{"id":13039,"date":"2011-09-26T22:11:16","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T21:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=13039"},"modified":"2011-09-26T22:12:23","modified_gmt":"2011-09-26T21:12:23","slug":"luck-on-hbo-michael-mann-david-milch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2011\/09\/26\/luck-on-hbo-michael-mann-david-milch\/","title":{"rendered":"Luck on HBO"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The new HBO series Luck<\/a><\/strong> sees director Michael Mann<\/a> and writer David Milch<\/a> combine forces with Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte.<\/p>\n

Based around a group of characters at a horse-racing track, Milch spoke about the premise to Variety last year<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“The pilot is about a bunch of intersecting lives in the world of horse racing,” Milch told Daily Variety. “It’s a subject which has engaged and some might say has compelled me for 50 years. I’ve joked that if I just can make $25 million on this show, I’ll be even on research expenses. I find it as complicated and engaging a special world as any I’ve ever encountered, not only in what happens in the clubhouse and the grandstand, but also on the backside of the track, where the training is done and where they house the horses.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Although it looks like an ensemble piece, it appears Dustin Hoffman will have the biggest role as a man ‘deeply involved in gambling’.<\/p>\n