Tag: Avenue 5
-
Armando Iannucci on How the Pandemic Influenced Season 2 of ‘Avenue 5’
While the plot of “Avenue 5” revolves around an ill-fated luxury space cruise, captained by a man who doesn’t really know how to fly, the show itself went on a bit of a journey to make it to its second season. After being put on pause during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, the…
-
Avenue 5 Season 2 Trailer: In Space, No One Can Hear You Groan
HBO has released a new trailer for the second season of its original series, “Avenue 5.” The show was created by two-time Emmy Award-winner Armando Iannucci and stars Hugh Laurie (“House”) and Josh Gad (“Beauty and the Beast“). If you haven’t watched it yet, it’s the story set about 40 years in the future aboard…
-
Star-Studded Searchlight Murder Mystery ‘See How They Run’ Reveals Full Cast, First Look Image
No longer “Untitled Murder Mystery,” a starry upcoming film from Searchlight Pictures has an official title and a complete cast.“See How They Run” — starring the previously-announced Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, David Oyelowo, Adrien Brody and Ruth Wilson — is set for a wide theatrical release in 2022.Joining the five actors is a who’s who…
-
‘Avenue 5’ Creator Armando Iannucci Gives an Exciting Update on Season 2
It hasn’t been too long since Season 1 of Armando Iannucci’s new comedy, Avenue 5, wrapped. The series, which stars Hugh Laurie, Josh Gad, Lenora Crichlow, and Suzy Nakamura, spent its first season exploring the hilarious results of a luxury space-bound cruise ship suddenly veering off course and likely not getting back to Earth for…
-
‘Avenue 5’ Season 2 is Go For Launch From HBO
Armando Iannucci‘s Avenue 5 will continue its journey on HBO for another season. The network just gave the greenlight to Avenue 5 season 2, furthering the misadventures of the problematic space cruise ship. The comedy series stars Hugh Laurie, Zach Woods, Josh Gad, and more, and premiered on HBO last month. More on Avenue 5…
-
‘Avenue 5’s Armando Iannucci & Nikki Amuka-Bird on How to Make a Catastrophe in Space Funny
Created by Armando Iannucci (Veep, The Thick of It), the HBO comedy series Avenue 5 is set 40 years in the future, at a time when space tourism is no longer the stuff of sci-fi fantasy, and for spaceship owner Herman Judd (Josh Gad), it’s a multi-billion dollar business. But when the ship experiences an…
-
‘Avenue 5’ Uses Actual Science to Fuel Its Comedy (and Kills Off Richard Branson for a Gag) [TCA 2020]
Armando Iannucci is back on HBO, but this time, he’s not making another political comedy. The Veep mastermind created the science fiction comedy Avenue 5. There series follows a deep space passenger flight in the future where something goes wrong and neither the captain (Hugh Laurie) nor the tech mogul (Josh Gad) who funded it…
-
‘Avenue 5’ Featurette Invites You to Have Some Fun and Let Your Body Turn Into a Lukewarm Pudding
Armando Iannucci, creator of Veep, has a new sure-to-be-hilarious show headed to HBO. Avenue 5 is set 40 years in the future and set on a luxury space cruise ship experiencing technical difficulties. In a new Avenue 5 featurette below, Matthew Spencer, the head of passenger services (played by Zach Woods) walks us through the…
-
‘Avenue 5’ Trailer: Josh Gad Invites You on a “Luxury” Space Experience
Josh Gad is not the best billionaire salesman, but he does his awkward, creepy best in the latest Avenue 5 trailer, which plays like a very bad advertisement for Gad’s luxury space cruise. In the new space comedy from Veep creator Armando Ianucci, Gad plays Judd Galaxy’s founder, Herman Judd, who uses stock footage and…
-
HBO’s ‘Avenue 5’ Trailer Promises Lots of ‘Veep’-Style Hijinks in Space
If you’re been looking for something to pull you out of your “Veep is over” funk or you’re a fan of Hugh Laurie or you’re just looking for a good laugh, then HBO’s Avenue 5 has you covered. The first official teaser trailer for Avenue 5 has been released and with it comes a new…