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Treme - David Simon's New HBO Series

post #1 of 375
3/17/09 at 10:32am
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Bunk and Lester Reunited!

Well, I'm excited as hell.
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post #2 of 375
3/17/09 at 10:37am
If the pilot just started filming, how long before the series comes out? Is there any chance it will be out tomorrow? Because that would be awesome.
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post #3 of 375
3/17/09 at 11:32am
That's awesome news. Pierce and Peters rocked together on The Wire. Although who knows whether or not they'll actually be together what with Simon's penchant for enormous casts.

That article doesn't mention Ed Burns at all, anyone know if he's involved?
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post #4 of 375
3/17/09 at 11:33am
Melissa Leo is in the show also, as a civil rights attorney.
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post #5 of 375
3/17/09 at 12:13pm
Sounds like good subject matter for Simon. The addition of Peters and Pierce is just the icing on the cake, though part of me can't help wishing this was actually going to be a Bunk n Lester Wire spin off.
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post #6 of 375
3/17/09 at 12:22pm
This a perfect marriage of artist and material. Now, I'm gonna go jump in my time machine and bring back the pilot, because I am very, very excited for this. Damn, still need to see Generation Kill...
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post #7 of 375
3/17/09 at 12:28pm
I tried Generation Kill, watched a few episodes. It's facinating in terms of war depiction and the frustrations associated with military beaucracy and the second Iraq war. However, it's dense and occasionaly tedious. Even though I felt like I should finish it, I never got around to it.
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post #8 of 375
3/17/09 at 12:29pm
Yes, you do need to see Generation Kill, right now. It does take a while to get into it, but from episode 4 on it's gripping.

Here is Simon's plot summary of Treme:

Simon, a frequent visitor to the city and a longtime New Orleans music fan, said… that the stories told in “Treme” would reach beyond the music scene to explore political corruption, the public housing controversy, the crippled criminal-justice system, clashes between police and Mardi Gras Indians, and the struggle to regain the tourism industry after the storm.

“It’s basically a post-Katrina history of the city. It will be rooted in events that everybody knows,” Simon said. “What it’s not going to be is a happy stroll through David Simon’s record collection. It should not be a tourism slide show. If we do it right, it (will be) about why New Orleans matters.”



It seems similar to 'The Wire', in that an organisation / event is used as a proxy to analyse other aspects - mainly corruption, incompetence and political bullshit - in a dying city.

In the The Wire it was police and drugs. In Treme it's Musicians and Hurrican Katrina.
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post #9 of 375
3/17/09 at 12:55pm
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The addition of Peters and Pierce is just the icing on the cake, though part of me can't help wishing this was actually going to be a Bunk n Lester Wire spin off.
The pitch: After Beadie and the kids are killed in a drive by, McNulty goes rogue and starts bumping off drug dealers and pining the murders on rival gangs. Faced with the threat of escalated violence Bunk and Lester team up to stop their former friend. Tell me this isn't the best thing ever.

Also, Ed what are you doing here posting and not watching Generation Kill? Go now. The power of Marine Ziggy compels you.
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post #10 of 375
3/17/09 at 1:00pm
I did watch it and I admit to not finishing it. Marine Ziggy was hilarious though.
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post #11 of 375
3/17/09 at 2:53pm
Much like 'The Wire', I can see Generation Kill hiolding up well on repeat viewings.
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post #12 of 375
3/17/09 at 2:57pm
Between this and what they're saying about David Chase's new show (HBO likes guys named David apparently) I really need to figure out how to get HBO in my dorm room.
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post #13 of 375
3/17/09 at 3:26pm
Chase has a new show? And I just cancelled HBO, dammit. Now they're gonna make me come crawling back, like True Blood never even happened...
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post #14 of 375
3/17/09 at 3:34pm
I want to know when in the hell is Scoresse's Atlantic City project going to see the light of day.
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post #15 of 375
3/17/09 at 3:56pm
Right when I think I'm going to cancel HBO, the promise of a new David Simon show in the not far off future compels me.
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post #16 of 375
3/17/09 at 4:21pm
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Why would anyone cancel HBO while it still has Big Love?
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post #17 of 375
3/17/09 at 4:39pm
Simon's a machine these days. After polishing off his magnum opus and an ambitious miniseries in quick succession you'd think a deserved breather would be in order, but apparently he's a man with a mission.

Culture was one aspect of society the Wire never really touched upon, so I have high hopes that he'll be able to bring something fresh to the table along with the usual Simon seal of quality.
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post #18 of 375
3/17/09 at 5:12pm
Steve Zahn, Kim Dickens and Khandi Alexander are cast in this as well. It doesn't sound like Ed Burns is a part of it but Eric Overmyer, who was a writer on The Wire, is.
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post #19 of 375
3/17/09 at 5:17pm
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Why would anyone cancel HBO while it still has Big Love?
Truth.

Oh man, David Chase has a new one too? Mayhaps golden times are upon us again?
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post #20 of 375
3/17/09 at 8:46pm
Now all we need is a new David Milch and it'll be like 2003 all over again.

Or just more Deadwood. I'd be fine with that. So fine I'd probably explode.

I hate impossibilities.
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post #21 of 375
3/17/09 at 9:02pm
Milch was supposed to come out with an HBO series involving the corruption investigations of the NYPD during the early 70s. I haven't heard anything about that one either.
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post #22 of 375
3/17/09 at 10:03pm
What the fuck is going on with HBO and Davids? Even throwing in Larry David just to have one in reverse!
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post #23 of 375
3/18/09 at 12:29am
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I want to know when in the hell is Scoresse's Atlantic City project going to see the light of day.
There's a lot of movement on this, too -- Michael Shannon just joined the cast with Michael Pitt and Steve Buscemi and Kelly MacDonald, which is pretty bad-ass. Terence Winter, who won an Emmy for "Long Term Parking" and wrote the 50 cent movie, is the show runner.
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post #24 of 375
3/18/09 at 12:33am
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There's a lot of movement on this, too -- Michael Shannon just joined the cast with Michael Pitt and Steve Buscemi and Kelly MacDonald, which is pretty bad-ass. Terence Winter, who won an Emmy for "Long Term Parking" and wrote the 50 cent movie, is the show runner.
Holy crap, that's a hell of a team. I really do have to get HBO again.
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post #25 of 375
3/18/09 at 12:37am
Of all the upcoming shows, Boardwalk Empire is probably the biggest gamble for them financially. Simon knows how to do his shows cheap, and the Chase show is a miniseries. Boardwalk's a Prohibition era period crime drama.
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post #26 of 375
4/16/09 at 6:54pm
Article from Gambit, one of our local weeklies, on Treme.

The shoot was a nightmare from all I have been told. Lot of conflict between people from out of town and local crew. Director not quite knowing what she wanted. They had to bring in a 2nd unit to complete filming.

Let's hope though the conflict doesn't come across on screen and instead we get something great (and maybe next time, use more locals in the office and as dept heads).
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post #27 of 375
4/18/09 at 7:08pm
Another piece from the Gambit blog this time.
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post #28 of 375
4/18/09 at 8:44pm
Sounds like this is going to be absolutely fantastic. I thought Gen Kill was the best examination of the Iraq War on screen, and it was incredibly well made, it also had one of the most incredible final scenes to end a series, compulsory viewing.
Between potential projects such as Treme and Chases new miniseries, as well as Big Love and East Bound and Down, HBO is still tops. I especially love Big Love, can't get enough of that show.
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post #29 of 375
4/19/09 at 2:09am
One more piece: an interview with David Simon. Keep tabs on the Blog of New Orleans blog for more.

I really hope this comes out well.
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post #30 of 375
8/16/09 at 9:25pm
Oldish news, but back in May the show was officially picked up for a full season, and it'll premiere in April.
Some various articles
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post #31 of 375
8/16/09 at 9:40pm
Office opens up soon. They start shooting end of Sept/beginning of October from what I understand.
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post #32 of 375
8/16/09 at 11:01pm
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HBO's 'Buzz' commercial/behind the scenes clips just said that filming is going on. The tiny clip focused on the music and that is begins three months after Katrina.
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post #33 of 375
8/16/09 at 11:23pm
They filmed the pilot earlier this year, but no filming going on right now that I know of. When I talked to someone last week they still were interviewing crew and had yet to re-open their office.

Edited to add: there was a rumor they were going to film in Baltimore or Connecticut. No understanding why they would do that since the show is set here. I know the pilot shoot did not go easy and set was a bit of a nightmare.
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post #34 of 375
8/16/09 at 11:26pm
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They filmed the pilot earlier this year, but no filming going on right now that I know of. When I talked to someone last week they still were interviewing crew and had yet to re-open their office.
Ah, that makes sense. I was just thrilled seeing David Simon talking about a new show. And Lester!
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post #35 of 375
8/18/09 at 2:43pm
Just had to turn them down. They called me to come in and interview, but I already agreed to do The Mechanic. Funny and sad at the same time. I wanted to work on the show, but they are waiting to late to lock down crew.
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post #36 of 375
9/10/09 at 3:15pm
Anybody up for a trip to NOLA?

HBO 'Treme' writers to discuss series at Octavia Books:

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Co-creator David Simon and three staff writers for the upcoming HBO drama "Treme" will discuss the series and read from their own work at Octavia Books on Wednesday night (September 16).

The event is scheduled for 6 p.m. at the bookstore, 513 Octavia St. in New Orleans. More information: 504.899.7323.

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The writers scheduled to participate are Tom Piazza ("City of Refuge," "Why New Orleans Matters"), George Pelecanos ("The Way Home") and Lolis Eric Elie (of the Times-Picayune and the documentary film "Faubourg Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans").
Elie used to write my favorite column in the Times-Picayune,
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post #37 of 375
11/8/09 at 1:55pm
Another article in today's Times-Picayune from Dave Walker titled Treme Time. Right now the link isn't working but you can find the article searching on Nola.com. Thought some of you might be interested.

Edit: Finally they put up a decent link to the story.
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post #38 of 375
1/13/10 at 11:53am
Treme teaser trailer is out. Doesn't show anything really. Also, TV writers got to see I believe the pilot yesterday. Should be some reviews coming out today.
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post #39 of 375
1/13/10 at 12:03pm
Well guess whose picking HBO back up in April?
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post #40 of 375
1/13/10 at 12:21pm
nice teaser. i like how it looks like they actually wrote "from the creators of the Wire" on the wall. this is easily my most anticipated anything
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post #41 of 375
1/13/10 at 2:52pm
Classy teaser. I can't wait.
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post #42 of 375
1/13/10 at 3:02pm
I barely have an idea what it's about, but I'm watching.
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post #43 of 375
1/13/10 at 5:45pm
Its about Post-Katrina New Orleans. More specifically, about musicians in the city trying to put their lives back together just a few months after the storm. The Treme is a specific area of town. Fairly poor area, but known for housing a lot of musicians in the past.

I don't think I've mentioned this, but I went to the Tennessee Williams Festival here in NOLA some months back and David Simon had a panel talking about the show. I was impressed with the amount of detail they were putting into the show. He knew things about New Orleans that I wouldn't think anyone but a local would know.
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post #44 of 375
1/13/10 at 5:52pm
Those 45 seconds are better than about 90 percent of everything else out there.

I wish I were here for the premiere, but as soon as I am back, I will be watching this. No way in hell am I missing out on this like I did The Wire when it first aired.
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post #45 of 375
1/13/10 at 6:11pm
Dave Walker, the TV writer and critic for the Times-Picayune, on the first preview of Treme:

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I got my first look at the series Saturday, so I can tell you that what they -- and, later this year, you -- will see is terribly beautiful and gloriously sad. Also very funny and irresistibly funky.

The episode, shot in New Orleans last spring, opens with a Rebirth Brass Band-driven second line and rolls into a titles sequence set to John Boutte's "Treme Song," so there will be dancing in select TV dens all over America come April 11, the series' likely-but-not-yet-confirmed-by-HBO debut night.

Both the opening sequence and titles contain the heartbreaking/heartwarming duality of the show's three-months-post-Katrina setting.

The second line rolls through neighborhoods still scarred by wreckage created from levee-failure floodwater.

A water mark runs through the titles.

Based on the two episodes I've seen, co-creators David Simon ("The Wire," "Generation Kill") and Eric Overmyer ("Homicide: Life on the Street," "The Wire") have done what they said they'd do: "Treme" is a celebration of the fragile, indomitable, joyful and melancholy vernacular New Orleans culture both men clearly love, as well as a petition for that culture's preservation.
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post #46 of 375
1/15/10 at 5:48pm
AICN runs the official breakdown/press release from HBO on the show.
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post #47 of 375
3/12/10 at 8:34pm
New trailer is out.
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post #48 of 375
3/17/10 at 3:03pm
NYT interview with David Simon. I had no idea the title was pronounced "Trih-MAY."
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post #49 of 375
3/17/10 at 4:29pm
On the last show I was on, one of the few cool things was being down the street from Treme St itself and seeing guys walking around with their instruments in that area. Kermit Ruffins a local musician is a big part of the series. This is very much a music show.
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post #50 of 375
3/17/10 at 4:59pm
I didn't realise Pelecanos was back. I hope they give him a gut-punching penultimate episode like they always did on the Wire. I wonder why there's no Ed Burns this time?
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