“I just want this to be a good film…” “If you care too much about this job, it will kill you.” Indeed. HBO has unveiled the official trailer for the comedy series The Franchise, arriving for streaming on Max later this week. The ridiculously funny comedy series shines a light on the secret chaos inside the world of superhero moviemaking, asking: how exactly does the cinematic sausage get made? With endless fights on set, of course! A team trapped inside the dysfunctional hell of creating franchise superhero movies, at the end of the day the question 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, & Isaac Powell as Bryson. With Richard E. Grant as Peter and Daniel Brühl as Eric, the pretentious director of the movie. I’m enjoying all of these teasers and how much it really does make fun of Hollywood and the moviemaking process! It all looks nice on screen at the end, but on set it’s a whole other story – and this is just a taste of that filmmaking mayhem. // Continue Reading ›
