John Turturro On The Future Of HBOs The Night Of TCA – Deadline

Posted: January 18, 2020 at 9:49 am

Will John Turturro be getting back into the eczema skin of The Night Ofs New York City criminal attorney John Stone soon?

In the series debut season, Stone was thrust into the biggest case of his career defending Pakistani-American college student Nasir (Riz Ahmed) accused of murdering his one-night stand. Now the character is poised to make a comeback.

We have a couple of ideas but we have to sit down and discuss them, so were at that stage so thats good, Turturro told Deadline about a second season of the limited series with co-creator Richard Price.

James Gandolfini originally played Stone in the pilot before Turturro took over following The Sopranos actors death. The show, based on the BBC drama Criminal Justice, was a passion project for Gandolfini, who is credited as an EP on the series set in a culturally divided New York City 15 years after 9/11.

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The Night Ofracked up 13 Primetime Emmy nominations including Best Limited Series, with both Turturro and Ahmed nominated for Lead Actor in a Limited Series (Ahmed won).

Also upcoming for Turturro is hisBig Lewbowskispinoff movieThe Jesus Rollswhich he directed and in which he reprises his Hispanic character from the Coen Brothers movie. Jesus Rolls will be released Feb. 28 from Screen Media.

In regards to Turturros next feature directorial, I have something else said the actor to Deadline today at TCA, but opted to keep mum.

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