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HBO'S 'THE WIRE' PREPS BACK STORIES: Three short films will precede launch of fifth season in January.
*Three popular characters from HBO's critically-acclaimed series "The Wire" are the subjects of short films that will provide viewers with their full back stories.
Two of the shorts are devoted to the characters Proposition Joe (Robert F. Chew) and Omar (Michael K. Williams), depicting them as children who show flashes of their adult personality traits. A third short features William "Bunk" Moreland (Wendell Pierce) and Jimmy McNulty (Dominic West) in McNulty's first day on the job, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The three "prequels," produced by "Wire" creator David Simon, have already launched on Amazon.com as a free stream available on the page for the DVD set "The Wire: The Complete Fourth Season."
Beginning Jan. 15, the shorts will be available on HBO on Demand, HBO.com, podcasts and affiliate portals to get fans ready for the premiere of its fifth and final season on Jan. 6.
The shorts will also air on HBO at the close of each fifth-season episode, beginning with the third installment. In addition, HBO will make all episodes of "The Wire" available on VOD (video-on-demand) one week before their linear premiere (with the exception of the finale).
Simon produced the shorts at the same time he worked on the series finale.
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