It's turning out to be an interesting week for projects based on organized crime. Just as HBO's Boardwalk Empire was renewed for a second season after one superb Martin Scorsese-directed pilot episode, I'm told that there's a hot new TV project in the offing: a series version of Goodfellas, the 1990 Scorsese mob classic written by Nicholas Pileggi. My sources tell me that Pileggi's likely to write at least the pilot episode. Warner Bros TV is in lead position to grab the series -- the studio distributed the original pic -- though several studios want it. Scorsese's participation is unclear, but Irwin Winkler is likely to be the TV exec producer.

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