Billy Magnussen Tries To Escape Silicon Valley in First Images for AMC's 'Succession' Replacement

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A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne from a misspent youth of watching monster movies on TV, perusing the sun-faded goods at the local video rental shop, and staining his fingers with ink from the Video Movie Guide. Areas of interest include science fiction, film noir, horror flicks, '70s disaster pictures, Bond movies, '90s action, giant robots, dinosaurs, super heroes, and the exuberantly schlocky output of Cannon Films. He also enjoys both Star Trek and Star Wars when they're good, and maybe even more when they're bad. As a Canadian, he also has a vested interest in Canadian movies and TV shows, especially the cheesier ones dubbed "Canuxploitation."

An expert on Marvel Comics, he has also written for the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, and is a member of the Marvel Research Team. He can frequently be found pontificating on comic-book continuity or bemoaning the misfortunes of the Toronto Maple Leafs on his Twitter account.

Almost a decade after the conclusion of Halt and Catch Fire, AMC is returning to take a look at the tech industry — but this time, instead of examining its 1980s origins, The Audacity will explore the terrible truth of today's Silicon Valley. Billy Magnussen, Sarah Goldberg, and Zach Galifianakis star in the new series, which will premiere on Sunday, April 12 on AMC and AMC+.

In the new series, Magnussen (No Time to Die) stars as Duncan Park, the ambitious and audacious CEO of a data-mining company. The blackly comedic drama promises to take on the twisted world of Silicon Valley, including "jaded billionaires, psychiatrist-gurus, bio-hacked tech bros, AI labs, and disillusioned teens being optimized in elite private schools." The series is the creation of Jonathan Glatzer, a veteran of Succession, Better Call Saul, and Bloodline; he serves as executive producer, writer, and showrunner on the series. The new images from the series also show off the rest of the cast, including Carl Bardolph (Galifianakis, Baskets) in a therapy session with Dr. JoAnne Felder (Goldberg, Barry); a romantic clinch between Martin Phister (Simon Helberg, The Big Bang Theory) and Anushka Bhattachera-Phister (Meaghan Rath, Children Ruin Everything); an obscene gesture from Lili Park-Hoffsteader (Lucy Punch, A Series of Unfortunate Events), and a spotlight on Tom Ruffage (Rob Corddry, Ballers).