Spike-TV orders Boston-based pilot on Irish gangs

Will Boston get its own Whitey Bulger-style version of "The Sopranos?" Perhaps.

Spike-TV has snagged a two-hour TV pilot centering around Irish gang warfare in Boston. Walter Hill, an Emmy-award winner, is slotted to direct the scripted show.

According to this press release, the series will go into prodution late this fall and will be shot on location in Boston.

The story centers around the fallout when a Boston mob boss abruptly takes a leave of absence while rival gangs duke it out in an epic battle for control.

No word if the series is based on wanted South Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger

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UPDATE: Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White, producer of the Spike-TV series, is in Southie scouting for his two-hour Irish mob pilot.