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Season 4 of Boardwalk Empire premieres on Sunday, September 8th on HBO. In the first three seasons, Boardwalk Empire has developed into a very good show and delivered a highly entertaining narrative about prohibition-era America. The show boasts a talented writing team, a great ensemble cast, and a production crew/budget that puts together one of the better looking shows on TV. The fourth season will consist of 12 episodes.

Atlantic City, February 1924: After barely surviving an overthrow by gangster Gyp Rossetti, Nucky Thompson is laying low at the end of the Boardwalk. But the calm will be short-lived, as Nucky faces new challenges, including a clash with the mayor, a battle with his brother Eli over Eli’s college-age son, and the irresistible lure of lucrative – and perilous – opportunities in Florida.

From Terence Winter, Emmy® Award-winning writer of “The Sopranos,” and Academy Award®-winning director Martin Scorsese, Boardwalk Empire is set in the 1920s during Prohibition, and chronicles the life and times of Enoch “Nucky” Thompson. The Emmy®- and Golden Globe-winning drama series kicks off its 12-episode fourth season SUNDAY, SEPT. 8 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO, followed by other episodes on subsequent Sundays at the same time.

Boardwalk Empire stars Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson; Kelly Macdonald as Margaret, Nucky’s estranged wife; Michael Shannon as former Federal Agent Nelson Van Alden, caught up in gangland conflicts; Shea Whigham as Nucky’s brother Elias, whose attempt to steer his son clear of Nucky’s influence sparks fraternal tensions; Jack Huston as disfigured war veteran Richard Harrow, who is searching for a new purpose in life; Stephen Graham as gangster Al Capone; Michael Stuhlbarg as gangster Arnold Rothstein, who’s newly wary of Nucky; Vincent Piazza as gangster Lucky Luciano; Paul Sparks as Mickey Doyle, head of Nucky’s bootlegging operation; Michael Kenneth Williams as Nucky’s ally Chalky White, leader of the city’s African-American community; Gretchen Mol as Gillian, battling demons from her past as she seeks custody of her grandson; and Anthony Laciura as Eddie Kessler, Nucky’s longtime valet.

New cast members in season four include Jeffrey Wright as Valentin Narcisse, a violent Harlem power broker who tries to muscle in on Chalky’s action; Ron Livingston as Roy Phillips, a business and romantic prospect of Gillian’s; Patricia Arquette as Sally Wheet, a Florida speakeasy owner; Brian Geraghty as Federal Agent Warren Knox; and Domenick Lombardozzi and Morgan Spector as Al Capone’s brothers, Ralph and Frank.

Links:

General sources:
- HBO Main Page
- IMDB
- Wikipedia
- Metacritic review page

Videos: (youtube)
- Season 4 Teaser
- Welcome Back Tease *youtube*
- Kings Trailer
- Tribute Trailer
- An Invitation to the Set (youtube)
- Business Trailer
- Season 3 Revisited Show (~15 min recap)
- Season 4: Mickey Doyle
- Season 4: Nucky & Eddie Kessler
- Season 4: Atlantic City (teaser)
- Season 4: Chicago (teaser)
- Season 4: Harlem (teaser)
- Season 4: New York (teaser)

Article & Interviews:
- The Wrap: 'Boardwalk Empire' Gets Those Gorgeous Costumes Bloody
- The Wrap: 9 Outtakes from 'Boardwalk Empire' Cast's EmmyWrap Cover Shoot
- HitFix: Steve Buscemi meets new cast members in 'Boardwalk Empire' season 4 images
- Stream the new Boardwalk Empire soundtrack, featuring St. Vincent, Neko Case, Elvis Costello, and more ​

Promo pics: (click to embiggen)

Main cast: (according to Wikipedia, I don't have anything from HBO confirming this)

• Steve Buscemi as Enoch "Nucky" Thompson
• Kelly Macdonald as Margaret Thompson
• Michael Shannon as Nelson Van Alden/George Mueller
• Shea Whigham as Elias "Eli" Thompson
• Michael Stuhlbarg as Arnold Rothstein
• Stephen Graham as Al Capone
• Vincent Piazza as Charlie Luciano
• Michael Kenneth Williams as Albert "Chalky" White
• Anthony Laciura as Eddie Kessler
• Paul Sparks as Mickey Doyle
• Jack Huston as Richard Harrow
• Gretchen Mol as Gillian Darmody
• Jeffrey Wright as Dr. Valentin Narcisse
• Ron Livingston as Roy Phillips

Recurring Cast:

• Greg Antonacci as Johnny Torrio
• Anatol Yusef as Meyer Lansky
• Christopher McDonald as Harry Daugherty
• Kevin O'Rourke as Edward L. Bader
• Josie and Lucy Gallina as Emily Schroeder
• Declan and Rory McTigue as Theodore "Teddy" Schroeder
• Michael Zegen as Bugsy Siegel
• Erik LaRay Harvey as Dunn Purnsley
• Arron Shiver as Dean O'Banion
• Stephen Root as Gaston Means
• Glenn Fleshler as George Remus
• James Cromwell as Andrew W. Mellon
• Julianne Nicholson as Esther Randolph
• Will Janowitz as Hymie Weiss
• Ivo Nandi as Joe Masseria
• Christiane Seidel as Sigrid
• Wrenn Schmidt as Julia Sagorsky
• Patricia Arquette as Sally Wheet
• Domenick Lombardozzi as Ralph Capone

New Cast for S4

In his biggest series commitment to date, Jeffrey Wright has joined the cast of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire as a new series regular for the period drama’s upcoming fourth season. He will play

Spoiler

Valentin Narcisse, Doctor of Divinity, philanthropist, student of culture and the man who runs Harlem.

Season 4 is currently in production and will debut later this year. This marks Wright’s return to HBO where he has starred in several long-form projects, including film Boycott, in which he portrayed Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., landing an AFI Award, and mini-series Angels In America, which earned him an Emmy and Golden Globe for the role he originated onstage and won a Tony for.

Ron Livingston has joined the cast of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire as a new series regular for the period’s drama upcoming fourth season. He will play

Spoiler

Roy Phillips, a wealthy out-of-town businessman who catches the eye of Gillian Darmody (Gretchen Mol).

Season four is currently in production and will debut later this year. This marks Livingston’s return to HBO where he co-starred on the Emmy-winning Sex And The City, Band Of Brothers and, most recently, Game Change.

HBO‘s Boardwalk Empire continues to beef up its cast for Season 4. Patricia Arquette has joined the period mob drama in a major recurring role opposite star Steve Buscemi. She will play

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Sally Wheet, a tough-as-nails Tampa speakeasy owner with connections to local gangsters.

The Killing alum Eric Ladin is set to play

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young J. Edgar Hoover on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire.

Ladin, repped by Innovative and Main Title, has joined the cast of the period mob drama as a recurring.

Domenick Lombardozzi (Breakout Kings) has been cast in a recurring role on HBO’s period mob drama Boardwalk Empire. He will play

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Chicago mobster Ralph Capone, older brother to Al Capone (Stephen Graham).

This marks Lombardozzi’s return to HBO where he co-starred on The Wire, did arcs on Entourage and Oz and guest-starred on Bored To Death.

Hurt Locker co-star Brian Geraghty has joined the cast of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire as a recurring for the period mob drama’s upcoming fourth season. He will play

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Loren Knox, a prohibition agent with ulterior motives newly assigned to Atlantic City.

Season 4 is currently in production for a debut later this year. This marks Geraghty’s second major series gig following a recurring role on another HBO series, True Blood.

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[Currygan]

cant wait for it

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to be on Sky

 

[Rubixcuba]

So happy to have this back, last season was one of the most exciting I've ever watched. With this and Breaking Bad its going to be an amazing couple of weeks of television.

 

[SpartanForce]

fuck yeah

 

[Dany]

But what about OWEN!?!?!

 

[Origami Superman]

Best US show on TV.

 

[120v]

i didn't know this was coming back so soon. thank god ... with BB wrapping up i didn't think i'd have anything to watch.

seasons one and two were good but the third season is when it really found its groove IMO. some of the best writing, directing and acting i've seen on a show, maybe even better than Mad Men or BB

 

[AndersTheSwede]

A great, sometimes weirdly disturbing show. Good to see it back.

 

[IceDoesntHelp]

Still need to see Season 2 and 3..

 

[The Artful Dodger]

Still need to see Season 2 and 3..

Watch it all this week.

 

[Ricky_R]

Bring it!!!

 

[Steelyuhas]

Dem GIFs!

Very excited for the new season. Oh, and seeing the key art again, I think this year's is very cool.

 

[Fjordson]

I'm excited. Love all three seasons so far.

 

[King Allant]

Move over breaking bad hello boardwalk empire, can't wait to see me some chalky and Al action.

 

[IceDoesntHelp]

Watch it all this week.

I own Season 2, so that's easy. S3, not so much.

 

[Omega]

CANT WAIT

 

[demolitio]

Another show that always has you sitting on the edge of your seat. So glad it's back!

It feels like this season kind of crept up on me even though I've seen the HBO ads talk about it constantly.

By the way, for any DIRECTV customers: HBO and Cinemax will be free this weekend so anyone who was wanting to watch this show to see what it's about, you can catch S4's premiere this weekend.

 

[Helmholtz]

Holy shit, this is already back? Awesome!
Last couple seasons have been great.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Holy fuck I forgot Ron Livingston was in this season.


Anyway, can't fucking wait. Recently rewatched the final episode of Season 3 and I am itching to see how Rothstein reacts to Nuck's Fuck.

 

[gdt]

so damn excited for this

 

[TTG]

Someone clear this up for me, didn't Gillian overdose on heroin last season, a bit of reversal of fortune after trying to stick Gyp with the needle and all that. How is she back?

 

[TentPole]

I am pretty sure this is my all time favorite show.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Someone clear this up for me, didn't Gillian overdose on heroin last season, a bit of reversal of fortune after trying to stick Gyp with the needle and all that. How is she back?

She never died. She was just shown to be very, very high on H.

 

[TTG]

She never died. She was just shown to be very, very high on H.

I thought that was meant to be a lethal dose, ok then. I'm glad there looks to be more of Al Copone this season, the story with his son was so well done.

 

[The Artful Dodger]

I thought that was meant to be a lethal dose, ok then. I'm glad there looks to be more of Al Copone this season, the story with his son was so well done.

It really was.

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One of the

Best Moments.

 

[MidnightCowboy]

Having this and Breaking Bad on the same night for 4 weeks is going to be incredible

 

[Vintage_Creep]

Love the new cast, especially Lombardozzi and Arquette.
Come on, I want this season to be daring like the second. Hype.

 

[Moff]

yep, I am hyped. loved all three seasons so far. glad they are not afraid to kill off popular characters.

 

[Dabanton]

Probably my fave show even more than Breaking Bad.

So happy it's back.

 

[Dmax3901]

That Harrow killing spree gif is incredible.

 

[Cornballer]

A few more promo pics:

 

[dave is ok]

This show gets better every year. Can't wait.

 

[Leunam]

Looking forward to it. Really crept up on me, didn't realize it was so soon.

 

[inm8num2]

Last season had some ups and downs. I really missed Jimmy's presence. Gyp felt cartoonish at times. Still overall a good season.

Can't wait to see what's in store for season 4.

 

[Vintage_Creep]

Man did Arquette put on a few pounds?

 

[Cornballer]

Variety review:

The third season of “Boardwalk Empire” achieved such operatic highs — and featured such an assortment of twisting alliances, along with a truly menacing villain — that the slow start to the current campaign is perhaps to be forgiven. Granted, there’s still a lot happening, and plenty of violence in and around Nucky Thompson’s booze-running world circa 1924, but the larger picture has yet to coalesce, offering enjoyable moments but, five episodes in, no driving through-line. Fortunately, the show has enough heft to remain one of TV’s most compelling dramas, if a cocktail that’s understandably a tad strong for viewers with weaker stomachs to comfortably consume.

 

[jvm]

I'm in. Let's do this.

Thanks, Cornballer. You are a great thread host.

 

[diamount]

I seriously hope Van Alden goes down the 'dark path' S3 alluded to, his path down that road was drawn out way too long.

 

[cw_sasuke]

Sooo fuckin hyped for this - last season was exceptional.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

I'm excited, though, I don't really remember anything that happened during season 3. I guess I'll have to watch that recap.

BTW, has Terence Winter even mentioned how many seasons he'd like to have total? I can't see this show lasting beyond six seasons.

But what about OWEN!?!?!

He's dead, thank god.

Variety review:

but the larger picture has yet to coalesce, offering enjoyable moments but, five episodes in, no driving through-line.

I swear I've read that exact same sentence before both the season 2 and season 3 premieres. It seems to be par for the course with this show.

 

[BigJonsson]

This is gonna be great

 

[Cornballer]

- About twenty minutes of Boardwalk Empire S4 talk on the Sepinwall/Fienberg podcast this week

 

[EleventhDoctor]

It's easily one of the best shows out there-season 3 is insanity. Can't wait!

 

[The Artful Dodger]

I'm excited, though, I don't really remember anything that happened during season 3. I guess I'll have to watch that recap.

BTW, has Terence Winter even mentioned how many seasons he'd like to have total? I can't see this show lasting beyond six seasons.

There's alot of interesting Mafia events that happen from here on out, but personally I'd be surprised if this show goes past Prohibition. I can't really make any guesses on how long the show goes or what years they cover.

 

[Cornballer]

I'm excited, though, I don't really remember anything that happened during season 3. I guess I'll have to watch that recap.

BTW, has Terence Winter even mentioned how many seasons he'd like to have total? I can't see this show lasting beyond six seasons.

From an EW interview with Winter after last year's finale:

Q: If the presumed fifth or sixth season comes along and you’re told by HBO that it’s the last one, is your goal to conclude the story at the end of Prohibition?
A: Ideally, that would be a great end point — or the stock market crash might be another logical end point. Given the nature of what we do, you have to be prepared to wrap things up when it’s time to end. I hope I have enough advance notice to bring the story to a conclusion I’m really happy with and I’m confident that I will.

Q: Do you have a final scene in your head?
A: Yeah. A vague one, yeah. But, of course, I can’t tell you.

I swear I've read that exact same sentence before both the season 2 and season 3 premieres. It seems to be par for the course with this show.

Yup, that's very familiar and how it goes. The show's pace and scattered narrative doesn't work for everyone, but I don't mind at all.

 

[Kak.efes]

No other show has done a better job of transfixing you in a time and setting. I don't typically watch shows on a week by week basis, but I will for boardwalk.

 

[Linius]

Great job on the OP (as always) Cornballer. My body is ready.

 

[Cornballer]

- Funny or Die vid featuring Paul F Tompkins: Boardwalk Empire's Richard Harrow: Murderer For Hire

 

[CreepingFear]

This really snuck up on me as well, in a pleasant way. Breaking Bad and Boardwalk on one night, at least for a little while.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

From an EW interview with Winter after last year's finale:

Ah, excellent. I hope HBO lets them go out on their own terms.

Yup, that's very familiar and how it goes. The show's pace and scattered narrative doesn't work for everyone, but I don't mind at all.

I don't mind it at all either, but it sort of baffles me that critics complain/mention it year after year. Like, you'd think they'd realize by now that this is just how the show structures its seasons.