HBO confirms that ‘Westworld’ is dropping this Fall
Remember Westworld? That HBO adaptation of the Crichton science-fiction thriller? It got some weird ass teaser trailer a while back. Then it got some rumors swirling around it about waivers extras were signing to be a part of some robot orgy. Seriously. Then, news was, production had shut the fuck down. But the show lives! And it’s arriving this Fall.
Despite a production shutdown and serious doubts, we’re now assured HBO’s ambitious “Westworld” will air … sometime this fall.
The cable network confirmed as much this afternoon with an announcement trumpeting the 10-episode “dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin.”
Inspired by the 1973 film of the same name by Michael Crichton, the sci-fi thriller is created by Jonathon Nolan and Lisa Joy, who serve as executive producers alongside J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk.
Here’s how HBO describes the series: “Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged.”