The Deuce: Watch the Teaser for the New HBO Series

The Deuce premieres on HBO Sunday, September 10

HBO has just brought online the teaser trailer for its new series, The Deuce. Created by author George Pelecanos alongside The Wire‘s David Simon, The Deuce follows the story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early 1970s through the mid-1980s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world at the pioneering moments of what would become the billion-dollar American sex industry. Check out the teaser in the player below and explore more than a dozen stills from the series in the gallery viewer at the bottom of this page.

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Set for an eight episode first season, The Deuce will premiere Sunday, September 10 at 9:00pm ET/PT. The series’ cast includes James Franco, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Carr, Margarita Levieva, Lawrence Giliard Jr., Dominique Fishback, Emily Meade, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Emmanuel Akoto, Chris Bauer and many more.

George Pelecanos, David Simon, James Franco and Nina K. Noble serve as the series’ executive producers.

What do you think of The Deuce teaser trailer? Will you be tuning in when the series premieres in September? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!