The first season of Boardwalk Empire was released in America to rave reviews towards the end of last year, and I’d say there’s a good chance that it will do the same with its second season, which HBO have just released a new trailer for.
Whilst America got it in September, Sky’s new channel, Sky Atlantic, played it in the UK back in February this year, so whether we’ll be getting the new season with America in September or early next year awaits to be seen.
Unfortunately, I must confess that I lack the Sky capabilities to have watched the first season of Boardwalk Empire, and I really can’t wait for it to be released on DVD/Blu-Ray, because it looked fantastic.
Created by Terence Winter, writer and executive producer on HBO’s The Sopranos, the show also included Mark Wahlberg as one of its executive producers, and of course the little-known man Martin Scorsese, who directed the pilot episode. Costing almost m. to make just that first episode, the pilot became the most expensive first episode in television history, and after it had more than 7m. viewers on its first day’s broadcast, HBO immediately picked up the show for a second season.
It was recently announced that Boardwalk Empire has landed itself eighteen nominations at this year’s Emmy Awards, to go with it winning a Golden Globe for itself and leading man Steve Buscemi as Enoch “Nucky” Thompson at the start of the year.
Given that I’ve not seen the first season, watching the trailer for the second season takes things a little out of context for me, since I don’t know all the characters. But it thankfully doesn’t give much away, and just gives a nice taste of what to expect when the new season arrives. Everything seems to be focusing and closing in on Buscemi as Nucky, and it’s definitely something to look forward to. Without further ado, here is the new trailer.
