And from the first full trailer for Succession, it looks like the upcoming HBO series is going to do the same for the media business, with a raised-eyebrows satirical streak.
Succession looks like it’s going to be funny the way Billions is funny.
Succession stars Brian Cox as a Rupert Murdoch-esque media mogul who’s getting on in years and starting to act erratically.
The first teaser for HBO’s Succession made it look like a very serious drama, which was kind of surprising, since it’s written by The Thick of It’s Jesse Armstrong and directed by Anchorman and Step Brothers’ Adam McKay.
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