Jesse Armstrong’s HBO movie has found its cast.
Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Ramy Youssef and Cory Michael Smith have joined the “Succession” creator’s untitled film, which is his feature directorial debut.
The movie follows a group of billionaire friends who get together against the backdrop of a rolling international crisis. It marks Armstrong’s first project since the “Succession” series finale in May 2023.
The movie starts filming this month in Park City, Utah, and will debut on HBO this spring. (Yes, you read that right.) Carell plays Randall, Schwartzman plays Hugo Van Yalk (aka “Souper”), Smith plays Venis and Youssef plays Jeff.
Armstrong is the writer and director of the film, and he executive produces with Frank Rich, Lucy Prebble, Jon Brown, Tony Roche, Will Tracy, Mark Mylod and Jill Footlick.
“I’m intrigued to discover whether being around so many brilliant actors and directors on ‘Succession’ has in any way rubbed off on me. Let’s hope so,” Armstrong said in a statement. “I’m grateful to Casey Bloys, Francesca Orsi and the whole HBO team for backing this film so wholeheartedly and helping me pull together a dream team of cast and crew.”
Orsi, the executive vice president of HBO programming and the head of HBO drama series and films, added: “We’re ecstatic to be back in business with the singular talent Jesse Armstrong coming off our fruitful collaboration on ’Succession.’ Jesse once again raises the bar with a bold examination of modern greed, power and male ambition. That this feature serves as his directorial debut will only elevate what is already thrilling on the page, and we couldn’t be more excited to share this timely film with the world soon.”
Carell is repped by WME, MediaFour Management and attorney JSSK. Schwartzman is repped by UTA, Ocean Avenue Entertainment, and Sloan, Offer, Weber and Dern. Youssef is repped by WME, Entertainment 360, Narrative; Yorn, Levine, Barnes, Krintzman, Rubenstein, Kohner, Endlich, Goodell & Gellman. Smith is repped by UTA, Circle Management and Production, Narrative.
From Variety US