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Almost twenty years after its film adaptation, Herbert Asbury\u2019s 1927 non-fiction novel \u201cThe Gangs of New York\u201d is all set to be presented as a series because it\u2019s the era of streaming and television content, and the stakeholders are looking to squeeze the maximum out of it.<\/p>\n
Martin Scorsese directed the movie \u201cGangs of New York\u201d, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis and Cameron Diaz, and scored 10 Oscar nominations. <\/p>\n
And now, Scorsese will help to launch by executive producing and directing the first two episodes, reports \u201cEmpire\u201d magazine.<\/p>\n
Watch video:<\/strong><\/p>\n The movie chronicled DiCaprio\u2019s Amsterdam Vallon returning to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher (Day-Lewis), his father\u2019s killer.<\/p>\n According to \u201cEmpire\u201d, this new small-screen version is spearheaded by Miramax TV and Brett C. Leonard, who is one of the executive producers on Apple TV+\u2019s \u201cShantaram\u201d. <\/p>\n It\u2019ll be a completely new take with different characters from the film.<\/p>\n This isn\u2019t the first time Scorsese was involved in a \u201cGangs\u201d TV series \u2013 a version touted in 2013 planned to follow \u201cGangs\u201d from other cities as well as the Big Apple.<\/p>\n