Saturday, July 30, 2016

HBO Announces 'Westworld' Release Date


'Westworld' will make its HBO debut on Sunday, October 2nd at 9pm. Sky Atlantic will show the series sometime in October for Ireland and the UK.

 Created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy for HBO, its based on the 1973 film of the same name, which was written and directed by Michael Crichton. Nolan serves as executive producer along with Joy, J. J. Abrams and Bryan Burk with Nolan directing the pilot.

The series stars Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, Evan Rachel Wood, James Marsden, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, Tessa Thompson, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Jimmi Simpson, Rodrigo Santoro, Shannon Woodward, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Ben Barnes, Simon Quarterman, Angela Sarafyan, Luke Hemsworth and Clifton Collins, Jr.

'Westward' is described as a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin, exploring a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged.