Jack Huston has worked with Scorsese, Ridley Scott, David O’ Russell, The Coens, had meaty roles on series like Mayfair Witches, Fargo, and, maybe most notably, Boardwalk Empire, where he played Richard Harrow. His latest project is Lulu Wang’s Amazon series Expats. On this episode he talks about gaining 30 pounds for that part (which wasn’t as much fun as it sounds), why it all starts with the voice for him, writing and directing his passion project The Day of The Fight for Michael Pitt and Joe Pesci, and he reveals a common trait of all great directors he’s known. […]
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- 1/23/2024
- by Peter Rinaldi
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Jack Huston has worked with Scorsese, Ridley Scott, David O’ Russell, The Coens, had meaty roles on series like Mayfair Witches, Fargo, and, maybe most notably, Boardwalk Empire, where he played Richard Harrow. His latest project is Lulu Wang’s Amazon series Expats. On this episode he talks about gaining 30 pounds for that part (which wasn’t as much fun as it sounds), why it all starts with the voice for him, writing and directing his passion project The Day of The Fight for Michael Pitt and Joe Pesci, and he reveals a common trait of all great directors he’s known. […]
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- 1/23/2024
- by Peter Rinaldi
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Exclusive: Jack Huston is set to make his feature directorial debut with Day of the Fight, a project that will reteam him with his Boardwalk Empire colleague Michael Pitt, who will star.
Huston will also write and produce the movie about a once celebrated boxer who takes a redemptive journey through his past and present, on the day of his first fight since leaving prison. Production is underway in New York and New Jersey.
Day of the Fight will also star One Night in Miami‘s Nicolette Robinson, Oscar winner Joe Pesci, John Magaro and Ron Perlman.
Producers are also Josh Porter, Jai Stefan, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Colleen Camp. EPs are Todd Diener and William Santor. Financing was handled by Productivity Media, Inc.
Huston tells Deadline, “I am both humbled and honored to be directing my first film with such an incredible cast and crew. It truly is a privilege...
Huston will also write and produce the movie about a once celebrated boxer who takes a redemptive journey through his past and present, on the day of his first fight since leaving prison. Production is underway in New York and New Jersey.
Day of the Fight will also star One Night in Miami‘s Nicolette Robinson, Oscar winner Joe Pesci, John Magaro and Ron Perlman.
Producers are also Josh Porter, Jai Stefan, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Colleen Camp. EPs are Todd Diener and William Santor. Financing was handled by Productivity Media, Inc.
Huston tells Deadline, “I am both humbled and honored to be directing my first film with such an incredible cast and crew. It truly is a privilege...
- 12/15/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Variations on the phrase "Kill your darlings" have been distributed as a piece of writing advice since at least 1914, when author Arthur Quiller-Couch presented it as a practical rule in his lecture "On Style." For showrunner Terence Winter and the writers' room of HBO's "Boardwalk Empire," however, the idea of jettisoning the most precious parts of what they were writing extended beyond dialogue or individual scenes to include whole characters and the actors who played them.
Anytime you have a crime drama involving gangsters, character deaths go with the territory. As such, the Prohibition-set "Boardwalk Empire" killed off many characters throughout its five-season run, but they weren't only expendable redshirts, as "Star Trek" would call them. In fact, as anyone caught up with the show should know, the death of a major character became something of a season finale tradition for "Boardwalk Empire." In an Esquire interview (with spoilers) before...
Anytime you have a crime drama involving gangsters, character deaths go with the territory. As such, the Prohibition-set "Boardwalk Empire" killed off many characters throughout its five-season run, but they weren't only expendable redshirts, as "Star Trek" would call them. In fact, as anyone caught up with the show should know, the death of a major character became something of a season finale tradition for "Boardwalk Empire." In an Esquire interview (with spoilers) before...
- 8/20/2022
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
Over the course of five seasons, HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" interwove the fictional plot lines of a Prohibition-set crime drama with figures and events from real American history. Though it was based on a non-fiction book, "Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City," series creator Terence Winter took a page from the show's premium channel cousin "Deadwood" about what not to do in that he wanted to keep it from being easily spoiled by reading up on the history behind it. Steve Buscemi's antihero, Nucky Thompson, is only loosely based on politician and gangster Enoch L. Johnson, while other characters such as Nucky's protégé, Jimmy Darmody (Michael Pitt), were invented out of whole cloth or, at best, nominally inspired by real people.
Winter enlisted the aid of researchers like Edward McGinty to keep "Boardwalk Empire" historically accurate, even as it went about dramatizing situations that never happened.
Winter enlisted the aid of researchers like Edward McGinty to keep "Boardwalk Empire" historically accurate, even as it went about dramatizing situations that never happened.
- 8/19/2022
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
Jack Huston of “Boardwalk Empire” and “House of Gucci” has been cast as the pivotal and mysterious character Lasher in AMC’s “Mayfair Witches” series, the cabler announced on Friday. The series is based on the Mayfair trilogy by “Interview With the Vampire” author Anne Rice.
Lasher is a shape-shifting demon who has been linked to the family of witches for generations after being summoned in the 1600s. Rice described him as “a slim, pale, elegant figure with dark eyes and dark hair and a hypnotically seductive power over any of [the Mayfairs] reckless enough to entertain him.”
The character first appeared in Rice’s novel “The Witching Hour” in 1990, which was followed by 1993’s “Lasher” and 1994’s “Taltos.” He was voiced by Joe Morton in the 2000 audiobook.
Huston joins the previously announced series regulars, including Harry Hamlin as Cortland Mayfair, Alexandra Daddario as Dr. Rowan Fielding, who has just discovered her unusual heritage,...
Lasher is a shape-shifting demon who has been linked to the family of witches for generations after being summoned in the 1600s. Rice described him as “a slim, pale, elegant figure with dark eyes and dark hair and a hypnotically seductive power over any of [the Mayfairs] reckless enough to entertain him.”
The character first appeared in Rice’s novel “The Witching Hour” in 1990, which was followed by 1993’s “Lasher” and 1994’s “Taltos.” He was voiced by Joe Morton in the 2000 audiobook.
Huston joins the previously announced series regulars, including Harry Hamlin as Cortland Mayfair, Alexandra Daddario as Dr. Rowan Fielding, who has just discovered her unusual heritage,...
- 5/6/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
The finale of Marvel’s latest comic book series, “Moon Knight,” dropped Wednesday and audiences are still deconstructing it. Who is Jake Lockley? Does this mean a second season is definitely coming? But in watching the six-episode series there were just as many highs as lows. While shows like “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” and “Loki” both had the same amount of time to tell their stories, social media response to “Moon Knight” has continued to discuss how it was only in the last few episodes that the series fell into a rhythm, only to end as quickly as it began.
The MCU is the source for several TV shows that will end up on Disney+, so even if “Moon Knight” isn’t successful there are several shows already in its wake (a reminder that “Miss Marvel” comes out next month). But in the meantime let’s look at...
The MCU is the source for several TV shows that will end up on Disney+, so even if “Moon Knight” isn’t successful there are several shows already in its wake (a reminder that “Miss Marvel” comes out next month). But in the meantime let’s look at...
- 5/5/2022
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
If you saw the fallen-angel rock monsters in Darren Aronofsky's "Noah" and thought, "I would like more biblical fantasy films, please," then the upcoming "Hail Mary" might be right up your alley. Bonus points if you thought, "I would like at least two actors from prestige HBO dramas to star as angels."
Jack Huston, who played the one-eyed war veteran Richard Harrow on "Boardwalk Empire," and Angela Sarafyan, who has played the first-gen host and saloon gal Clementine Pennyfeather on "Westworld" for three seasons, will costar in "Hail Mary," a film that puts a modern twist on the idea of biblical fantasy....
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Jack Huston, who played the one-eyed war veteran Richard Harrow on "Boardwalk Empire," and Angela Sarafyan, who has played the first-gen host and saloon gal Clementine Pennyfeather on "Westworld" for three seasons, will costar in "Hail Mary," a film that puts a modern twist on the idea of biblical fantasy....
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- 2/8/2022
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
Jack Huston has all of the makings of a Hollywood star; he’s good looking, talented, and charismatic. In the more than 15 years since making his on screen debut Jake has become well-known all over the world. He currently has nearly 50 acting credits to his name and the list is only going to continue to grow. Some of his most popular roles include playing Jamie Dalton in Eastwick and Richard Harrow in Boardwalk Empire. Most recently, Jack joined the cast of the anthology series Fargo and the project has earned him even more recognition. Whether you’re a long time
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- 12/4/2020
- by Camille Moore
- TVovermind.com
Exclusive: Jack Huston has signed with CAA.
Huston first gained recognition for his portrayal of the disfigured hitman Richard Harrow in HBO’s Emmy-winning series Boardwalk Empire, sharing a SAG Award for best ensemble cast. Most recently, his film roles have included Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman and Wash Westmoreland’s The Earthquake Bird with Alicia Vikander and Riley Keough, both for Netflix. Huston’s other credits include David O. Russell’s American Hustle (which earned him a second SAG Award for ensemble), Kill Your Darlings, the David Chase-directed Not Fade Away and Mathew Weiner’s The Romanoffs. Huston recently wrapped the new season of Fargo for broadcast later this year and will next be seen starring in the Lionsgate social thriller Antebellum and Philip Noyce’s Above Suspicion opposite Emilia Clarke. In theatre, Jack starred in Hitchcock’s Strangers On A Train on London’s West End.
Huston,...
Huston first gained recognition for his portrayal of the disfigured hitman Richard Harrow in HBO’s Emmy-winning series Boardwalk Empire, sharing a SAG Award for best ensemble cast. Most recently, his film roles have included Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman and Wash Westmoreland’s The Earthquake Bird with Alicia Vikander and Riley Keough, both for Netflix. Huston’s other credits include David O. Russell’s American Hustle (which earned him a second SAG Award for ensemble), Kill Your Darlings, the David Chase-directed Not Fade Away and Mathew Weiner’s The Romanoffs. Huston recently wrapped the new season of Fargo for broadcast later this year and will next be seen starring in the Lionsgate social thriller Antebellum and Philip Noyce’s Above Suspicion opposite Emilia Clarke. In theatre, Jack starred in Hitchcock’s Strangers On A Train on London’s West End.
Huston,...
- 5/27/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
According to Deadline, Jack Huston has joined the cast of Martin Scorsese’s new Netflix mob movie The Irishman. That makes this a Boardwalk Empire reunion of sorts, as Huston played Richard Harrow on that series and Scorsese was one of its executive producers, but The Irishman is also just a big excuse for everybody…
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- 9/12/2017
- by Sam Barsanti
- avclub.com
I used to keep a tally of what I referred to as "doughnut shows," which were empty in the middle, thanks to a boring main character, but delicious on the outside. But in a recent conversation with my pal Maureen Ryan, as I listed some examples of that phenomenon — your Once and Agains, your Huffs — she pointed out that I had the food metaphor all wrong. These were not doughnut shows, she pointed out, because while the main characters were less exciting than the second bananas, they also weren't completely without value in their own right. These were, she explained, tofu shows: "Like, put tofu in a good sauce with other stuff and I will forgive it for being tofu? It doesn't have much taste on its own, but it's all about everything around it pulling focus from it and actually supplying the flavor." Perhaps the greatest tofu show of all time was Boardwalk Empire,...
- 9/8/2016
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Jack Huston on taking the lead role in Ben-HurJack Huston on taking the lead role in Ben-HurChristian Aust8/15/2016 4:36:00 Pm
Meeting Jack Huston always feels a bit like travelling back in time. He has the looks, and old-fashioned manners, of a classic Hollywood star of the 1950s.
He’s polite, considerate and remembers our last interview, which took place in an old palace in Lisbon before his 2013 movie Night Train to Lisbon came out. “That was nice,” he recalls. “But it also reminds me of how quickly time is flying by.”
A lot of things have happened since then. Huston, who by that time was already known as disfigured former soldier Richard Harrow from TV’s "Boardwalk Empire", subsequently appeared in the movies Kill Your Darlings, American Hustle, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Hail, Caesar!
In April 2013 he and his girlfriend Shannan Click had a baby girl named Saga Lavinia Huston,...
Meeting Jack Huston always feels a bit like travelling back in time. He has the looks, and old-fashioned manners, of a classic Hollywood star of the 1950s.
He’s polite, considerate and remembers our last interview, which took place in an old palace in Lisbon before his 2013 movie Night Train to Lisbon came out. “That was nice,” he recalls. “But it also reminds me of how quickly time is flying by.”
A lot of things have happened since then. Huston, who by that time was already known as disfigured former soldier Richard Harrow from TV’s "Boardwalk Empire", subsequently appeared in the movies Kill Your Darlings, American Hustle, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Hail, Caesar!
In April 2013 he and his girlfriend Shannan Click had a baby girl named Saga Lavinia Huston,...
- 8/15/2016
- by Christian Aust
- Cineplex
Lionsgate has released a couple of new character posters for their upcoming adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s horror parody of the classic Jane Austen period tale, Pride And Prejudice And Zombies. It seems it won’t only be the five Bennet sisters – Lydia (Ellie Bamber), Jane (Bella Heathcote), Elizabeth (Lily James), Mary (Millie Brady), and Kitty (Sukie Waterhouse) – that’ll be slicing their way through the hordes of the undead, as they’ll have a bit of help from two stone-cold badasses: Richard Harrow and Cersei Lannister, A.K.A Boardwalk Empire‘s Jack Huston and Game Of Thrones‘ Lena Headey.
Huston will play the charming but duplicitous (at least in the original story) Mr. Wickham, while an eye-patch sporting Headey will portray Lady Catherine de Bourgh, who is usually depicted as a foil for Elizabeth (James).
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is set to arrive in theaters on February 5, 2016, and in the meantime,...
Huston will play the charming but duplicitous (at least in the original story) Mr. Wickham, while an eye-patch sporting Headey will portray Lady Catherine de Bourgh, who is usually depicted as a foil for Elizabeth (James).
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is set to arrive in theaters on February 5, 2016, and in the meantime,...
- 12/10/2015
- by Mark Cassidy
- We Got This Covered
So, it's now been a couple of weeks since The Incident took place on Grey's Anatomy, and now that the dust has settled we're looking back on the other small-screen deaths that have left us similarly destroyed.
Below, we've listed 17 of the TV demises we're still not over. In no particular order. They all made us sad. We're not crying, it's just raining. On our faces.
Warning: Just in case this doesn't go without saying, spoilers galore lie ahead. Some of these shows are finished, some are still on, but all of the episodes referenced aired in 2014 or earlier.
1. Joyce Summers (Buffy)
Spoiler: Joss Whedon is going to show up a few times on this list. The man has a self-confessed cruel streak when it comes to offing beloved characters, but the death of Buffy Summers' mother is in a different league even by Whedon standards.
Five seasons in, we...
Below, we've listed 17 of the TV demises we're still not over. In no particular order. They all made us sad. We're not crying, it's just raining. On our faces.
Warning: Just in case this doesn't go without saying, spoilers galore lie ahead. Some of these shows are finished, some are still on, but all of the episodes referenced aired in 2014 or earlier.
1. Joyce Summers (Buffy)
Spoiler: Joss Whedon is going to show up a few times on this list. The man has a self-confessed cruel streak when it comes to offing beloved characters, but the death of Buffy Summers' mother is in a different league even by Whedon standards.
Five seasons in, we...
- 5/9/2015
- Digital Spy
Is it for real this time? Jack Huston, best known for playing the role of assassin Richard Harrow on HBO's "Boardwalk Empire," has closed a deal to star as Eric Draven in Relatively long-gestating remake of "The Crow," according to Deadline. Luke Evans, who was previously attached to the role, dropped out in January. Corin Hardy ("The Hallow") is set to direct. Huston will shoot the film after he completes work on Timur Bekmambetov's "Ben-Hur" remake, in which he's playing the title character. Draven was played in Alex Proyas's 1994 adaptation by Brandon Lee, who died on set after a live round was accidentally fired from a gun that was supposed to be loaded with blanks.
- 3/23/2015
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
Relativity Media's upcoming action thriller The Crow, based on the graphic novel by James O'Barr and directed by Colin Hardy (The Hallow), has cast it's leading man after a long search. The Crow centers on slain musician Eric Draven's return from the dead to avenge his and his fiancée’s murder at the hands of a street gang. O'Barr wrote the book after experiencing a personal tragedy in his life. In 1994 the story was adapted into a critically acclaimed feature film directed by Alex Proyas and starring Brandon Lee, who died tragically during production. Three sequels and a Canadian television series were made, though none were very well received. It's now been confirmed that Jack Huston, known for his turn as disfigured war veteran turned mob enforcer Richard Harrow in HBO's Boardwalk...
- 3/23/2015
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
Jack Huston‘s last big role was playing Richard Harrow on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, easily one of the greatest TV characters of the last ten years. You’ll see him next year in the remake of Ben-Hur and now it has been confirmed that he’s lined up another starring role for a remake in The Crow.
It’s been over 20 years since Brandon Lee starred in The Crow, according to Dread Central, James O’Barr (the creator of the graphic novel) confirmed that Huston has been cast in the lead as Eric Draven.
O’Barr said that “Jack Huston has definitely been cast,” that he was “really happy with that choice,” and that the film “will shoot in a couple of months.” He also said the film will essentially be a straight adaptation of his original graphic novel, which differs quite a bit from the (still awesome) 1994 Brandon Lee vehicle.
It’s been over 20 years since Brandon Lee starred in The Crow, according to Dread Central, James O’Barr (the creator of the graphic novel) confirmed that Huston has been cast in the lead as Eric Draven.
O’Barr said that “Jack Huston has definitely been cast,” that he was “really happy with that choice,” and that the film “will shoot in a couple of months.” He also said the film will essentially be a straight adaptation of his original graphic novel, which differs quite a bit from the (still awesome) 1994 Brandon Lee vehicle.
- 3/16/2015
- by Graham McMorrow
- City of Films
Welcome back to "The Week in Horror," HitFix's ongoing series that rounds up the 10 most pertinent fright-genre stories to break over the last seven days. In this week's edition: "The Crow" remake may have finally, once and for all, for realsies this time found its Eric Draven; a newly-demure pop star joins TV's premiere horror anthology series; and if you're scared of clowns, you might wanna skip number four (is all I'm saying). See below for the full roundup. 1. "The Crow" may fly with Jack Huston After losing Luke Evans back in January, the embattled remake has now set its sights on "Boardwalk Empire" actor Jack Huston, best known for his role as assassin Richard Harrow on the HBO series. Only seeing this if they bring back Bai Ling. [Deadline] 2. Niecy Nash signs on for victimhood in Ryan Murphy's "Scream Queens" The awesome, underappreciated "Getting On" star and "Reno 911!" scene...
- 2/28/2015
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
Much like Eric Draven himself, the remake of "The Crow" just won't die. The movie has been in limbo for years, with seemingly countless directors and stars attached, but with a director and script in place, it's time to find their leading man.
Deadline is reporting that Jack Huston, who played war vet Richard Harrow in "Boardwalk Empire," is in early talks with Relativity to star as the comic book protagonist. In James O'Barr's beloved graphic novel, Draven returns from the dead to get revenge on the guys who murdered him and his beloved fiancé Shelly on Devil's Night. The two were to be married the next day - on Halloween, natch. The role was made famous by Brandon Lee, who was accidentally killed during filming. Sequels to "The Crow" were dismal, but the original is a spooky '90s classic.
Huston has a ton of high-profile projects coming up,...
Deadline is reporting that Jack Huston, who played war vet Richard Harrow in "Boardwalk Empire," is in early talks with Relativity to star as the comic book protagonist. In James O'Barr's beloved graphic novel, Draven returns from the dead to get revenge on the guys who murdered him and his beloved fiancé Shelly on Devil's Night. The two were to be married the next day - on Halloween, natch. The role was made famous by Brandon Lee, who was accidentally killed during filming. Sequels to "The Crow" were dismal, but the original is a spooky '90s classic.
Huston has a ton of high-profile projects coming up,...
- 2/27/2015
- by Jenni Miller
- Moviefone
Exclusive: Relativity Studios has set its sights on Jack Huston to play the lead character in the Corin Hardy-directed remake of The Crow. Talks are in the early stage. This is the second coveted job Huston has been chased to do since his standout portrayal as the masked, war-scarred assassin Richard Harrow on HBO's Boardwalk Empire. Huston right now is starring in the other, playing the lead role in Ben-Hur, the massive pic inspired by the 1959 William Wyler-directed…...
- 2/27/2015
- Deadline
One of Boardwalk Empire's saddest images—spoiler alert–was that of the mask of Richard Harrow, the show's facially disfigured World War I vet and hit man with a heart, lying in the sand following the character's death at the end of the fourth season. A Boardwalk fan can now have that mask. It is being auctioned off as part of a Screenbid auction beginning today. Since Terence Winter's expansive drama about the world of 1920s gangsters both real and imagined came to an end last fall, it is now following in the footsteps of other shows like...
- 1/25/2015
- by Esther Zuckerman
- EW - Inside TV
I was a bit hesitant to start watching the series finale for Boardwalk Empire. I didn’t even have it in me to watch it until a few days after it aired. Why was I so hesitant? Probably for a number of reasons. A part of me wasn’t ready to say goodbye to a series I held dear despite the disappointment of its last two seasons. A part of me waited out of fear of watching the show deflate right before my eyes in its final hour. A part of me just didn’t feel it was “must-watch” television anymore; there wasn’t any urgency to watch it. Let’s just say this, I came ready to be underwhelmed. Warning: There are spoilers ahead for those who haven’t finished the show.
I didn’t always have this feeling towards Boardwalk Empire. When the show first premiered, it was...
I didn’t always have this feeling towards Boardwalk Empire. When the show first premiered, it was...
- 11/1/2014
- by Dylan Griffin
- SoundOnSight
After five seasons, the HBO Prohibition drama Boardwalk Empire will end this coming Sunday. While the series has seen a lot of great characters come and go from Michael Pitt’s emotionally damaged Jimmy Darmody to the tragic, war-scarred Richard Harrow, Boardwalk Empire has always been Nucky’s story, even when he has been somewhat of a supporting character in it. The fifth and final season of Boardwalk has even double-downed on the show’s focus on Nucky, exploring his past in flashbacks while also putting him front and center in the present. Now, with only one episode Boardwalk Empire left and Nucky’s story almost complete, one question remains: will Nucky die in the show’s series finale? Personally, I don’t see any other way that Boardwalk Empire can end than with Nucky’s death. Luciano, Lansky, and Siegel have killed his bodyguard and taken Atlantic City from him,...
- 10/20/2014
- by Chris King
- TVovermind.com
I don’t cry too often when watching television, and I don’t think I’ve ever started to tear up once during an episode of Boardwalk Empire, not even when Richard Harrow met his poetically tragic end in the closing moments of season four or during Chalky’s final scene in last Sunday’s episode. However, I’d be lying if I said that the ending montage to “Friendless Child” didn’t make me incredibly emotional. For the first time throughout the show’s run, Boardwalk Empire had me on the verge of tears, and it was due to what I originally thought was this season’s biggest weakness becoming its greatest strength. I’m talking, of course, about the flashbacks to Nucky’s past, which throughout the first four episodes of season five, I found to be the least interesting parts of Boardwalk Empire’s swan song. How...
- 10/20/2014
- by Chris King
- TVovermind.com
Boardwalk Empire offers many opportunities for death and for redemption. Here’s Michael’s review…
This review contains spoilers
5.6 Devil You Know
The scent of death has lingered around this season of Boardwalk Empire like the odour of stale booze in a speakeasy. For obvious reasons, it has lingered most keenly around the fictional characters that now seem to be being cleared from the board before we enter the endgame.
Losing Sally Wheet was painful for Nucky, as his self-flagellating and nostalgic drinking mission attests, but for the viewer, losing Van Alden and Chalky, in the same episode no less, may well be the sharper experience. We’ve accompanied them since the very first season all the way to the near-end, through some very strange days indeed. The pair of them inhabited tragedy in their own way (though I suspect that George Raft’s comment about Shakespearean rise and fall...
This review contains spoilers
5.6 Devil You Know
The scent of death has lingered around this season of Boardwalk Empire like the odour of stale booze in a speakeasy. For obvious reasons, it has lingered most keenly around the fictional characters that now seem to be being cleared from the board before we enter the endgame.
Losing Sally Wheet was painful for Nucky, as his self-flagellating and nostalgic drinking mission attests, but for the viewer, losing Van Alden and Chalky, in the same episode no less, may well be the sharper experience. We’ve accompanied them since the very first season all the way to the near-end, through some very strange days indeed. The pair of them inhabited tragedy in their own way (though I suspect that George Raft’s comment about Shakespearean rise and fall...
- 10/19/2014
- by michaeln
- Den of Geek
A review of tonight's "Boardwalk Empire" coming up just as soon as the room is as occupied as a room can get... "What sense that make? We headed to different places." -Chalky There's always been this pattern with each season of "Boardwalk Empire." You get midway through any year of this show, and you start wondering exactly where these stories are going, why the writers are spending so much time on characters who seem like dead ends, when Richard Harrow's going to take out his gun collection, etc. In those previous years, all the seeming randomness and narrative throat-clearing inevitably led to a riveting final three or four episodes that inevitably made you realize that almost all of what seemed like a waste of time was actually really important to the great conclusion. With its shorter length, large amount of story ground to cover, plus the decision to spend time on Nucky's origin story,...
- 10/13/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Well, we have three episodes left in the Boardwalk Empire saga and, as “King of Norway” shows, things are beginning to unravel at a breakneck pace. This episode alone had many of the characters getting immersed in, if not pandemonium (as Van Alden noted a few episodes back), then full-on, life-shattering hysteria.As always, let’s start with Nucky. Even though he’s kept a calm, Zen-like levelheadedness this season, he’s beginning to get the fire back in his eyes after Torrio set him and Maranzano up to be tommy-gunned down by Luciano and Lansky’s boys. He walks away with minor cuts and bruises (thanks to the eagle-eyed alertness of his bodyguard Arquimedes/”Archie”/Cuban Richard Harrow), but it gets him turnt up enough to ring up Torrio and tell him that he, along with those “two pissants,” will be in their graves soon. I wouldn’t be...
- 10/6/2014
- by Craig D. Lindsey
- Vulture
Theo Rossi will admit he was competitive playing Scene It? with his friends when they first moved from New York to La, so it's no surprise that he's an entertainment junkie. To prove it, the man who plays Juice on FX's Sons of Anarchy sat down to take one of our Pop Culture Personality Tests. Watch the video and read the transcript the below—then feel guilty for thinking Juice must die this season. EW: Who was your first celebrity crush? Rossi: My first celebrity crush was actually Alyssa Milano. I remember. Who's the Boss? I remember. Not aging and dating myself,...
- 9/30/2014
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW.com - PopWatch
A review of tonight's "Boardwalk Empire" coming up just as soon as my fortune wafts down from Episcopalian Heaven... "Does she know what you are?" -Fern "She knew what I was." -Chalky On "Boardwalk Empire," Nucky and Chalky have never exactly been equals, simply because the racial politics of the time wouldn't allow for that. But they were presented as each other's opposite number on the white and black sides of town, Chalky was Nucky's last ally standing when Gyp Rosetti's army invaded, and the two characters were more or less treated as co-leads last season. Outside forces pushed them together and pulled them apart, but they liked each other, and were alike in many ways — in particular in how each pulled himself up from poverty to a position in high society, right alongside all the swells whose errands they used to run. Both are in sketchier circumstances at this stage of the final season,...
- 9/22/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Jack Huston cast in 'Ben-Hur' remake? 'Boardwalk Empire' actor to follow in the footsteps of Ramon Novarro and Charlton Heston Jack Huston, best known for playing World War I veteran-turned-bootlegger-cum-assassin Richard Harrow in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire, may star in the latest Ben-Hur "remake," to be jointly produced by Paramount and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. I have "remake" between quotes because officially this fourth big-screen version of the semi-biblical epic (more on that below) isn't an actual remake of either the multiple Oscar-winning 1959 Ben-Hur or its 1925 predecessor, but a direct adaptation of former Civil War general Lew Wallace's 1880 bestselling novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, which happens to be conveniently in the public domain. Timur Bekmambetov, whose credits include the Angelina Jolie-James McAvoy thriller Wanted and the supernatural cult classic Night Watch, has been attached as director of what is in fact A Tale...
- 9/17/2014
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Jack Huston is your new "Ben-Hur." The "Boardwalk Empire" star has been set to play the title role in MGM and Paramount's upcoming remake, according to Deadline. Timur Bekmambetov ("Wanted") is set to direct the epic film, in which Morgan Freeman was previously cast as Ildarin, the man who trains Ben-Hur to become a champion chariot racer. As we reported last month, Tom Hiddleston had previously been eyed for the lead role. Best known for his role as masked hitman Richard Harrow on the HBO crime drama, Huston has also appeared in a number of recent films including "American Hustle," "Kill Your Darlings" and David Chase's "Not Fade Away." Upcoming big-screen credits for the actor include "Posthumous" opposite Brit Marling, Nicholas Sparks adaptation "The Longest Ride" and "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies," an adaptation of the bestselling mashup novel by Seth Grahame-Smith. Based on the hugely popular 1880 novel by Lew Wallace,...
- 9/17/2014
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
Exclusive: MGM and Paramount have found Ben-Hur. The studios are setting Jack Huston, and you just knew he was going to get a big, star-making film role after his portrayal of the masked, war-scarred assassin Richard Harrow on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. It would be hard to imagine a bigger-scale picture than Ben-Hur, with Timur Bekmambetov directing the epic remake in Europe next year. Huston joins Morgan Freeman, whom Deadline broke will play the role of Ildarin, the man who teaches the slave Ben-Hur to become a champion-caliber chariot racer.
MGM and Paramount still have to find their Messala, Ben-Hur’s former close friend-turned-bitter rival. Actors have been circling both parts, and it looked for a while there like Huston might have played the latter. He read for that role, but Bekmambetov decided instead he had the sympathetic manner and grit to play the title role, the one that brought...
MGM and Paramount still have to find their Messala, Ben-Hur’s former close friend-turned-bitter rival. Actors have been circling both parts, and it looked for a while there like Huston might have played the latter. He read for that role, but Bekmambetov decided instead he had the sympathetic manner and grit to play the title role, the one that brought...
- 9/17/2014
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline
You might remember Jack Huston as the masked war-scarred assassin Richard Harrow on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, but something tells me in a few years you’re going to know him for a lot more. MGM and Paramount have settled on Huston for the title role of Ben-Hur for director Timur Bekmambetov’s (Wanted) upcoming remake. Tom Hiddleston was eyed for the role at one point so it’s unclear if he’s out of the movie completely or will appear in another...
- 9/16/2014
- by Graham McMorrow
- JoBlo.com
"Boardwalk Empire" is back for its final season. I interviewed Terence Winter about the decision to end the show (and to move the action forward to 1931), and I have a review of the premiere coming up just as soon as I sail away on a turtle... "They're not so special. All they have is money. Ways to find that, I reckon." -Nucky Winter told me he wanted to bring the story of both Nucky and the series full circle, and "Golden Days for Boys and Girls" begins that process in more ways than one. Not only do we leap forward to 1931 to see Nucky preparing for the potential end of Prohibition (just as the series began in the hours leading up to the implementation of the Volstead Act), but we jump back in time to 1884, to the beginning of Nucky's apprenticeship with the Commodore. Now, the issue with "Boardwalk" has...
- 9/8/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Boardwalk Empire begins in 1920. Its lead character, Nucky Thompson, is on top of the world. History is bending in his direction. He has established an elaborate criminal conspiracy that will funnel an addictive drug (alcohol) directly into the mouths of its consumers (most of America), all of it untaxed. What could go wrong?
Boardwalk Empire began in 2010. Its network, HBO, was on top of the world. It was coming off a decade which you could, with only a bit of hyperbole, referred to as the HBO decade. The Sopranos redefined what television could be; so did Sex and the City,...
Boardwalk Empire began in 2010. Its network, HBO, was on top of the world. It was coming off a decade which you could, with only a bit of hyperbole, referred to as the HBO decade. The Sopranos redefined what television could be; so did Sex and the City,...
- 9/5/2014
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
When the new, final season of Boardwalk Empire starts Sunday, the Roaring Twenties will be over. The Depression will will have set in, and the end of Prohibition will be just a couple of years away. That, however, doesn’t mean that the aftermath of the series’ fourth season won’t linger, even as the show settles into 1931.
In its past four seasons, Boardwalk Empire has proved that it is interested in the entirety of the sprawling gangster culture of the 1920s, not just Nucky Thompson’s bootlegging business. By moving the action to 1931, the show will most certainly contend with the changing crime landscape.
In its past four seasons, Boardwalk Empire has proved that it is interested in the entirety of the sprawling gangster culture of the 1920s, not just Nucky Thompson’s bootlegging business. By moving the action to 1931, the show will most certainly contend with the changing crime landscape.
- 9/5/2014
- by Esther Zuckerman
- EW - Inside TV
Michael takes a look ahead at the forthcoming final season of Boardwalk Empire, which starts on HBO this weekend...
Warning: contains spoilers for Boardwalk Empire up to season 4.
We ended last season of Boardwalk Empire with a mixture of continuation and change. The things that remained intact, among them Nucky’s slippery survival instincts, Chalky White’s igneous anger, Gillian’s appalling luck, were matched by the sense that things were changing, embodied by Richard Harrow’s lonely passing and Al Capone’s escalation to a position that we all know he’ll manage to commute to legendary infamy. That blend left the series with wide possibilities for the follow-up, or at least as wide as they can be when they need to cleave to historical events.
As we all know by now, this forthcoming fifth season will be Boardwalk Empire’s last. Truncated to a running time two thirds of its standard twelve episodes,...
Warning: contains spoilers for Boardwalk Empire up to season 4.
We ended last season of Boardwalk Empire with a mixture of continuation and change. The things that remained intact, among them Nucky’s slippery survival instincts, Chalky White’s igneous anger, Gillian’s appalling luck, were matched by the sense that things were changing, embodied by Richard Harrow’s lonely passing and Al Capone’s escalation to a position that we all know he’ll manage to commute to legendary infamy. That blend left the series with wide possibilities for the follow-up, or at least as wide as they can be when they need to cleave to historical events.
As we all know by now, this forthcoming fifth season will be Boardwalk Empire’s last. Truncated to a running time two thirds of its standard twelve episodes,...
- 9/4/2014
- by michaeln
- Den of Geek
According to ThisIsInfamous, Jack Huston (best known for playing everyone's favourite mass murdering war veteran Richard Harrow on HBO's Boardwalk Empire) is being eyed to star as Doctor Strange in Scott Derrickson's adaptation of the Marvel comic series. The site say insiders have indicated to them that Marvel are very close to choosing their man, and Huston is in with a great chance. Now it's worth noting that this is the website that swore blind that Marvel had already settled on their Sorcerer Supreme in the form of Jon Hamm (even before the movie had a director on board) so although they stil maintain that he was up for the role despite denials from Hamm himself, we'll be taking this with the requisite grain of salt for now. Still, we know Huston was in the running for Star Lord so there is every chance he'd be considered for other projects.
- 8/25/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
Looking at Boardwalk Empire, especially before I started to watch it I thought it was Sopranos in the probation era, but in truth it’s much more. Boardwalk Empire: The Complete Fourth Season reaches a time when organised crime was growing and the government was slowly taking notice. The rise of Al Capone was taking form, and although we do see his rise to power, for the most part this is still the tale of Enoch ‘Nucky’ Thompson and his Boardwalk Empire.
Having started to watch the show in the third season luckily I knew where the story was up to so far, or at least could place enough of the pieces together. Nucky played by Steve Buscemi is fixing a lot of the problems created by going on the offensive in the previous season and his deal with Chalky White (Michael K. Williams) is in place in the...
Having started to watch the show in the third season luckily I knew where the story was up to so far, or at least could place enough of the pieces together. Nucky played by Steve Buscemi is fixing a lot of the problems created by going on the offensive in the previous season and his deal with Chalky White (Michael K. Williams) is in place in the...
- 8/19/2014
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
After his phenomenal turn as fan favorite Richard Harrow on HBO's Boardwalk Empire, everyone expected Jack Huston to become the next big thing in Hollywood. His name has been linked to roles in Frankenstein, James Bond, and even the role of Star-Lord that went to Chris Pratt in Guardians Of The Galaxy. Instead, he has appeared in smaller roles in films like Twilight: Eclipse, American Hustle, and Kill Your Darlings. His next role will hopefully change that. Huston has been cast as the...
- 8/13/2014
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
Jack Huston just closed his deal to play Wickham in the Burr Steers-directed adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s Pride And Prejudice And Zombies. He joins British actors Lily James and Sam Riley and Australia’s Bella Heathcote in a mashup of the 1813 Jane Austen classic Pride And Prejudice with the walking dead. Huston has been on the short list for numerous pictures since completing his run on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire as the war-scarred assassin Richard Harrow. Huston is nearly done starring in the George Tillman-directed Fox 2000 adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ Longest Ride for Temple Hill partners Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey.
Wickham is a very handsome charismatic blond lieutenant. He and Liz are immediately attracted to each other, and he’s familiar with her combat skills. Wickham aims to teach zombies to fight, and he wins Liz over with his theories regarding training them. The pic takes place...
Wickham is a very handsome charismatic blond lieutenant. He and Liz are immediately attracted to each other, and he’s familiar with her combat skills. Wickham aims to teach zombies to fight, and he wins Liz over with his theories regarding training them. The pic takes place...
- 8/13/2014
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline
All this week, we’re presenting the Vulture TV Awards, honoring the best in television from the past year. Yesterday, we showered Amy Schumer, H. Jon Benjamin, and others with love, and today we singled out Matthew Rhys and Julianna Margulies for their stellar performances. Up next: Best Death. The grim reaper was everywhere in TV land over the past year, with notable characters from Breaking Bad, The Good Wife, and Game of Thrones shuffling off this mortal coil. But which of them died the best? We asked someone who knows from TV deaths: Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter, who explains why Richard Harrow from Boardwalk Empire is his very personal choice; in the process, Sutter reveals how he goes about writing the death scenes of his own characters. As told to Jen Vineyard.Winner: Boardwalk Empire’s Richard Harrow (played by Jack Huston) Not to sound like a dick,...
- 6/18/2014
- by Kurt Sutter
- Vulture
A review of tonight's "Hannibal" coming up just as soon as I enjoy some free-range rude... "Don't fool yourself into thinking he's not in control of what's happening." -Dr. Du Maurier Early in "Tome-Wan," Hannibal explains that he warned Mason about Will because, "I was curious to see what would happen" — a sentiment that motivates his decisions as much as hunger and pride. Soon after, he invites Will to imagine what he would like to see happen between them, and Will pictures a scenario where a barefoot Hannibal is bound in a straightjacket, hanging from a meat hook above Mason's pigs, supplicant and ready to be sliced by Will and eaten by the pigs... ... which is a scenario that more or less comes true much later in the episode, which prompted me to wonder if the whole hour was some kind of "Total Recall" stunt — or the longest "This is...
- 5/17/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Over four seasons of “Boardwalk Empire,” the character Richard Harrow, a killer with faultless killer precision but a guilty conscience, became a fan favourite. As actor Jack Huston recalled during his webcam chat with Gold Derby (watch below): “From sending that tape in London of my audition, thinking I had three episodes and then... to stay on it for four years, that was pretty special. I feel in every possible sense blessed.” -Break- Join in the fierce fight over 'Boardwalk Empire' going on right now in Gold Derby's infamous forums Despite his indelible and nuanced performance, Huston has yet to be nominated for an Emmy. And, with his character meeting a tragic fate underneath the boardwalk at the end of this season, he know this year is his last shot for this role:“It’s a tough category, it is tough... television is so brilliant right now,...
- 5/12/2014
- Gold Derby
What did Jack Huston think of his character’s shocking fate at the end of the latest season of “Boardwalk Empire?” We’ll be asking him just that in our live chat Thursday, May 1, at 12:30 p.m. Pt/ 3:30 p.m. Et on Gold Derby's home page. -Break- Huston played Richard Harrow, the sensitive but ruthless assassin. The past season was full of highs and lows for his character who got married but then met a tragic fate under the boardwalk. Join the lively 'Boardwalk Empire' chat going on right now in our infamous message boards You can participate in our chat by adding your comments or questions in our chat room box that will appear next to the video box on our home page. Or you can participate over at our Google+ page where you can post a question in the Q&A chatroom that can be addressed later by Huston.
- 4/28/2014
- Gold Derby
A review of tonight's "The Americans" coming up just as soon as I'm the Kenny Rogers of Haifa... "You're a monster! You're not a man! Whatever you once were, whoever you were, they trained it out of you! No feeling, no humanity, you may as well be dead!" -Anton "The Deal" is an installment of "The Americans" where the whole isn't as strong as the sum of the individual parts, because even though the parts are mostly terrific, there are too many of them. FX has given this show, like many of its dramas, the freedom to come in long when the creative team needs the extra time, but in this case I would say being forced to hit a rigid time would have been useful. So much of what's strong about the episode comes from the tension of the ticking clock on Philip's situation, where there's only so long...
- 3/27/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
It's always an incredible night to see stars honor their fellow performers at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, and tonight was no exception (January 18).
The 20th Annual event was full of wonderful moments as many talented actors and ensembles took home the coveted statues awarded to them for their tremendous roles on the big and small screens.
The biggest award of the night went home to the cast of "American Hustle," taking home the Actor for Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture.
Other notable trophies went home to Cate Blanchett for Best Actress for her role in "Blue Jasmine," and Matthew McConaughey for Best Actor for his work in "Dallas Buyers Club."
Check out the full list of 2014 SAG Award nominees below:
Theatrical Motion Pictures
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Bruce Dern / Woody Grant – “Nebraska” (Paramount Pictures)
Chiwetel Ejiofor / Solomon Northup – “12 Years A Slave” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Tom Hanks / Capt.
The 20th Annual event was full of wonderful moments as many talented actors and ensembles took home the coveted statues awarded to them for their tremendous roles on the big and small screens.
The biggest award of the night went home to the cast of "American Hustle," taking home the Actor for Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture.
Other notable trophies went home to Cate Blanchett for Best Actress for her role in "Blue Jasmine," and Matthew McConaughey for Best Actor for his work in "Dallas Buyers Club."
Check out the full list of 2014 SAG Award nominees below:
Theatrical Motion Pictures
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Bruce Dern / Woody Grant – “Nebraska” (Paramount Pictures)
Chiwetel Ejiofor / Solomon Northup – “12 Years A Slave” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Tom Hanks / Capt.
- 1/19/2014
- GossipCenter
It's always an incredible night to see stars award their fellow performers at the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, and tonight was no exception (January 18).
The evening was full of wonderful moments as many talented actors and ensembles took home the coveted statues awarded to them for their tremendous roles on the big and small screens.
The biggest award of the night went home to the cast of "American Hustle," taking home the Actor for Best Picture.
Other notable trophies went home to Cate Blanchett for Best Actress for her role in "Blue Jasmine," and Matthew McConaughey for Best Actor for his work in "Dallas Buyers Club."
Check out the full list of 2014 SAG Award nominees below:
Theatrical Motion Pictures
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Bruce Dern / Woody Grant – “Nebraska” (Paramount Pictures)
Chiwetel Ejiofor / Solomon Northup – “12 Years A Slave” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Tom Hanks / Capt.
The evening was full of wonderful moments as many talented actors and ensembles took home the coveted statues awarded to them for their tremendous roles on the big and small screens.
The biggest award of the night went home to the cast of "American Hustle," taking home the Actor for Best Picture.
Other notable trophies went home to Cate Blanchett for Best Actress for her role in "Blue Jasmine," and Matthew McConaughey for Best Actor for his work in "Dallas Buyers Club."
Check out the full list of 2014 SAG Award nominees below:
Theatrical Motion Pictures
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Bruce Dern / Woody Grant – “Nebraska” (Paramount Pictures)
Chiwetel Ejiofor / Solomon Northup – “12 Years A Slave” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Tom Hanks / Capt.
- 1/19/2014
- GossipCenter
History has already shown that the nonstop party of the Roaring Twenties couldn't go on forever, so neither could Boardwalk Empire. On Thursday, HBO announced that it was shutting down its homage to the Prohibition-era Atlantic City playground, making this fall's fifth season its last. As someone who has covered Boardwalk for Rolling Stone for the majority of its run, news of this decision was bittersweet. Sure, it's always difficult to say goodbye to a series in which you've invested so much time, energy, love and, let's be honest, aggravation.
- 1/11/2014
- Rollingstone.com
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