Based on the harrowing yet engaging work of Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer has premiered a bew trailer. A24 and Rhombus Media are producing the HBO series, which comes from legendary filmmaker Park Chan-wook and co-creator Don McKellar. The upcoming historical black comedy drama stars Hoa Xuande, Fred Nguyen Khan, Toan Le, Kieu Chinh, Sandra […]
Robert Downey Jr. stars in trailer for Park Chan-wook series The Sympathizer
Max has released a trailer for The Sympathizer, the upcoming espionage thriller limited series from directors Park Chan-wook, Marc Munden, and Fernando Meirelles. Based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, the series follows a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy as he makes a new life for himself in a refugee community in Los Angeles near […]
Max 2024 preview teases The Penguin, True Detective: Night Country, Industry, Tokyo Vice and more
The new year is just around the corner and HBO’s streaming service Max has dropped a preview of the shows to come next year, including teases of The Batman spin-off The Penguin, True Detective: Night Country, the second season of Tokyo Vice and more. Check it out below… Among the new series the preview promoted were Industry starring Game of Thrones‘ Kit Harrington, The […]
Robert Downey Jr. takes on multiple roles in The Sympathizer trailer
HBO Max has released the first trailer for The Sympathizer, the upcoming espionage thriller based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Directed by Park Chan-wook, Marc Munden, and Fernando Meirelles, the limited series will see Robert Downey Jr. playing four different characters, alongside a cast that includes Hoa Xuande, Fred Nguyen Khan, Toan Le, […]
Sandra Oh and more join Robert Downey Jr. in espionage thriller The Sympathizer
The espionage thriller series The Sympathizer has added more to its cast. Joining Robert Downey Jr. (Avengers: Endgame) in the HBO and A24 series is Sandra Oh (Killing Eve), Kieuh Chinh (Dynasty) and Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen (Paris By Night). The Sympathizer is “an espionage thriller and cross-culture satire about the struggles of a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist […]
Robert Downey Jr. teaming with Park Chan-wook on The Sympathizer
Robert Downey is preparing to return to prestige work. After ending his time as Iron Man and starring in the bomb Dolittle, RDJ is now heading to television for a new drama series entitled The Sympathizer from filmmaker Park Chan-wook, who is on board as co-showrunner, along with Don McKellar, and will also direct the […]