Scorsese and Jagger partner for 'History of Music'

Two buddies in the music business for over 40 years together, from early R&B days through to hip hop - that's the premise of Mick Jagger's idea for a TV show tentatively titled
History of Music. The Rolling Stones singer and director Martin Scorsese are in talks with HBO about the series.

Scorsese will direct the pilot and screenwriter Terence Winter (The Sopranos) will script the "Rock and Roll Drama," according to Hollywood blog Deadline. The idea for History of Music was previously at Disney and then Paramount where Scorcese was set to direct a film version.

Scorsese and Winter have worked together on the 1930s gangster series Boardwalk Empire that Michael Shannon ( Revolutionary Road) and Steve Buscemi ( The Messenger) based on Nelson Johnson's book, Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City. It debuts September 19.

Jagger and Scorsese teamed up previously for the Rolling Stones documentary Shine a Light in 2008.

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