deuce” began filming its pilot – form...
Taking a page out of the “Fargo” playbook, Franco will portray two rival twin brothers who eventually became Mob fronts for the Gambino family in midtown, rising to some prominence in their own right. Those tales – provided by a brother who passed away a few brief months before “The Deuce” began filming its pilot – form...
- 8/8/2017
- by Kristyn Clarke
- Age of the Nerd
A Long Island dermatologist who died from a drug overdose in 2015 is not a victim of the cocaine dealer who allegedly supplied her with the drugs, his attorney argued Thursday in federal court.
A prosecution source tells People that the convicted dealer, James Holder, was initially scheduled to be sentenced on Thursday but will now learn his fate next Thursday.
Holder has pleaded guilty to maintaining a drug-involved premises after admitting to keeping his apartment as a so-called stash house, but he has not admitted he provided Kiersten Cerveny with the cocaine that ended her life.
On Thursday, lawyer Matthew...
A prosecution source tells People that the convicted dealer, James Holder, was initially scheduled to be sentenced on Thursday but will now learn his fate next Thursday.
Holder has pleaded guilty to maintaining a drug-involved premises after admitting to keeping his apartment as a so-called stash house, but he has not admitted he provided Kiersten Cerveny with the cocaine that ended her life.
On Thursday, lawyer Matthew...
- 5/5/2017
- by Chris Harris
- PEOPLE.com
An HBO producer pleaded guilty this week in the case of a married doctor and mother of three who died in 2015, after an overdose, in the doorway of a New York City apartment building.
The headline-making incident and resulting investigation spanned more than a year, as authorities worked to uncover the circumstances surrounding 38-year-old Kiersten Cerveny‘s death.
Here are five things to know about what happened.
1. The Morning Cerveny Died
Around 4:30 a.m. on Oct. 4, 2015, Cerveny and TV producer Marc Johnson, 54, and 60-year-old James Holder ’s apartment, where investigators say she overdosed, according to a statement from the U.
The headline-making incident and resulting investigation spanned more than a year, as authorities worked to uncover the circumstances surrounding 38-year-old Kiersten Cerveny‘s death.
Here are five things to know about what happened.
1. The Morning Cerveny Died
Around 4:30 a.m. on Oct. 4, 2015, Cerveny and TV producer Marc Johnson, 54, and 60-year-old James Holder ’s apartment, where investigators say she overdosed, according to a statement from the U.
- 3/23/2017
- by Char Adams
- PEOPLE.com
An HBO producer has pleaded guilty in the case of a married Long Island doctor and mother-of-three who died in the doorway of a Manhattan apartment building last October after a night of partying and drug use, People confirms.
Marc Henry Johnson, 52, pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact, admitting he dragged the body of Kiersten Cerveny into the hallway of his friend’s apartment building, a U.S. Department of Justice spokesperson tells People. Johnson and Cerveny, 38, allegedly spent the night in various New York City bars drinking and snorting cocaine, the spokesperson says.
“Marc Henry Johnson’s immediate...
Marc Henry Johnson, 52, pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact, admitting he dragged the body of Kiersten Cerveny into the hallway of his friend’s apartment building, a U.S. Department of Justice spokesperson tells People. Johnson and Cerveny, 38, allegedly spent the night in various New York City bars drinking and snorting cocaine, the spokesperson says.
“Marc Henry Johnson’s immediate...
- 3/22/2017
- by Char Adams
- PEOPLE.com
On Tuesday, two men - including the former producer for the forthcoming HBO drama series The Deuce - were arrested on drug charges related to the mysterious death of Kiersten Cerveny, a married Long Island doctor who died in the doorway of a Manhattan apartment building last October, People confirms. According to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice obtained by People, HBO producer Marc Henry Johnson, 51, and James Holder, 60, both face federal drug and conspiracy charges related to Cerveny's death. Investigators claim Cerveny, a 38-year-old mother of three, was found unresponsive in Holder's apartment building on the morning of Oct.
- 5/26/2016
- by Chris Harris, @chrisharrisment
- PEOPLE.com
On Tuesday, two men – including the former producer for the forthcoming HBO drama series The Deuce – were arrested on drug charges related to the mysterious death of Kiersten Cerveny, a married Long Island doctor who died in the doorway of a Manhattan apartment building last October, People confirms.
According to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice obtained by People, HBO producer Marc Henry Johnson, 51, and James Holder, 60, both face federal drug and conspiracy charges related to Cerveny's death.
Investigators claim Cerveny, a 38-year-old mother of three, was found unresponsive in Holder's apartment building on the morning of Oct.
According to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice obtained by People, HBO producer Marc Henry Johnson, 51, and James Holder, 60, both face federal drug and conspiracy charges related to Cerveny's death.
Investigators claim Cerveny, a 38-year-old mother of three, was found unresponsive in Holder's apartment building on the morning of Oct.
- 5/26/2016
- by Chris Harris, @chrisharrisment
- People.com - TV Watch
On Tuesday, two men - including the former producer for the forthcoming HBO drama series The Deuce - were arrested on drug charges related to the mysterious death of Kiersten Cerveny, a married Long Island doctor who died in the doorway of a Manhattan apartment building last October, People confirms. According to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice obtained by People, HBO producer Marc Henry Johnson, 51, and James Holder, 60, both face federal drug and conspiracy charges related to Cerveny's death. Investigators claim Cerveny, a 38-year-old mother of three, was found unresponsive in Holder's apartment building on the morning of Oct.
- 5/26/2016
- by Chris Harris, @chrisharrisment
- PEOPLE.com
Marc Henry Johnson will step away from his production duties on David Simon’s HBO series pilot The Deuce while he deals with his connection in Sunday’s death of a woman in New York. Shooting on the pilot is set to start October 14. Johnson is a producer on the series and was instrumental in bringing the project to Simon. But Johnson is stepping down for the time being, says a source with knowledge of the situation. Johnson has been questioned by investigators in…...
- 10/6/2015
- Deadline TV
One of the producers of HBO's upcoming porn drama, The Deuce, temporarily has stepped away from the project as a result of his involvement in this weekend's mysterious death of a New York dermatologist, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. A source tells THR that Marc Henry Johnson, who originally was credited as a producer on the pilot, has relinquished his duties for the time being while he attends to the case. Johnson, 51, was questioned Monday by investigators in connection with the death of 38-year-old Kiersten Cerveny, a married mother of three who authorities believe overdosed on cocaine. Cerveny was
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- 10/6/2015
- by Kate Stanhope
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Marc Henry Johnson, a producer of HBO's The Deuce, has been questioned by investigators in connection with the mysterious death of a married dermatologist and mother of three in New York Sunday. Kiersten Cerveny, 38, was found unconscious in the vestibule of a Chelsea apartment building Sunday morning. Police sources told the New York Daily News the death is consistent with a cocaine overdose and is not being treated as a homicide. Cerveny was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital at 9:12 a.m. According to reports, Cerveny ended up at the five-story walk-up in Chelsea after a Saturday night out on the
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- 10/6/2015
- by THR Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Los Angeles — Besedka Johnson, who became an actress at age 85 and won praise for last year's movie "Starlet," has died. She was 87.
Johnson died on April 4 at Glendale Memorial Hospital of complications following surgery for a bacterial infection, her son, Jim Johnson, told the Los Angeles Times ( ). http://lat.ms/Z7qH66
Besedka Johnson played the cranky widow Sadie, who befriends Dree Hemingway in last year's movie. It was her only role.
"Besedka showed that no age is too old to do what you dream. I loved her dearly," Hemingway said in a statement.
Johnson got the part when an executive producer for the movie saw her in the locker room at a Ymca gym in Los Angeles and asked her to audition.
"I thought it has got to be a great big joke," Besedka Johnson later said, but "when you're this old, it's like let's just go along with it and see what happens.
Johnson died on April 4 at Glendale Memorial Hospital of complications following surgery for a bacterial infection, her son, Jim Johnson, told the Los Angeles Times ( ). http://lat.ms/Z7qH66
Besedka Johnson played the cranky widow Sadie, who befriends Dree Hemingway in last year's movie. It was her only role.
"Besedka showed that no age is too old to do what you dream. I loved her dearly," Hemingway said in a statement.
Johnson got the part when an executive producer for the movie saw her in the locker room at a Ymca gym in Los Angeles and asked her to audition.
"I thought it has got to be a great big joke," Besedka Johnson later said, but "when you're this old, it's like let's just go along with it and see what happens.
- 4/10/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
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