Maggie Gyllenhaal to topline "The Deuce" HBO drama seriesSeptember 25, 2015 - 17:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Maggie Gyllenhaal is looking forward to revisit her risque "Secretary" days. The Oscar-nominated actress will join James Franco in David Simon's drama pilot about porn industry titled "The Deuce", AceShowbiz reports. According to HBO, the pilot follows "the story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York, exploring the rough-and-tumble world that existed in midtown Manhattan until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market ended the bawdy turbulence." Gyllenhaal will play Eileen Marrell who goes by the street name Candy. She is a Times Square hooker and veteran with an entrepreneurial bent who is drawn into the fledgling industry. Franco signed up in early August to play twin mobsters. Simon is writing the narrative set taking place in the Times Square demimonde of the 1970s and '80s. Michelle MacLaren of "Breaking Bad" will direct the pilot. Gyllenhaal is also a producer along with Marc Henry Johnson who is instrumental in documenting the era. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Your home is in Armenia – Ameriabank offers mortgage loans for the Diaspora To buy real estate, Diasporans can apply to Ameriabank online to buy, renovate or build a home anywhere in Armenia. Armenia-Qatar ties discussed in Doha The Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council met with the Deputy Secretary General of the National Security Council of Qatar. Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province. Armenia calls for prohibiting threats of attacks on nuclear facilities Armenia has raised the need for a treaty prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes. |