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Mountainhead: first trailer for Jesse Armstrong’s topical Succession follow-up
Billionaires, played by Steve Carell and Ramy Youssef, meet amid an international crisis in HBO’s of-the-moment satire
HBO unveiled the extended look at the first feature from Succession creator Jesse Armstrong on Tuesday, which stars Steve Carell, Cory Michael Smith, Ramy Youssef and Jason Schwartzman as a group of billionaire friends who meet at an alpine retreat during an international crisis. “Have you seen what your net worth is doing?” Smith’s character says to Youssef’s, who replies: “Your platform is racist and shitty.” But playful banter and group activities, such as a snowmobile outing in matching uniforms, gives way to seemingly intense conflict – and a call from the US president as social unrest erupts in numerous countries, glimpsed in mock CNN news reports. Kieran Culkin, who played youngest brother Roman Roy, won the best supporting actor Oscar this year for A Real Pain, competing against co-star and multiple Emmy winner Jeremy Strong.
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