‘Succession’ Creator Jesse Armstrong Sets Next HBO Project
Jesse Armstrong has landed on his follow-up to Succession at HBO — but it’s not a series project.
Armstrong, who created the multiple Emmy-winning series, is now writing a feature film for HBO. He’ll also serve as an executive producer alongside Frank Rich; the two were EPs of Succession together, and both have overall deals at HBO.
The movie is based on an original idea of Armstrong’s and will center on four friends who meet up in the midst of a global financial crisis. Production is currently fast-tracked to start later this year.
Armstrong won four writing Emmys for his work on Succession — one for each of the show’s seasons. The series also took home the award for best drama in three of its four eligible years (losing out on the final season of Game of Thrones in 2019).
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How Armstrong would follow Succession has been the subject of intense speculation in the nearly two years since the show wrapped its run on HBO. A film is something of a pivot, as Armstrong has only a handful of feature script credits to his name — although one of them, 2009’s In the Loop (which he wrote with Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche) scored an Oscar nomination for best adapted screenplay.
Armstrong is also an executive producer of HBO and the BBC’s upcoming First Day on Earth, Michaela Coel’s follow-up to I May Destroy You. He is repped by UTA, 42 and Johnson Shapiro.
Deadline first reported the news.
