Tag: succession

It Sounds Like ‘Succession’s Brian Cox Nearly As Intimidating To Work With As Logan Roy, According To Several Co-Stars

As family patriarch Logan Roy, esteemed Scottish actor Brian Cox was a terrifying and imposing presence on Succession. Everyone feared him from his children to the President of the United States, and apparently, that was the case in real life. Fresh off her Emmy win for her Season 4 performance as Shiv Roy, Sarah Snook […]

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Brian Cox Brought Logan Roy Back From The Dead By Randomly Playing Him In A French Commercial (That Also Parodies ‘Emily In Paris’)

Logan Roy, the fictitious patriarch of Succession, has been dead since last summer, but do characters (or shows) ever really die? Brian Cox, who won a Golden Globe (but never an Emmy!) for playing the gruff corporate tycoon, recently said he’d be up for exhuming him for a prequel movie. (If that happens, it might […]

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Sorry, But ‘Succession’ Creator Jesse Armstrong No Longer Thinks A Spinoff Would Be So ‘Interesting’

Nothing really ends in TV and movies anymore. Revivals are all the rage, even when they prove inferior to the original. (That’s why Ray Romano won’t be returning to Everybody Loves Raymond.) Succession ended last year, with an inevitable bang. At first creator Jesse Armstrong flirted with the idea of not doing a sequel but […]

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Brian Cox Would Be Into Exhuming Logan Roy For A ‘Succession’ Movie, But He Isn’t So Hot On A Cousin Greg Spinoff

Warning: This post contains some spoilers for the final season of Succession, which you should watch if you haven’t, it’s pretty darn good. A mere three episodes into the final season of Succession, something genuinely shocking happened: Brian Cox’s Logan Roy finally died. Death was always coming for him. Indeed, he almost croaked in the […]

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Recasting Succession With Black Celebs

Photo: Paul Zimmerman // Karwai Tang/WireImage (Getty Images) Updated 01/06/2024 at 12:15 p.m. ET:  Succession left on top. Everything about it, from its excellent acting, the nasty backbiting and its theme music, is frankly badass. As we wait to see if the cast takes over Award season as expected, we thought we’d bring back your favorite […]

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Brian Cox Torched ‘The Guy Who Runs Warner Bros. Discovery Now’ For The Way He’s Treated Turner Classic Movies, Which He’ll ‘Defend To The Death’

Two years ago nobody except industry insiders knew David Zaslav. Today people can’t wait to line up to talk smack about him. Since taking over Warner Bros. Discovery, the mogul has made one bizarre, hated move after another, including mucking with HBO Max (now, confusingly, just Max), cancelling fully completed movies, even deep-sixing hundreds of […]

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The Kendall Roy Era Is Nigh: Massive Wealth Transfer to Create Nation of Trust Fund Billionaires

At this very moment, the U.S. is readying for a quiet transfer of wealth from rich parents to their children unlike anything the world has ever experienced.  Nowhere will this be more intensely felt over the coming decades than at the highest echelons of society. To use a metaphor from HBO’s Succession, the aging Logan […]

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Oh Boy, A Movie About George Santos Is Already In The Works From A ‘Succession’ Producer

On Friday George Santos’ D.C. misadventures came to an end: The fabulist lawmaker was expelled from Congress in a landslide vote — the first time that’s happened in 20 years. What’s next for the guy who lied about his mother dying in the September 11 attacks? Will he pull a no-brainer and wind up on […]

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‘Succession’ Star Brian Cox Now Says He Took The Gig Hosting The New James Bond Reality Show By Mistake

Last month, Brian Cox surprised Succession fans by revealing that his follow-up to the critically-acclaimed series is a James Bond reality show. Seemingly out of nowhere, the actor appeared in the 007: Road to a Million trailer where he’ll play The Controller, the show’s game-master who tasks the contestants with a series of Bond-esque tasks […]

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The Makers Of ‘Succession’ Were Tempted To Split The Final Season In Two À La ‘The Sopranos’ And ‘Breaking Bad’

Some shows drag on far past their expiration date, ruining what could have been perfection. Others end on top. That’s what happened with Succession, which did four great seasons then skedaddled, never to return (unless it does). Indeed, there are only 39 episodes of HBO’s other show about a family dynasty beset upon by its […]

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