Category: Luck
Luck – Has Cost HBO $35 Million
HBO’s cancellation of the beleagured horseracing drama “Luck” cost the network $35 million, according to an earnings report released by Time Warner Wednesday. Time Warner, which owns the premium cable provider, said it suffered the “impairment” because of the series’ cancellation in its first season following the death of three horses.Source and more: The Wrap
Luck – Cancelled – Official Statement from HBO on Production Shutdown
It is with heartbreak that executive producers David Milch and Michael Mann together with HBO have decided to cease all future production on the series LUCK. Safety is always of paramount concern. We maintained the highest safety standards throughout production, higher in fact than any protocols existing in horseracing anywhere with many fewer incidents than [...]
Luck – Season 2 – Gambon Upped to Regular, Levieva Cast as Recurring
Michael Gambon, who is recurring on the current freshman season of HBO’s Michael Mann/David Milch drama Luck, has been upped to a regular for Season 2. Also joining the upcoming second season of the horse-racing drama is Margarita Levieva in a major recurring role. Gambon, who made his debut on Luck in Episode 4, plays [...]
Luck Spoilers – Interview with Kerry Condon
What was your experience with horses before this? I’m used to riding horses. My father used to breed horses when I was a child. I grew up in Tipperary, in the country, and lots of people have horses there. If my parents hadn’t been in the business, we would have them anyway, as pets. And [...]
Luck – HBO Renews for another season
HBO RENEWS LUCK FOR SECOND SEASON ——– Ten Episode Season Slated For Jan. 2013; Production Scheduled To Resume End Of Feb. ——– LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31, 2012 – HBO has renewed the drama LUCK for a second season, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming. LUCK has received overwhelming critical acclaim and [...]
Luck Spoilers – Upcoming Episode Synopsis
For Immediate Release Jan. 25, 2012 LUCK FEB. EPISODES Episode #2 Debut: SUNDAY, FEB. 5 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT) Other HBO playdates: Feb. 5 (10:00 p.m., 11:00 p.m.), 6 (9:00 p.m.), 7 (11:00 p.m.), 8 (10:00 p.m.) and 11 (11:00 p.m.) HBO2 playdates: Feb. 6 (8:00 p.m. sptv050769, 9:00 p.m., 10:00 p.m.), 9 (midnight), 10 (9:00 [...]
Luck Spoilers – February Episode Summaries
– Episode #2: Ace meets with potential investors; Renzo makes a claim on a horse trained by Escalante; Lonnie pulls out of a scam; Walter Smith finds a jockey for his prized thoroughbred. (Written by John R. Perrotta; directed by Terry George.) Playdates: 5, 6, 7, 8 and 11 – Episode #3: Ace meets with [...]
Luck – A Handy Guide to Understanding HBO’s Luck
Why can’t Ace (Dustin Hoffman) own a horse? Ace’s driver, Gus, picks him up outside of California Institution for Men in Chino. Under California law (the series is set at the Santa Anita racetrack, near Los Angeles), the state Horse Racing Board may “may refuse to issue a license or deny a license to any [...]
