The Franchise (upcoming TV series)

2020s comedy television series

Not to be confused with The Franchise (TV series).

The Franchise

Genre|

* Comedy

Created by|

* Armando Iannucci
* Sam Mendes
* Jon Brown

Directed by| Sam Mendes
Starring|

* Billy Magnussen
* Jessica Hynes
* Darren Goldstein
* Lolly Adefope
* Isaac Cole Powell
* Himesh Patel
* Aya Cash

Music by| Thomas Newman
Country of origin|

* United States
* United Kingdom

Original language| English
Production
Executive producers|

* Armando Iannucci
* Sam Mendes
* Pippa Harris
* Jon Brown
* Marina Hyde
* Keith Akushie
* Nicolas Brown
* Julie Pastor

Cinematography| Carl Herse
Production companies|

* Dundee Productions
* Neal Street Productions

Original release
Network| HBO

The Franchise is an upcoming comedy television series created by Armando Iannucci, Sam Mendes, and Jon Brown.

## Premise[edit]

Depicts the issues faced by a film crew in production on a superhero film.

## Cast[edit]

### Main[edit]

* Billy Magnussen as Adam
* Jessica Hynes as Steph
* Darren Goldstein as Pat
* Lolly Adefope as Dag
* Isaac Cole Powell as Bryson
* Himesh Patel as Daniel
* Aya Cash as Anita

### Recurring[edit]

* Richard E. Grant as Peter
* Daniel Brühl as Eric
* Ruaridh Mollica

## Production[edit]

It was announced in August 2022 that HBO had greenlit a pilot for the series from Armando Iannucci, who will write the pilot alongside Keith Akushie and Jon Brown, with Sam Mendes set to direct, who also conceived of the idea of the series.[1]

### Casting[edit]

In December, Billy Magnussen, Jessica Hynes, Darren Goldstein, Lolly Adefope and Isaac Cole Powell were cast in main roles, with Richard E. Grant and Daniel Brühl set to recur.[2] In August 2023, the series was ordered to series, with Himesh Patel and Aya Cash joining the cast.

### Filming[edit]

Production on the pilot was completed before July 14, 2023, with filming suspended until the conclusion of the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.[3] Filming for the first season commenced on February 26, 2024, with a planned three month production.[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ White, Peter (August 8, 2022). "Sam Mendes & Armando Iannucci Set HBO Comedy Pilot The Franchise About Superhero Movie-Making". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
2. ^ White, Peter (December 16, 2022). "Sam Mendes & Armando Iannucci's HBO Pilot The Franchise Sets Cast Including Billy Magnussen, Jessica Hynes & Lolly Adefope". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 10 August 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
3. ^ Petski, Denise (August 9, 2023). "Sam Mendes & Armando Iannucci's The Franchise Comedy Ordered To Series At HBO". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 9 August 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
4. ^ "Filming gets underway on HBO superhero satire The Franchise". The Knowledge. February 26, 2024. Archived from the original on March 14, 2024. Retrieved April 14, 2024.

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* t
* e

Armando Iannucci

TV|

* The Day Today (1994)
* Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge (1994)
* The Saturday Night Armistice (1995–99)
* I'm Alan Partridge (1997–02)
* The Armando Iannucci Shows (2001)
* Gash (2003)
* 2004: The Stupid Version (2004)
* The Thick of It (2005–12)
* Time Trumpet (2006)
* Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge (2010–16)
* Veep (2012–19)
* Avenue 5 (2020–22)
* The Franchise (TBA)

Films|

* Clinton: His Struggle with Dirt (1998)
* Tube Tales (segment "Mouth", 1999)
* In the Loop (2009)
* Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (written only, 2013)
* The Death of Stalin (2017)
* The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)

Other work|

* On the Hour (radio)
* Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge (radio)
* I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan (novel)
* Dr. Strangelove (play)

* v
* t
* e

Sam Mendes

Awards and nominations

Feature films|

* American Beauty (1999)
* Road to Perdition (2002)
* Jarhead (2005)
* Revolutionary Road (2008)
* Away We Go (2009)
* Skyfall (2012)
* Spectre (2015)
* 1917 (2019, also wrote)
* Empire of Light (2022, also wrote)

Television|

* The Franchise (TBA, creator and director)

Related|

* Alfred Mendes (grandfather)
* Donmar Warehouse
* Neal Street Productions

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* t
* e

HBO programming

Current and upcoming

| Current|

* 100 Foot Wave (since 2021)
* 30 Coins (since 2021)
* Euphoria (since 2019)
* Fantasmas (since 2024)
* The Gilded Age (since 2022)
* Hard Knocks (since 2001)
* House of the Dragon (since 2022)
* Industry (since 2020)
* Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show (since 2024)
* The Last of Us (since 2023)
* Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (since 2014)
* My Brilliant Friend (since 2018)
* Real Time with Bill Maher (since 2003)
* The Rehearsal (since 2022)
* The Righteous Gemstones (since 2019)
* Somebody Somewhere (since 2022)
* True Detective (since 2014)
* We're Here (since 2020)
* The White Lotus (since 2021)

|

Upcoming|

* A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (2025)
* Welcome to Derry (2025)
* The Franchise (TBA)
* Get Millie Black (TBA)
* Untitled task force project (TBA)

Former

| Series|

| 1970s
debuts|

* HBO World Championship Boxing
* HBO Sports Bowling
* Inside the NFL
* On Location
* Race for the Pennant
* Standing Room Only ("Vanities")
* Tennis on HBO
* Time Was

|

1980s
debuts|

* 1st & Ten
* The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
* America Undercover ("Autopsy", "Real Sex" and "Taxicab Confessions")
* Babar
* Braingames
* Encyclopedia
* Encyclopedia Brown
* The Ghost of Faffner Hall
* The Hitchhiker
* HBO Storybook Musicals
* The Kids in the Hall
* Maximum Security
* Not Necessarily the News
* One Night Stand
* Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
* The Ray Bradbury Theater
* Seabert
* The StoryTeller
* Tales from the Crypt
* Tales of Little Women
* Video Jukebox
* The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

1990s
debuts|

* The Adventures of Paddington Bear
* The Adventures of Tintin
* Arliss
* The Baby-Sitters Club
* Boxing After Dark
* The Chris Rock Show
* The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures
* Crashbox
* Def Comedy Jam
* Dennis Miller Live
* Dream On
* George and Martha
* Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
* HBO Comedy Half-Hour
* Hotel Room
* The Larry Sanders Show
* Lifestories: Families in Crisis
* A Little Curious
* The Little Lulu Show
* Mr. Show with Bob and David
* The Neverending Story
* Oz
* Perversions of Science
* Pippi Longstocking
* Rainbow Fish
* Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
* Reverb
* Saban's Adventures of Pinocchio
* Sex and the City
* The Sopranos
* Spicy City
* Tenacious D
* Todd McFarlane's Spawn
* Tracey Takes On...

2000s
debuts|

* Animated Tales of the World
* Big Love
* Bored to Death
* Carnivàle
* Cathouse: The Series
* Classical Baby
* Curb Your Enthusiasm
* The Comeback
* Costas Now
* Da Ali G Show
* Deadwood
* Def Poetry Jam
* Eastbound & Down
* Entourage
* Extras
* Flight of the Conchords
* G String Divas
* Harold and the Purple Crayon
* Hung
* In Treatment
* I Spy
* Joe Buck Live
* John from Cincinnati
* K Street
* Kindergarten
* KO Nation
* The Life & Times of Tim
* Little Britain USA
* Lucky Louie
* The Mind of the Married Man
* The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
* On the Record with Bob Costas
* El Perro y El Gato
* Pornucopia
* Project Greenlight
* Rome
* Six Feet Under
* Stuart Little
* Summer Heights High
* Tales from the Neverending Story
* Tell Me You Love Me
* True Blood
* Tourgasm
* Unscripted
* The Wire

2010s
debuts|

* After the Thrones
* All Def Comedy
* Angry Boys
* Animals
* Any Given Wednesday with Bill Simmons
* Ballers
* Barry
* Big Little Lies
* A Black Lady Sketch Show
* Boardwalk Empire
* The Brink
* Camping
* Crashing
* The Deuce
* Divorce
* Doll & Em
* Enlightened
* Esme & Roy
* Family Tree
* Funny or Die Presents
* Game of Thrones
* Gentleman Jack
* Getting On
* Girls
* Hello Ladies
* Here and Now
* High Maintenance
* His Dark Materials
* How to Make It in America
* Insecure
* Ja'mie: Private School Girl
* Jonah from Tonga
* The Leftovers
* Life's Too Short
* Looking
* Los Espookys
* Luck
* Masterclass
* The Newsroom
* Random Acts of Flyness
* The Ricky Gervais Show
* Room 104
* Sally4Ever
* The Shop
* Silicon Valley
* Succession
* Togetherness
* Treme
* Veep
* Vice
* Vice News Tonight
* Vice Principals
* Vinyl
* Westworld
* Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas

2020s
debuts|

* Avenue 5
* Betty
* How To with John Wilson
* The Idol
* Lovecraft Country
* The Nevers
* Painting with John
* Pause with Sam Jay
* Perry Mason
* Rain Dogs
* Run
* The Time Traveler's Wife
* The Vow
* Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

Miniseries|

* Agents of Chaos
* All the Rivers Run
* Allen v. Farrow
* Angels in America
* Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl
* The Baby
* Band of Brothers
* The Case Against Adnan Syed
* The Casual Vacancy
* Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes
* Catherine the Great
* Chernobyl
* The Corner
* Elizabeth I
* Empire Falls
* Exterminate All the Brutes
* From the Earth to the Moon
* Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways
* Generation Kill
* Gunpowder
* God Save Texas
* House of Saddam
* I Know This Much Is True
* I May Destroy You
* I'll Be Gone in the Dark
* Irma Vep
* The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst
* John Adams
* The Lady and the Dale
* Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York
* Landscapers
* Laurel Avenue
* Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God
* Mare of Easttown
* McMillions
* Mildred Pierce
* Mind Over Murder
* Mosaic
* Mrs. Fletcher
* The New Pope
* The Night Of
* Nuclear Family
* Olive Kitteridge
* Our Boys
* The Outsider
* The Pacific
* Parade's End
* Phoenix Rising
* The Plot Against America
* Pray, Obey, Kill
* Q: Into the Storm
* The Regime
* Scenes from a Marriage
* The Seekers
* Sharp Objects
* Show Me a Hero
* Small Town News: KPVM Pahrump
* The Sympathizer
* Tanner '88
* Telemarketers
* The Third Day
* The Undoing
* Watchmen
* We Are Who We Are
* We Own This City
* White House Plumbers
* Years and Years
* The Young Pope

See also
Max
HBO Storybook Musicals
HBO Asia original series
HBO Canada original series
HBO Europe original series
HBO Latin America original series
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