The film stars Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Cory Michael Smith, and Ramy Youssef and marks Armstrong’s feature directorial debut.
Sky will debut an exclusive film, written, directed, and executive produced by seven-time Emmy® winner and Oscar®-nominated Jesse Armstrong (Succession), this spring. Production on the film begins this month in Park City, Utah and will be Armstrong’s feature directorial debut.
Logline: A group of billionaire friends get together against the backdrop of a rolling international crisis.
Cast includes Oscar® and eleven-time Emmy®-nominee Steve Carell (“The Four Seasons,” “The Patient”) as Randall, Jason Schwartzman (“The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” “Bored to Death”) as Hugo Van Yalk (Souper), Cory Michael Smith (“Saturday Night,” “May December”) as Venis and Emmy®-nominee Ramy Youssef (“Poor Things,” “More Feelings”) as Jeff.
Jesse Armstrong, writer, director and executive producer, quote: “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. 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.”
The Sky Exclusive film is written and directed by Jesse Armstrong; executive produced by Jesse Armstrong, Frank Rich, Lucy Prebble, Jon Brown, Tony Roche, Will Tracy, Mark Mylod, and Jill Footlick.
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