Washington (AFP) – US screenwriter David Simon said Friday that his new Baltimore-based TV series will not involve actors from his earlier gritty crime drama “The Wire,” contradicting details provided by his collaborator in an interview.On Thursday, Simon’s co-writer on “The Wire” George Pelecanos told French magazine Society that he was working with Simon and “Wire” writer Ed Burns on a new project.Pelecanos said the show would involve actors from “The Wire” and again be set in Baltimore, a port city plagued by violence and poverty.The new show would focus “on the city’s police force which, …
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