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ExploreWith just thirty seconds HBO managed to get me all hyped up about its rebooted television adaptation Westworld. It just looks fun and weird and that’s great!
Based on the 1973 film of the same name, the sci-fi western follows an inventor who runs an adult theme park full of androids that will set up any scenario the paying human customers want. Obviously the most popular set-up is the Wild Wild West.
“Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality?”
Westworld is described as “a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the future of sin”, and stars Anthony Hopkins in his first regular TV series role. If a Hollywood big name isn’t enough for you the series hails from JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions – which can only mean good things for sci-fi fans.
Along with Anthony Hopkins, the cast also includes Ed Harris, James Marsden, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, Miranda Otto, Rodrigo Santoro, Shannon Woodward, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Angela Sarafyan and Simon Quarterman.
Jonathan Nolan serves as an executive producer, writer and director on Westworld and this is what he had to say:
“What we can tell you is that we intend to make the most ambitious, subversive, f–ked-up television series… The things that keep you up at night, any of those things that trouble you—that is exactly what the show is about.”
HBO isn’t giving away too many details at the moment but we do know that it’ll make its debut sometime next year. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
