HBO‘s new tentpole TV series Westworld debuted Stateside on Sunday evening. The 90 minute opener, which reportedly cost a whopping $25 million including reshoots, managed to attract 3.3 million total viewers on TV and on the HBO Go/HBO Now streaming platforms.
That figure is a three-year record for the cable subscription channel and actually attracted over a million more viewers that the debut of Game Of Thrones back in 2011.
The nine-episode first season, of which we expect there to be many more looking at these figures, reportedly cost a whopping $100 million.
Here’s the official synopsis ahead of its debut in the UK on Sky Atlantic later tonight:
The one-hour drama series WESTWORLD (ten episodes) is a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged. The cast includes Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, Evan Rachel Wood, James Marsden, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, Tessa Thompson, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Jimmi Simpson, Rodrigo Santoro, Shannon Woodward, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Ben Barnes, Simon Quarterman, Angela Sarafyan, Luke Hemsworth and Clifton Collins, Jr. Inspired by the motion picture “Westworld,” written and directed by Michael Crichton. 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.
