This is the most surprising news of the week, The Wire - the cult HBO series of the 2000s, may soon be entitled to a sequel.
It was George Pelecanos - collaborator of David Simon and screenwriter of fiction, who has just revealed it. The information may surprise, especially when you know the untouchable aura of The Wire, but this is what was just revealed by George Pelecanos - author of detective novels that inspired the series AND screenwriter on this same series, during 'an interview with Society. Asked about his current projects, the writer surprisingly said, "I'm writing a screenplay. With David Simon and Ed Burns [the creators of The Wire], we started writing a new project on Baltimore which will bring together all the actors of the series ".
Even if George Pelecanos is reliable, nothing says that this project will really see the light of day and we don't know yet on which channel / platform it could land. However, when we know that David Simon has just proposed The Plot Against America on HBO and that the cable channel needs as much new content as its HBO Max site which is about to be launched , hope is allowed.