Hoping to continue their fruitful run of original series, HBO has ordered a new political drama from Will Ferrell and The Big Short’s Adam McKay.
Given a 10 episode series order, the show which is titled Succession will be a political drama about the saga of The Roys, a fictional family that owns an American media empire.
The show will explore international business, the dysfunctions of family run corporations and the perils of 21st century power.
McKay, who directed the financial crisis drama The Big Short, will direct the pilot which was ordered by HBO last year.
Jesse Armstrong will be Succession’s showrunner and executive produce the series.
“Succession” stars Brian Cox as Logan Roy, the tough, powerful, and aging patriarch of the Roy family and head of a family-controlled international media conglomerate; Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy, eldest son from Logan’s second marriage, currently a division president at the family firm and the heir apparent; Kieran Culkin as Roman Roy, Logan’s outspoken, fun-loving son and Kendall’s younger brother who is still on the board of directors at the firm, but no longer works there; and Sarah Snook as Shiv Roy, Logan’s only daughter, who she sits on the board of directors but does not work at the firm and has been pursuing a career in politics.
