In preparing for “Mob City,” a fictional look at the seedy underbelly of 1940s-era Los Angeles and his first new television series in three years, Frank Darabont has had to excise other favorite TV shows and movies from his regular cultural diet.
Gone were dramas like HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire,” which is set in an earlier era than “Mob City” but also deals with the roots of organized crime, as well as thrillers like “L.A. Confidential,” which could be a source of distraction or envy to anyone looking to cover similar turf.
Nor has he been keeping up with the AMC series “The Walking Dead,” but that is for a very different reason.
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Mob City Drew Struzan poster
For being “retired,” Struzan sure does a lot of work.
The series premieres Wednesday, December 4 on TNT.
Mob City TV series posters
Mob City (aka LA Noir) premieres 12/4 on TNT
The long awaited first LA Noir then Lost Angels now Mob City is set to premiere December 4 on TNT.
The epic battle between a determined police chief and a dangerous mobster inflames 1940s Los Angeles in TNT’s eagerly anticipated television event Mob City (formerly known as Lost Angels). This powerful drama comes to TNT from Frank Darabont (The Walking Dead), who wrote and directed the pilot and serves as executive producer on the series. Based on the critically acclaimed book L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America’s Most Seductive City, by John Buntin, Mob City opens in post-war Los Angeles, home to glamorous movie stars, powerful studio heads and returning war heroes. But it’s also a city caught between a powerful and corrupt police force and an even more dangerous criminal network determined to make L.A. its West Coast base.