HBO’s confirmed they’re definitely moving forward on a Westworld series inspired by Michael Crichton’s Westworld film. The one hour drama will be written, directed, and executive produced by Jonathan Nolan, brother of Christopher and co-writer of Interstellar, The Prestige, and The Dark Knight Rises. Writer Lisa Joy is also on board as an executive producer along with J.J. Abrams, Jerry Weintraub, and Bryan Burk.
The original 1973 sci-fi Western starred Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, and James Brolin. The HBO series has Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, Evan Rachel Wood, James Marsden, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, Miranda Otto, Rodrigo Santoro, Shannon Woodward, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Angela Sarafyan, and Simon Quarterman attached to star.
HBO’s released this official description of the series: “Westworld is a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the future of sin.”
Westworld will debut in 2015.
-By Rebecca Murray
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