The Son Archives

HBO's "The Son" Gains A New Cast Member: Jake Gyllenhaal
New York Times bestselling author Jo Nesbø's tale of vengeance set amid Oslo's brutal hierarchy of corruption will be getting a series order at HBO Max, with Francesca Orsi, Executive Vice President, HBO Programming, announcing on Tuesday that The Son will star and be executive produced by Nine Stories' Jake Gyllenhaal Denis Villeneuve (Dune) will[...]
AMC Cancels 'Into the Badlands', 'The Son' with Upcoming Seasons
If there's one thing that can be said about the Television Critics Association (TCA) annual press events, it's definitely a time in which shows are given–and in the case of AMC's Into the Badlands and The Son–shows are taken away In an effort to streamline and update their current scripted programming roster, the basic cable[...]
USA Adapting Philipp Meyer's Crime Novel American Rust For Series
It's a pretty good year to be author Philipp Meyer. With the series adaptation of his novel The Son having been renewed for a second season at TNT comes word that USA Network has ordered a series adaptation of his other published work, American Rust. Brian McGreevy and Lee Shipman (The Son) penned the pilot for the series with[...]
Westworld: Zahn McClarnon Injured, HBO Pauses Season 2 Production
The cast member was not on set when this occurred, and out of respect for the performer's privacy, we have no additional details to share, other than that everyone at 'Westworld' sincerely hopes for a quick recovery." McClarnon's filmography  also includes roles in AMC's The Son as Toshaway; as well as in Netflix's Longmire, which is[...]
Pierce Brosnan Returns To Television For AMC's The Son
Former James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan returns to the small screen for a new AMC series called The Son Based on the novel by Philipp Meyer and tells the tale of Eli McCullough, known as the First Son of Texas The story is told split between two time periods: 1849 when a young Eli was[...]