Westworld (TV series)

Westworld
Genre	Science fiction Drama Thriller Action/adventure Western
Created by	Jonathan Nolan Lisa Joy
Based on	Westworld by Michael Crichton
Starring	Evan Rachel Wood Thandie Newton 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 Shannon Woodward Ed Harris Anthony Hopkins
Theme music composer	Ramin Djawadi
Composer(s)	Ramin Djawadi
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Bryan Burk Jerry Weintraub Lisa Joy Jonathan Nolan J. J. Abrams
Producer(s)	Athena Wickham
Location(s)	Castle Valley, Utah Simi Valley, California Newhall, California Agoura Hills, California Universal City, California Los Angeles, California
Cinematography	Brendan Galvin Robert McLachlan Paul Cameron David Franco Jeffrey Jur
Editor(s)	Mark Yoshikawa Tanya Swerling Stephen Semel Andrew Seklir Marc Jozefowicz
Running time	57–91 minutes
Production company(s)	Kilter Films Bad Robot Productions Jerry Weintraub Productions Warner Bros. Television
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original network	HBO
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	Digital
Original release	October 2, 2016 (2016-10-02) – present
External links
Website

Westworld is an American science fiction western thriller television series created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy for HBO. It is based on the 1973 film of the same name, which was written and directed by American novelist Michael Crichton, and to a lesser extent on the 1976 sequel Futureworld. It is the second TV series based on the two films, the first being the short-lived 1980 series Beyond Westworld. Nolan and Joy serve as executive producers along with J. J. Abrams, Jerry Weintraub, and Bryan Burk, with Nolan directing the pilot. The first season premiered on October 2, 2016, concluded on December 4, 2016, and consists of ten episodes. In November 2016, HBO renewed the show for a 10-episode second season, planned for a 2018 debut.

The story takes place in the fictional Westworld, a technologically advanced Wild West-themed amusement park populated by androids dubbed "hosts". Westworld caters to high-paying visitors called "guests", who may indulge in whatever they wish within the park, without fear of retaliation from the hosts.

The series' debut on HBO garnered the network's highest viewership ratings for a premiere since the first episode of True Detective in 2014 and Westworld ranks as the most-watched first season of an HBO original series ever.Westworld has received positive reviews by critics, with particular praise for the visuals, story, and acting.

Warner Bros. had been considering a remake of Westworld since the early 1990s and after the departure of studio executive Jessica Goodman in 2011, the project was again under consideration. Jerry Weintraub had been pushing for a remake for years and, after his success with HBO's Behind the Candelabra, he convinced the network to greenlight a pilot. He took the project to Jonathan Nolan and co-writer Lisa Joy, who saw the potential in the concept to make something far more ambitious, and on August 31, 2013, it was announced that premium cable channel HBO had ordered a pilot for a potential television series version of the story, with Nolan, Joy, J. J. Abrams, Jerry Weintraub and Bryan Burk as executive producers.

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