Overview
- HBO named Ben Kingsley, Max Minghella and Pekka Strang as the final Season 4 additions Monday, completing the ensemble as cameras roll in France.
- Filming is underway in Cannes, Saint-Tropez, Monaco and Paris, with the story set during the Cannes Film Festival.
- Steve Coogan said at Sunday’s BAFTA TV Awards that Helena Bonham Carter’s role “was rewritten from scratch” after a mutual decision to part ways.
- HBO previously said Mike White and Bonham Carter “did not align once on set,” and Laura Dern joined soon after in a part written specifically for her.
- Trade outlets report the shoot began in April and will run about seven months, with a 2027 HBO premiere widely expected and themes centered on fame and festival highs and lows.