Bad Robot (“Almost Human”) and Jonathan Nolan (“Interstellar”) already have one collaboration on the air, CBS’ “Person of Interest.”
Hopkins plays Westworld’s genius creator. Yul Brynner lookalike Ed Harris plays the robot gunslinger. Evan Rachel Wood plays a 19th century prairie dweller who didn’t get the memo explaining she’s actually a fembot.
HBO’s fact sheet!
Logline: Westworld is a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the future of sin.
Format: One-hour drama
Production Companies: Bad Robot Productions, Jerry Weintraub Productions and Kilter Films in association with Warner Bros. Television
Executive Producer/Writer/Director: Jonathan Nolan
Executive Producer/Writer: Lisa Joy
Executive Producers: J.J. Abrams, Jerry Weintraub, Bryan Burk
Co-Executive Producer: Kathy Lingg
Producer: Athena Wickham
Co-Producer: Susie Ekins
Inspired by the motion picture Westworld, written and directed by Michael Crichton
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, Evan Rachel Wood, James Marsden, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, Miranda Otto, Rodrigo Santoro, Shannon Woodward, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Angela Sarafyan, Simon Quarterman
