I still haven't seen the first season of Westworld, the HBO series inspired by JURASSIC PARK author Michael Crichton's 1973 film WESTWORLD, but I do find the new promo for the upcoming second season to be quite appealing and well put together. It starts off as a loving look at a beautiful, manufactured world, and then things crumble into violence and mayhem. According to this promo, this show offers both the chance to see awesome actors at work, plus the sight of mechanical bulls smashing through people armed with machine guns. That's a show I need to start watching.
HBO describes the show as
a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and a reimagined past, the series explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged.
The cast includes Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton, Ed Harris, Anthony Hopkins, Jeffrey Wright, James Marsden, Ben Barnes, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Clifton Collins Jr., Luke Hemsworth, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Simon Quarterman, Rodrigo Santoro, Angela Sarafyan, Jimmi Simpson, Tessa Thompson, and Shannon Woodward.
The ten episode second season begins airing on HBO on Sunday, April 22nd.