“Lights. Camera. Anxiety.” HBO has revealed a first look teaser trailer for a new comedy series called The Franchise, arriving for streaming on Max this October. The kooky ridiculous comedy series shines a light on the secret chaos inside the world of superhero moviemaking, asking: how exactly does the cinematic sausage get made? Ahahaha what a great question. “Because every f*ck-up has an origin story.” Dive right into the mayhem. A team trapped inside the dysfunctional hell of creating franchise superhero movies, at the end of the day the question they face is: is this Hollywood’s new dawn or cinema’s last stand? Is this a dream factory or a chemical plant? This sounds hilarious and this looks way, way better than Judd Apatow’s The Bubble. The series stars Himesh Patel as Daniel, Aya Cash as Anita, Jessica Hynes as Steph, Billy Magnussen as Adam, Lolly Adefope as Dag, Darren Goldstein as Pat, and Isaac Powell as Bryson. Along with Richard E. Grant as Peter + Daniel Brühl as Eric. This looks like it might just be the proper skewering of Hollywood that we need right now! Yes let’s show everyone how bonkers movie sets really are. // Continue Reading ›
