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When Succession creator Jesse Armstrong began writing his first movie script, The Mountainhead, about four tech moguls having a weekend get-together while one of their products is inadvertently ...
'The Mountainhead' writer-director Jesse Armstrong talks about Elon Musk, Sam Bankman-Fried, and tackling tech titans in a dark time.
I thought I knew where HBO Max's new movie "Mountainhead" was going by about the 20-minute mark. And I've never been more delighted to be wrong. The biting comedy from "Succession" creator Jesse ...
Succession writer Jesse Armstrong says he hopes his new film about toxic tech billionaires can be a receptacle for anyone who is "feeling wonky about the world". Now making his film directorial ...
Jesse Armstrong (writer, director): I was looking to direct, but it wasn’t like, “How can I direct something? This would work.” It was more like, “I’d love to do this thing.
Jason Schwartzman, Ramy Youssef and Cory Michael Smith co-star in the 'Succession' creator's film directorial debut, another tale of toxic masculinity and wealth.
Jesse Armstrong (writer, director): I was looking to direct, but it wasn’t like, “How can I direct something? This would work.” It was more like, “I’d love to do this thing.
Cory Michael Smith’s Venis is the wealthiest of the bunch and the owner of the social media platform at the center of the storm of disinformation engulfing the globe, while Ramy Youssef’s Jeff is an ...
Jesse Armstrong, one of the UK's most successful screenwriters, is not one to rest on his laurels. Hot off the back of his hit show Succession, which followed the twists and turns in the lives of ...
[This story contains spoilers from HBO‘s movie Mountainhead.]. For much of HBO’s movie Mountainhead, the comedy in writer-director Jesse Armstrong’s script is particularly dark. Four tech ...
Jesse Armstrong, fresh off winning countless Emmys for his instantly iconic work on “Succession,” is the film’s director, writer, and executive producer.
Sometimes, art imitates life. And sometimes, life threatens to upstage art. When Succession creator Jesse Armstrong began writing his first movie script, The Mountainhead, about four tech moguls ...