‘Succession’ Trailer: Adam McKay’s HBO Series Lets Brian Cox Curse A Lot
The Big ShortdirectorAdam McKaylooks to be transferring that former film’s general mood onto his new HBO seriesSuccession. The new vulgarity-lacedSuccessiontrailer boasts a finely-tuned cast going head-to-head against a backdrop of greed and power grabs. In other words, it looks like fun for the whole family.
Adam McKay, the director behindAnchorman,The Other Guysand the Academy Award-winningThe Big Short, is taking his talents to HBO with the new seriesSuccession. Loaded with acerbic, acidic humor, the newSuccessiontrailer offers a well-edited look at the show while providingBrian Coxnumerous opportunities to drop the F-bomb.
Succession trailer
I’ll be blunt: any show that lets Brian Cox walk around acting like a jerk while cursing non-stop is instantly on my radar. Here’s theSuccessionsynopsis:
The Roy family controls one of the biggest media and entertainment conglomerates in the world. From Executive Producers Jesse Armstrong, Adam McKay, Frank Rich (HBO’s Veep), Kevin Messick, Will Ferrell, Jane Tranter (HBO’s The Night Of) and Mark Mylod (HBO’s Entourage). Succession premieres this June on HBO.
Here’s a breakdown of the show and the characters that was provided toThe WrapwhenSuccessionwas first ordered.
Brian Cox stars as Logan Roy, the tough, powerful, and aging patriarch of the Roy family and head of a family-controlled international media conglomerate;Jeremy Strongas Kendall Roy, eldest son from Logan’s second marriage, currently a Division President at the family firm and the heir apparent;Kieran Culkinas Roman Roy, Logan’s outspoken, fun-loving son and Kendall’s younger brother. Though still on the board of directors at the firm, he no longer works there; andSarah Snookas Shiv (Siobhan) Roy, Logan’s only daughter and younger sister to Kendall and Roman.
There’s clearly a lot going on here, but the bottom line is this show looks like an excuse to put a bunch of very good actors together and let them curse at each other about finances. Sort of like McKay’s Academy Award nominatedThe Big Short! That said, the tone of this show doesn’t lookquiteas tongue-in-cheek asThe Big Short. At the very least, no one is breaking the fourth-wall here or wearing a terrible wig.
Next up for McKay isBackseat, a biopic of Dick Cheney. It’s interesting to see the trajectory of McKay’s career as a filmmaker, from sillier, lighter fare likeAnchorman,Step BrothersandThe Other Guys, to darker, heavier subject matter.
