- According to comingsoon.net, TNT has given the green light to Frank Darabont's L.A. Noir TV series. TNT has ordered a total of six episodes for the series, which is based on the critically acclaimed book "L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City" by John Buntin. The series will tell the true story of a decades-long conflict between the Los Angeles Police Department, under the determined leadership of Police Chief William Parker, and ruthless criminal elements led by Mickey Cohen, a one-time boxer who rose to the top of L.A.'s criminal world. Here is a description of the series and who it will star…
"The new drama stars Jon Bernthal ("The Walking Dead") as Joe Teague, an ex-Marine now working as an LAPD cop in an era rampant with police corruption. Jeffrey DeMunn ("The Walking Dead," The Shawshank Redemption) plays Det. Hal Morrison, who heads up the LAPD's new mob squad, with Jeremy Strong (The Happening, Lincoln) as Det. Mike Hendry, Morrison's second in command. Neal McDonough (Captain America, "Desperate Housewives") is Capt. William Parker, Teague's boss who is determined to weed out corruption and bring down Mickey Cohen. And Milo Ventimiglia ("Heroes") plays Ned Stax, who fought alongside Teague during World War II but who now works as a lawyer with connections to the mob. The series also stars Ron Rifkin ("Alias," L.A. Confidential) as Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron, who makes it his mission to clean up corruption in city government; Pihla Viitala ("Tears of April") as Anya, the head bartender at Bunny's on Central Avenue, the West Coast center of the African-American jazz scene; and Alexa Davalos (Clash of the Titans, The Mist) as Jasmine, a beautiful woman whose past has come back to haunt her."
