Bad Robot/Jonathan Nolan Bringing "Westworld" to HBO - Part 1

[Marvolo]

We know Samuraiworld exists.

 

[Man in the Suit]

Jonathan Nolan breaks down his season 2 ad

 

[Man in the Suit]

Entertainment Weekly: Westworld season 2 brings back several missing characters

We spoke to showrunners Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy and managed to get a few tidbits on what we can expect for some of the characters whose fates were left uncertain:

Spoiler

The Man in Black (Ed Harris) and William (Jimmi Simpson): The theme park’s VIP guest is very much alive and has a new mission in season 2 (“He gets a bit of damage done to him, that’s for sure,” Harris teases). We’ll also see his younger incarnation, William, as we explore the early days of the park and discover how he gained so much influence over Delos Incorporated.

Elsie Hughes (Shannon Woodward) and Ashley Stubbs (Luke Hemsworth): Smart-ass programmer Hughes vanished near the end of season 1, while wary security chief Stubbs was captured by a tribe of Native American hosts when he went looking for her. Both are alive, but not exactly doing so hot. “They’re finally getting to experience Westworld as guests and not in the managerial halls, but I’m not sure they’re enjoying their experience,” Joy says dryly.

Charlotte Hale (Tessa Thompson): Delos’ icy corporate villainous also survived the board meeting from hell. “She is back and causes trouble,” Joy says. “She went from this controlled person playing this chess game with Ford. He takes out her king and queen in one fell swoop. Now she’s left at the mercy of the hosts like everyone else.”

Lee Sizemore (Simon Quarterman): The park’s arrogant head writer becomes Maeve’s (Thandie Newton) hostage at the start of the new season. “He’s found himself in the most uncomfortable position he can possibly be in,” Quarterman says. “These hosts have always been props to his stories, and now it’s like he’s become a player in one of his own stories.”

Peter Abernathy (Louis Herthum): Dolores’ creepy, Shakespeare-quoting father was last seen being brought out of cold storage as part of Charlotte Hale’s scheme to smuggle data out of the park. He was supposed to be put on a train to leave. Did he make it out? We’re told he will be in the season and has become “an important asset,” one of only two characters that Dolores has any attachment to (the other, of course, is Teddy).

Clementine Pennyfeather (Angela Sarafyan): Brothel worker Clementine was effectively lobotomized and put into storage, but then she unexpectedly popped up again during the finale mayhem to take a shot at The Man in Black (she’s barely recognizable in the scene). We don’t have much intel on this one, but the showrunners have previously noted that last season’s operation resulted in the previous version of her character being changed forever.

Dr. Robert Ford (Anthony Hopkins): Ford was really and truly killed by Dolores in the season 1 finale. He’s not expected to return as played by Hopkins. We will, however, see a younger version of Dr. Ford in flashbacks played by another actor at some point.

 

[Kaleb]

 

[squeekness]

That will be in my mailbox.

 

[harlequinade]

Lovely new photos and great cover!

 

[Kaleb]

 

[Deck Rickard]

This is a photo of the only known sighting of Slender Man's cousin, Yoked Man.

 

[StarLord]

 

[squeekness]

It's making me impatient.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I am beyond ready for this. God, it feels so far off.

 

[Man in the Suit]

They should release more B&W photos because it kinda fills the POI Noir void in my life.

 

[Sawyer]

Hm. Harris seems a bit out of place, considering the other five...

 

[Sithborg]

Definitely going to do a rewatch over spring break.

 

[squeekness]

They should release more B&W photos because it kinda fills the POI Noir void in my life.

Nice.

 

[StarLord]

So, it's actually Shogunworld.

"The reason we went with the shogun, Imperial Japanese motif for that world is in large part because of the beautiful relationship you had between the golden age Westerns and the golden age samurai films," said Nolan. "As soon as Akira Kurosawa would make a film, it would get remade with cowboys. The idea that those stories worked in two very distinct genres and languages, and the relationship between those genres, to me was irresistible as an homage to how Kurosawa was responsible for some of the greatest Westerns of all time."

EW

 

[Marvolo]

Hadn't considered that, but hes right. Samurai films and spaghetti westerns are two peas in a pod.

 

[David H.]

No Mifune, no Eastwood.

 

[cheungcheung]

Can’t wait for the new season

 

[squeekness]

Yup. I'm ready.

 

[Marvolo]

No Mifune, no Eastwood.

True, but we've got Hiroyuki Sanada.

 

[Man in the Suit]

 

[Man in the Suit]

The SXSW trailer isn't online, but here's the SpaceX/Falcon Heavy/Starman trailer Nolan made...

“One of the things that I really used to, when I was a kid, spend an unhealthy amount of time thinking about was space, and spaceflight,” Nolan said, noting that he had grown up watching Super 8 footage of Saturn rocket launches, but that the fervor and excitement that space exploration once fostered has faded. “And so I was having a drink last year with a friend, and we were talking about how do you inspire people? How do you get people to talk again, how can you drive the conversation?”

Their solution, Nolan said, was a red sports car and a David Bowie song — and the friend was none other than Musk himself.

“I had the privilege of being down with Elon in launch control for the Falcon Heavy launch, and there was an incredible spirit there on the day,” Nolan told the audience. “It felt extraordinary, thinking about all the people that had contributed to putting this together, and the spirit of it. And something that I haven’t felt in an awfully long time. We tried to distill that essence down.”

“The only way I know how to express it: we cut a trailer,” he said. “It’s not a trailer for a movie. It’s not a trailer for a TV show. What we’re hoping this is is the trailer for one part of the next chapter of the human story.”

https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/10/...n-heavy-westworld-jonathan-nolan-trailer-sxsw

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[Man in the Suit]

Season 2 premiere is 70 minutes according to HBO's schedule.

 

[Man in the Suit]

Updated list of Season 2 directors:

Jonathan Nolan
Lisa Joy
Richard J. Lewis
Frederick E.O. Toye
Nicole Kassell
Craig Zobel
Tarik Saleh
Uta Briesewitz
Vincenzo Natali