While we all wait for the Sept. 21 television premiere of
Detroit 1-8-7 on ABC (10 p.m.), two of the show's stars, Michael Imperioli (embedded in the popular imagination -- ours, too -- for his role as Christoper Moltisanti in the
Sopranos) and Natalie Martinez, schmoozed and posed for pictures last week at a gala premiere at the MGM Grand. The pilot (which was filmed in Atlanta, incidentally) was screened for city officials and invited guests.
Read all about the party
here.For another perspective on the show and an overview of other productions set in Detroit, we recommend this piece by native Detroiter Mike Rubin (anyone remember satirical alt-indie culture mag
Motorbooty?) in the Los Angeles Times.
Excerpt:
Detroit is in the midst of an unprecedented production boom: According to the Michigan Film Production office, there are 47 projects shooting in the area in 2010, compared with just two in 2008.
A city whose history was central to the American experiment, Detroit needs someone who can conjure its urban poetry the way that David Simon did for Baltimore and New Orleans (in
The Wire and
Treme). Whether
Detroit 1-8-7 will be that vehicle remains to be seen. Despite the bumpy reception they've initially received from city leaders, the show's producers insist they're up to the task.
Read the rest of Rubin's piece
here.
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