22 February 2024, 16:02 by Karzal

HBO reveals premiere date and trailer for The Sympathizer

The limited HBO Original The Sympathizer has been given a premiere date and trailer.

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer premieres Sunday, April 14 at 9 p.m. on HBO.

The seven-part series stars Hoa Xuande (Cowboy Bebop (2021)), Fred Nguyen Khan (Transplant), Toan Le, Phanxine, Vy Le, Ky Duyen, Kieu Chinh (NCIS: Los Angeles), Duy Nguyen (Ghosts), Alan Trong (Animal Kingdom (2016)), Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) and Robert Downey Jr. (Ally McBeal), who plays multiple roles, the leading roles.

The Sympathizer is a spy thriller and cross-cultural satire about the struggles of a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy during the final days of the Vietnam War and his new life as a refugee in Los Angeles, where he discovers that his spying days are not over yet .

Park Chan-wook is the co-showrunner, executive producer, writer and director (episodes 1-2-3). Don McKellar is co-showrunner, executive producer and writer. Other executive producers include A24, Downey Jr. Susan Downey. Amanda Burrell for Team Downey, Niv Fichman for Rhombus Media, Kim Ly, Ron Schmidt, Nguyen, and Jisun Back for Moho Film.

Directors are Fernando Meirelles (episode 4) and Marc Munden (episode 5-6-7). Writers include Mark Richard, Naomi Iizuka, Maegan Houang, Anchuli Felicia King and Tea Ho.

The Sympathizer is a co-production of HBO, A24 and Rhombus Media, produced in collaboration with Moho Film and Cinetic Media.

You can watch the trailer for The Sympathizer below.

Comments (7)

JanWillemK • 22 February 2024, 17:57

I always find it funny that you put a series after the names of the actors, even if, for example, they only appeared in it for 2 episodes :P Of course, everyone knows that Robert Downey Jr. is known for the character Iron Man. Anyway, spy thriller, I'm a fan of it. I'm still waiting for a really good one after Homeland, The Americans and Jack Ryan.

1Translated from Dutch.

DAVE2804 • 22 February 2024, 18:36

A lot of people find it interesting to know what else they might know an actor from. And as often as possible we try to put a title behind the actor in whom they have appeared in at least five episodes, but would prefer to have had a regular role. In the case of Robert Downey, Jr.: Sure, everyone knows him from Iron Man. But that's a movie and we don't use movie titles to put in brackets. In Ally McBeal, Downey, Jr. actually had a permanent role. He played in the fourth season, but was written out due to his drug addiction.

4Translated from Dutch.

JanWillemK • 22 February 2024, 19:13

It wasn't criticism or anything. I understand, of course, that a website about series prefers to call it series.

2Translated from Dutch.

BlackBiker • 23 February 2024, 16:18

If I'm honest, I often find it barely readable with all those titles in brackets. I usually only read the brief content and the relevant information about expected start and the like. I finished the above article very quickly :-D But there will probably be people who find all those names of cast and crew very interesting.

2Translated from Dutch.

Megafluffy86 • 23 February 2024, 20:27

I would find it clearer if the names in question in the article were linked to the corresponding actor pages, so that people who like to check where they know those people from can simply do so by pressing the name, without the article itself becomes a jumble of facts and names, which is often the case now. Nevertheless, I think this series is interesting. :)

4Translated from Dutch.

Tamino • 23 February 2024, 20:49

exactly and then you will immediately find all the series in which the actor is in

3Translated from Dutch.

BlackBiker • 25 February 2024, 11:34

@Megafluffy, I think that's a very good idea! The information is so quickly available to the people who are interested in it and I think that makes the articles a lot more readable. @Dave, as Jan Willem said, this is absolutely not a criticism of you. Your work here is greatly appreciated!

2Translated from Dutch.