Steve Carell Joins Ensemble Cast of Succession Creator’s HBO Movie

By Pune Media On Mar 5, 2025

The Office star Steve Carell has officially joined the cast of Jesse Armstrong’s upcoming movie for HBO, starring alongside an ensemble cast filled with heavy hitters.

Per Variety, Carell will star alongside Jason Schwartzman (Asteroid City), Ramy Youssef (Poor Things) and Cory Michael Smith (Saturday Night) in Armstrong’s untitled film for HBO, which is expected to begin filming this month in Utah. Armstrong served as executive producer and showrunner of HBO’s Emmy-winning juggernaut Succession, which concluded its run back in 2023. The untitled film follows ” a group of billionaire friends who get together against the backdrop of a rolling international crisis.” His upcoming untitled film for HBO serves as his feature directorial debut.

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Accompanying the casting announcement, Armstrong issued a statement, sharing his enthusiasm for the upcoming project. “I’m intrigued to discover whether being around so many brilliant actors and directors on Succession has in any way rubbed off on me. Let’s hope so,” the statement reads. “I’m grateful to Casey Bloys, Francesca Orsi and the whole HBO team for backing this film so wholeheartedly and helping me pull together a dream team of cast and crew.” Armstrong also serves as the writer and executive producer on the untitled project alongside Frank Rich, Lucy Prebble, Jon Brown, Tony Roche, Will Tracy, Mark Mylod and Jill Footlick.

Jesse Armstrong is Fresh Off the Success of His HBO Hit Series

Armstrong, who is set to begin production on his untitled project this month, is fresh off the success of the critically acclaimed HBO series, Succession, which won the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series three times in its four-season run. The dark comedy series follows the Roy family and the power struggle between the Roy children for control of their father’s global media company. The series earned tons of award recognition and was a massive hit for HBO. The series finale brought in 2.9 million viewers the night it aired and averaged 8.7 million viewers per episode in its final season, according to Variety.

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The series earned tons of awards recognition, especially for its cast, which included the talents of Brian Cox as Logan Roy, Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy, Kieran Culkin as Roman Roy, Sarah Snook as Shiv Roy, Nicholas Braun as Greg Hirsch, Alan Ruck as Connor Roy, and Matthew MacFadyen as Tom Wambsgans. Armstrong served as executive producer and showrunner for all four seasons. Succession is currently available to stream on Max.

There is no official release date for Armstrong’s untitled HBO film.

Source: Variety

Succession

Release Date: 2018 – 2023
Network: HBO Max
Showrunner: Jesse Armstrong
Directors: Mark Mylod
Writers: Jesse Armstrong

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