Second Teaser for Park Chan-wook & A24’s ‘The Sympathizer’ Series
by Alex Billington
February 15, 2024
Source: YouTube
“I infiltrated the enemy, and did everything to undermine them, because I am a communist – undercover.” HBO Max has debuted a second “teaser” trailer for The Sympathizer series, even though it runs a full two minutes like a regular trailer (catch the first teaser again here). This is an adaptation of the award-winning book of the same name written by Viet Thanh Nguyen. It’s developed by Don McKellar, along with Korean mastermind Park Chan-wook, who is directing a few episodes as well. The series is an espionage thriller and also cross-culture satire about the struggles of a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy from the final days of the Vietnam War and his resulting exile in the USA. Hoa Xuande stars as the Captain, with Robert Downey Jr. playing multiple American antagonist characters. The cast includes Fred Nguyen Khan, Toan Le, Duy Nguyễn, Vy Le, Alan Trong, Sandra Oh, and Kieu Chinh. This is looking crazy good! An A24 + Max production from Park Chan-wook?! I’m sold. Keep an eye out for this arriving in April.
Here’s the second teaser trailer for Max’s new series The Sympathizer, direct from Max’s YouTube:
You can rewatch the initial teaser trailer for Max’s series The Sympathizer right here, for the first look.
The series is based on the story of the Captain, a North Vietnam plant in the South Vietnam army. He is forced to flee to the United States with his general near the end of the Vietnam War. While living within a community of South Vietnamese refugees, he continues to secretly spy on the community and report back to the Viet Cong, struggling between his original loyalties and his new life. The Sympathizer is a series developed by filmmakers Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, Thirst, Stoker, The Handmaiden, Decision to Leave) & Don McKellar (The Red Violin, This Movie Is Broken, “Michael: Every Day”). Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name written by Viet Thanh Nguyen, adapted for HBO by Don McKellar. With episodes directed by Park Chan-wook, Marc Munden, & Fernando Meirelles (City of God, Blindness). Exec produced by Park Chan-wook, Don McKellar, Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey, Amanda Burrell, Niv Fichman, Kim Ly, Ron Schmidt, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Jisun Beck. HBO will premiere The Sympathizer series streaming on Max starting April 14th, 2024 this spring. Look any good? Who wants to watch this?
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