Billy Magnussen, Daniel Brühl and Richard E. Grant have been cast in 'The Franchise,' which pokes fun at superhero movies.
With Empire of Light behind him now, Sam Mendes has set his sights on his next project—and this time it's a television series. While HBO Max may be in a state of flux this week, Deadline reports that the pilot for The Franchise has just secured its series regulars, in addition to a pair of recurring cast members. The comedy series, which comes from the mind of Mendes, has a fairly entertaining plot when one considers why things at Warner Bros. Discovery have been so chaotic recently.
Billy Magnussen, Jessica Hynes, Darren Goldstein, Lolly Adefope, and Isaac Powell are set to join the cast as series regulars, with Daniel Brühl and Richard E. Grant joining the mix as recurring guest stars. The latter two are no strangers to the superhero industrial complex, with Brühl starring as Baron Helmut Zemo in Captain America: Civil War and The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, and Grant making an appearance as a Loki variant in Loki.
The Franchise will follow a hopeful crew that finds themselves trapped inside the "dysfunctional, nonsensical, joyous hellscape" of the superhero franchises.
While Mendes may be the mastermind behind this project, Jon Brown, who wrote the pilot, is set to showrun the series, as well as executive produce. Mendes is set to direct, which makes this his first U.S.-based directorial debut, following the critical acclaim of his Oscar-winning 1917.
The Franchise seems to be HBO's more comedic answer to series like the ultra-violent Prime Video series, The Boys, which makes it clear that they are openly mocking and poking fun at superhero juggernauts like the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and what remains of the DC Studios' house of cards. Though, with Brühl involved, one might start speculating about what this means for his potential involvement in the MCU's Thunderbolts movie.
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