The Emmy award-winning Boardwalk Empire is back and swinging into its second season. With Enoch “Nucky” Thompson’s political career in jeopardy and enemies closing from both sides of the law, he’ll have to seek help from some unexpected sources to survive. Two new clips from HBO show off Nucky’s predicament.

At the conclusion of the season 2 premiere, Nucky Thompson and Chalky White are both resting their laurels in Atlantic City’s jail. Nucky has been arrested on voter fraud in the latest election, while Chalky is facing charges of murder after shooting a KKK member who came to kill him and shut down his illegal distillery. In addition to being pushed from the bottom and the top, Nucky’s former mentor the Commodore is teaming up with his former protégé (and the Commodore’s estranged son) Jimmy Darmody to take over the liquor business in and around Atlantic City.

Read the rest and watch another clip  at Two New ‘Boardwalk Empire’ Clips: Nucky Pushes Back on Screen Rant.

There have been a lot of stories about the costuming for Boardwalk Empire like these:

• “We were like detectives,” costumer designer for “Boardwalk Empire”
• ‘Boardwalk Empire’ costumes bring 1920s roaring back
• Boardwalk Empire Costume Designer Interview – Style of Boardwalk Empire Suits

And…

Just in time for the new season Clothes on Film sat down and interview Emmy nominees John Dunn and Lisa Padovani about what we can expect to see in terms of Boardwalk Empire costuming in season two.

Boardwalk Empire Costume Q&A: John Dunn & Lisa Padovani

On the eve of Boardwalk Empire: Season 2 commencing at HBO, we have had a chat with the show’s costume designers, Emmy nominated John Dunn and Lisa Padovani about what is in store for dandy gangster Nucky Thompson, sourcing vintage dresses and upcoming trends of the 1920s.

Clothes on Film, Chris: What do you have planned for Boardwalk Empire Season 2?

John Dunn: In Season 2 we will be continuing to explore the decade as our characters and their pasts are further revealed. We are also introducing some of the new currents in fashion as the 20′s begin to unfold and our characters’ situations shift. The big trends of the 20′s are still ahead of us but we will begin to set the groundwork.

In addition, our shop has become very adept at building beautiful women’s pieces from scratch at the speed of light. While it is always exciting to find beautiful vintage pieces to use, we also like to create original pieces and the skills of our drapers and stitchers to recreate the period has increased as we progressed through Season 2. We also found some new equipment for our shop. We were, for example, very pleased to locate a vintage faggoting machine which creates a seaming used so prominently for constructing dresses and blouses starting in the late teens and early 20′s.

Read the rest of the Q&A at Boardwalk Empire Costume Q&A: John Dunn & Lisa Padovani

Martin Scorsese has won an Emmy for directing the series premiere of Boardwalk Empire, the primetime HBO drama based on Nelson Johnson’s Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City.

In addition to directing the pilot, Scorsese is also an executive producer on the series. The pilot episode aired on September 19, 2010 and led to HBO’s almost immediate decision to pick up the series for a second season.

In an early interview about the series, Scorsese was was quoted:

To me, it’s as if we’re talking now about the 1980s or late 1970s. That was like yesterday to me. The 20s in my head were always very present because my parents always referred to it: the music, the people, the clothes. I know all the songs from that period; I know all the films. We knew it all. And so it was a natural transition. But you know I really was fascinated with the idea of working with Terry Winter and these guys, and taking these characters over 13 hours, developing them, developing their story, the complications of corruption in American politics.

Anthony Venutolo of The Star-Ledger covered the award for NJ.com.

Emmy Awards 2011: Martin Scorsese wins Directing for a Drama Series

Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese has won Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for the pilot of “Boardwalk Empire.”

The period HBO drama was adapted from Nelson Johnson’s best-selling non-fiction book “Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City.” It centered on real-life criminal kingpin Enoch “Nucky” Johnson. On the show, the central character’s name was changed to Enoch “Nucky” Thompson (Steve Buscemi). He portrays the Atlantic County Treasurer who rose to prominence during the Prohibition period of the ’20s and ’30s in Atlantic City.

The show is run by Emmy Award-winning screenwriter Terence Winter of “The Sopranos.” Other producers include Scorsese, Mark Wahlberg and frequent episode director Tim Van Patten.

Read the full story at NJ.com.

HBO released a couple of Season Two posters a few weeks ago, and now they have shown us five more character posters to whet your appetite for the premier of season two this Sunday.

 

Amy Chozick profiles Steve Buscemi for the Wall Street Journal and talks to him about the role of Nucky Thompson in the critically acclaimed HBO series Boardwalk Empire that was inspired by Nelson Johnson’s non-fiction work on Atlantic City’s history. Nelson’s exhaustively researched history — Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City – is now available in paperback and ebook editions.

He has one of the most distinctive faces in movies, but dont ask Steve Buscemi about his looks.

I dont know how to talk about the way I look, This is how I grew up. This is me. I have three brothers and we all look like my dad. — Buscemi

Mr. Buscemi, 53, has used his penetrating eyes, slim physique and scraggly teeth to bring to life supporting roles critics have described as a film’s “seasoning.” Meaning, he always spices up a movie but is rarely the main event. That changed last year with the HBO period drama “Boardwalk Empire.” Mr. Buscemi plays the main character Enoch “Nucky” Thompson, a corrupt Atlantic City politician during Prohibition.

via Steve Buscemi of Boardwalk Empire Returns for a Second Season – WSJ.com.

HBO has released a couple more posters for Season 2 of Boardwalk Empire.  The first episode of the new season airs later this month on September 25, 2011 at 9:00pm Eastern.

HBO is promoting the new season of Boardwalk Empire with a new ‘Compliments of Nucky’ campaign.

HBO has teamed up with Ceasar’s Atlantic City, LivingSocial, and Canadian Club, and the New York City MTA to bring attention to the new season starting this month.

The network has worked with New York City’s MTA to place a vintage 1920s train on the 2/3 line.

Riders can actually hop on the train on weekends this month starting this weekend at the 42nd, 72nd and 96th Street stations.  During the last weekend of September HBO will be at the 42nd and 72nd Street stops to hand out free metrocards.

The train is an authentic museum piece used in the 1920s by the Interborough Rapid Transit system and features rattan seats, ceiling fans and drop sash windows.

HBO has added its own show-related signage to the train.

As vague and foreboding as HBO’s first Season 2  trailer was, it is a relief to see some actual details and hints as to the plot lines in this newly released trailer.