Monkey’s excitement level is already turned up to 11 about Vinyl, HBO’s upcoming drama set in the 1970s US music industry that is co-produced by Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and Terence Winter (The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire). Due to air in 2016, it stars Boardwalk Empire’s Bobby Cannavale as record-label boss Richie Finestra, as well as House’s Olivia Wilde, Max Casella and Ray Romano. HBO has just released the first trailer, which doesn’t disappoint, featuring Carnavale ingesting copious quantities of drugs against a backdrop of rock shows and Studio 54-style nightclubs. Unsurprisingly, as Scorsese and Winter last worked together on movie The Wolf of Wall Street, there are also bundles of cash, popping champagne corks, a first-person voiceover – and a finale featuring a dose of Goodfellas-style violence. Monkey is already digging the flares out.
