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5. The Get Down

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Director Baz Luhrmann is bringing his skills to Netflix, with the 1970s set The Get Down.

Taking place in New York's Bronx, the series will be set at the cross-section of disco, punk, and hip-hop. It'll centre on a number of Bronx kids, mostly played by a cast of relative unknowns, who get caught up in the various emerging scenes, with the backdrop of a city in turmoil and on the brink of bankruptcy. Giancarlo Esposito and Jimmy Smits are on-board to play elder statesmen of the Bronx.

It sounds like a great setting for a show, and Luhrmann's shown numerous times just how well he can incorporate music into his projects, so it should look and sound great, while The Shield creator Shawn Ryan and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis are executive producers, meaning there should be real substance to go with Luhrmann's usual style.

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