‘Succession’ Trailer: Adam McKay Puts The Diss In HBO’s Dysfunctional Family Drama
you may’t always choose your family. But you can choose whether to wage a corporate war against your family members in a fight over control for the biggest media conglomerate in the world.
Adam McKaytakes family dysfunction to another level in the new HBO drama seriesSuccession.The Big Shortdirector takes his brand of acerbic wit and excessive cursing to TV with the series about a power-hungry family vying for control of the corporation headed by the aging patriarch (Brian Cox).
Succession Trailer
While the firstSuccessiontrailergave the spotlight to Brian Cox’s ruthless corporate CEOand deadbeat dad Logan Roy, the new teaser trailer focuses on his power-hungry kids. Played byJeremy Strong, Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook,andAlan Ruck, Roy’s heirs apparent grab and grasp for power over their father’s company. That includes a lot of insults thrown each other’s way, in McKay’s signature acidic humor.
Unfortunately, this trailer so efficiently straddles the line between comedy and drama that it all turns into a sort of gray…blob. Visually the series looks incredibly muted, nothing like McKay’s zippy depiction of the housing market crash inThe Big Short. Instead,Successionsomehow seems make a compelling family political drama seem boring. But given the talent behind-the-scenes, I hope I’m proven wrong.
Created byJesse Armstrong,Successionis executive produced by Adam McKay,Frank Rich(HBO’sVeep),Kevin Messick, Will Ferrell, Jane Tranter(HBO’sThe Night Of) andMark Mylod(HBO’sEntourage).
Successionalso starsNicholas Braun, Matthew Macfadyen, Hiam Abbass, Peter Friedman,andRob Yang.
Here is the official synopsis forSuccession:
The Roy family controls a global media and entertainment empire, but when patriarch Logan Roy (Brian Cox) announces he’s stepping down as head of the company, the family is forced to contemplate their next moves.
