{"id":95142,"date":"2025-03-04T19:05:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T00:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=95142"},"modified":"2025-03-04T19:05:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T00:05:22","slug":"hbo-original-film-written-and-directed-by-jesse-armstrong-to-debut-this-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/04\/hbo-original-film-written-and-directed-by-jesse-armstrong-to-debut-this-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Original Film Written and Directed by Jesse Armstrong to Debut This Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95149\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Jesse-Armstrong-hbo20250304.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Jesse-Armstrong-hbo20250304.webp 670w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Jesse-Armstrong-hbo20250304-240x300.webp 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/>HBO will debut an original film, written, directed, and executive produced by seven-time Emmy\u00ae winner and Oscar\u00ae-nominated Jesse Armstrong (HBO&#8217;s <em>&#8220;Succession&#8221;<\/em>), this spring. Production on the film begins this month in Park City, Utah and will be Armstrong&#8217;s feature directorial debut.<\/p>\n<p>A group of billionaire friends get together against the backdrop of a rolling international crisis.<\/p><div id=\"morty-1054918990\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cast:<\/p>\n<p>o Oscar\u00ae and eleven-time Emmy\u00ae-nominee Steve Carell (<em>&#8220;The Four Seasons,&#8221; &#8220;The Patient&#8221;<\/em>) as Randall<\/p>\n<p>o Jason Schwartzman (<em>&#8220;The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,&#8221;<\/em> HBO&#8217;s <em>&#8220;Bored to Death&#8221;<\/em>) as Hugo Van Yalk (<em>Souper<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>o Cory Michael Smith (<em>&#8220;Saturday Night,&#8221; &#8220;May December&#8221;<\/em>) as Venis<\/p><div id=\"morty-2507124517\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>o Emmy\u00ae-nominee Ramy Youssef (<em>&#8220;Poor Things,&#8221;<\/em> HBO&#8217;s <em>&#8220;More Feelings&#8221;<\/em>) as Jeff<\/p>\n<p>Francesca Orsi, Executive Vice President, HBO Programming, Head of HBO Drama Series and Films, quote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We&#8217;re ecstatic to be back in business with the singular talent Jesse Armstrong coming off our fruitful collaboration on &#8216;<em>Succession<\/em>.&#8217; Jesse once again raises the bar with a bold examination of modern greed, power and male ambition. 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