Martin Scorsese Mick Jagger HBO Project Is a Go; Three Years in the Making

Martin Scorsese Mick Jagger HBO project is finally moving forward. Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger have been working on television project for three years. Martin Scorsese rock and roll talent project with Mick Jagger appears to be headed to HBO.

Martin Scorsese has been working for three years on a television drama with Mick Jagger. The drama will follow a New York record producer, Richie Finestra, who is being played by Bobby Cannavale, while he looks for new talent for a major label. The Martin Scorsese Mick Jagger HBO series is set in 1977. The last days of disco. The first days of punk and rap. When music was at yet another crossroad. They’re just waiting for HBO to greenlight the project.

The new HBO music project all started with a conversation. According to published reports Mick Jagger told the Oscar-winning film director Martin Scorsese that if he set a movie like “Casino” in the music industry they could tell some great stories.

Martin Scorsese is on board to direct the first episode of the as-yet-untitled project. Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger have been working on the projects for the past few years, but with Mick traipsing off to play in the ongoing tour that has become the life of a Rolling Stone and Martin Scorsese producing his own works, it’s been tough to get together for any proper amount of time.

Now that Bobby Cannavale is on board in the lead role the Martin Scorsese Mick Jagger HBO series is gaining momentum. The series will be run by Brian Koppelman and David Levien, the screenwriters of “Oceans 13” and “Players.” Koppelman and Levien are working with a pilot script from Terence Winter. The Martin Scorsese Mick Jagger series is scheduled to start shooting early next year.