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‘Boardwalk Empire’ Star Michael K. Williams Likely To Join ‘Django Unchained’

Wookie Johnson — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:31:47 +0000

Production would be smart to hire some lookouts on the set of Django Unchained. Omar comin’, yo!

Boardwalk Empire and The Wire star Michael K. Williams announced last week that although he failed to win the lead, Quentin Tarantino might be writing a role for him in the slavery western. Williams remarked, “I’m going to dare to say it’s going to go.” However, noting how non-official that sounds he went on to say, “Yes, I’ve been given a timeline. January through April. I’ve been given some dates when he’s going to want me to work, but I haven’t gotten the official word yet.”

That makes it sound like it is likely to go through. January through April. Mark it down. That’s our window to move product on the streets. (AICN)

Dan Harmon Discusses Michael K. Williams, A Darker Tone For ‘Community’

Jame Gumb — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 20:51:09 +0000

Good news for fans of good television. As we discussed earlier today, Michael K. Williams (a.k.a. Omar from The Wire) is joining the cast of Community for its third season. According to series creator Dan Harmon, who spoke with me at San Diego Comic-Con, it was the intensity of Williams’ acting that ended up landing him the role, along with a desire to take the show into darker territory.

“Is the show too meta; how can you solve that? One answer is to add water, the other is to add intensity, to continue to be as crazy as you are but to focus the crazy and give it a purpose. Which is another way of saying add a little darkness and drama to the show.”

Harmon went on to say that executives at NBC might not want to hear that the show is taking a darker tone due to fears that the move may alienate potential viewers. But he believes such a move will make the series even more accessible to new viewers.

“I think the combination of grounded intensity with our insanity will create a show that people can appreciate and like episode to episode.”

Omar Comin’ To Community College

Joseph Gibson — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:21:20 +0000

In what will surely go down as The Best News Of The Weekend, the beloved NBC sitcom Community will have none other than Michael K Williams – who played the legendary Omar Little on The Wire (among other things) – as the group’s primary onscreen teacher in the third season. As if that wasn’t cool enough, he’s “playing an ex-con who teaches the study group’s Biology class.”

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So, I guess I’m supposed to maintain some kind of journalistic objectivity here but the potential of this news has got me so excited that I can barely hold down my Honey Nut, much less type out a coherent sentence. I just hope Pierce doesn’t trust Prop Joe to handle security for his weekly poker game. Wait, which show is this? (HitFix)