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Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr. has booked his first since hanging up Tony Stark/Iron Man role with
Avengers: Endgame. The actor is set to co-star in the HBO drama series adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Sympathizer .
Oldboy director Park Chan-wook will not only be co-showrunner, along with Don McKellar but also will helm the series.
According to Deadline, The novel is an espionage thriller and cross-culture satire about the struggles of a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy during the final days of the Vietnam War and his resulting exile in the United States. A worldwide search is underway for the lead role and the rest of the predominantly Vietnamese ensemble.
Robert Downey Jr. To Star in First TV Series, ‘The Sympathizer’
But here is an eye-catching announcement. Deadline reports Downey will now star in
The Sympathizer, an upcoming series for HBO from A24. The show will be directed by Park Chan-wook, the great Korean filmmaker behind
Oldboy,
The Handmaiden. The project marks Downey’s first major role in a television series.
The show is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Viet Thanh Nguyen, which is described as “an espionage thriller and cross-culture satire about the struggles of a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy during the final days of the Vietnam War and his resulting exile in the United States.” Downey “ is set to play multiple supporting roles as the main antagonists, all of whom represent a different arm of the American establishment including an up-and-coming Orange County Congressman, a CIA agent and a Hollywood film director, among others.” In a statement, Down
Robert Downey Jr to star in adaptation of The Sympathizer
ANI
17 Jul 2021, 02:03 GMT+10
Washington [US], July 16 (ANI): Actor Robert Downey Jr, widely known for playing Tony Stark or Iron Man, has landed his next starring role. The actor is set to star in and produce the drama series based on Viet Thanh Nguyen s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Sympathizer .
As per Variety, the best-selling debut espionage thriller The Sympathizer is getting the silver screen treatment at HBO from A24.
Park Chan-wook, director of 2003 s Oldboy and 2016 s The Handmaiden , will serve as co-showrunner with Don McKellar. Filming is set to take place in Los Angeles and in Vietnam.
The Witcher Season 2 Trailer Reminds Us This Is the “Beginning of the End”
The Witcher, season 2, finds Geralt (Henry Cavill) and Ciri (Freya Allen) travelling to Kaer Morhen, where he grew up, and also confirms that Yennefer (Anya Chalotra) is alive and, well, not in the best shape. The trailer was released as part of WitcherCon fan event on Friday, which also announced animated prequel film
The Witcher premieres Dec. 17. (Netflix)
More trailers and teasers released this week:
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Scenes From a Marriage, a limited series remake of Ingmar Bergman’s classic 1973 Swedish TV miniseries about a crumbling marriage, stars Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain. Premieres in September. (HBO)