‘Westworld,’ ‘Divorce,’ ‘Insecure’ Set HBO Premiere Dates

“Violence and sexual violence have been a fact of human history since the beginning”, she continued. Television. The series is executive produced, written and directed by Jonathan Nolan, executive produced and written by Lisa Joy, and executive produced by J.J.

When tackling a story about a park in which people can come and “do whatever you want, whatever you desire without impunity or outcome, it seemed like the issue had to be addressed”, she said.

The first episode of “Westworld” features the implied rape of a main character – making it the latest in a string of HBO series to prominently feature violence against women, particularly sexual violence against women, as part of its narrative. “Westworld is an examination of human nature, the best parts of human nature – paternal love, romantic love, finding oneself – but also the basest parts of human nature – violence and sexual violence”.

“Now, when addressing it, there’s a lot of thinking that goes into it”.

Joy added that sexual violence is “something we all take seriously” on the production.

HBO programming president Casey Bloys fielded several questions about violence against women on “Westworld”, “Game of Thrones” and “The Night Of” during his executive session earlier in the day, struggling at times to answer. “It is extraordinarily disturbing and horrifying, so in its portrayal we endeavor not to be about the fetishization of those events”. “It is about exploring the crime and establishing the crime and exploring the torment of the characters within this story and exploring the characters with dignity and depth”.

In addition to Westworld, the premiere dates for both Divorce and Insecure were announced.

One of HBO’s most ambitious upcoming series is, without a doubt, Westworld, inspired by the 1973 Michael Crichton film of the same name. Production companies, Bad Robot Productions, Jerry Weintraub Productions and Kilter Films in association with Warner Bros. That creative device, one top talent agent said, helped HBO attract a premier cast, which also includes Jeffrey Wright.