Apple TV+ has unveiled the trailer for “The New Look,” a new historical drama series starring Ben Mendelsohn as Christian Dior and Juliette Binoche as Coco Chanel. Inspired by true events, the series from Todd A. Kessler chronicles the fashion designers and their contemporaries as they launched modern fashion, set against the World War II Nazi occupation of Paris.
The first three episodes will premiere on Feb. 14, followed by one episode dropping every Wednesday through April 3. Per the release, “The New Look” follows “the pivotal moment in the 20th century when the French city led the world back to life through its fashion icon Christian Dior. As Dior rises to prominence with his groundbreaking, iconic imprint of beauty and influence, Chanel’s reign as the world’s most famous fashion designer is put into jeopardy. The interwoven saga follows the surprising stories of Dior’s contemporaries and rivals from Chanel to Pierre Balmain,...
The first three episodes will premiere on Feb. 14, followed by one episode dropping every Wednesday through April 3. Per the release, “The New Look” follows “the pivotal moment in the 20th century when the French city led the world back to life through its fashion icon Christian Dior. As Dior rises to prominence with his groundbreaking, iconic imprint of beauty and influence, Chanel’s reign as the world’s most famous fashion designer is put into jeopardy. The interwoven saga follows the surprising stories of Dior’s contemporaries and rivals from Chanel to Pierre Balmain,...
- 1/19/2024
- by Caroline Brew, Valerie Wu and Diego Ramos Bechara
- Variety Film + TV
Ben Mendelsohn reunites with Bloodlines showrunner Todd A. Kessler for Apple TV+’s The New Look premiering on February 14, 2024. The trailer for the drama inspired by true events features Mendelsohn as designer Christian Dior and Oscar winner Juliette Binoche (The English Patient) as Coco Chanel.
The cast of the 10-episode season includes Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones) as Catherine Dior, two-time Oscar nominee John Malkovich as Lucien Lelong, Emily Mortimer (Don’t Look Deeper) as Elsa Lombardi, Claes Bang (Bad Sisters) as Spatz, and eight-time Oscar nominee Glenn Close as Carmel Snow.
“The New Look centers on fashion designers Christian Dior, Coco Chanel and their contemporaries as they navigated the horrors of World War II and launched modern fashion,” reads Apple TV+’s synopsis. “Set against the World War II Nazi occupation of Paris, The New Look focuses on the pivotal moment in the 20th century when the French city led...
The cast of the 10-episode season includes Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones) as Catherine Dior, two-time Oscar nominee John Malkovich as Lucien Lelong, Emily Mortimer (Don’t Look Deeper) as Elsa Lombardi, Claes Bang (Bad Sisters) as Spatz, and eight-time Oscar nominee Glenn Close as Carmel Snow.
“The New Look centers on fashion designers Christian Dior, Coco Chanel and their contemporaries as they navigated the horrors of World War II and launched modern fashion,” reads Apple TV+’s synopsis. “Set against the World War II Nazi occupation of Paris, The New Look focuses on the pivotal moment in the 20th century when the French city led...
- 1/18/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
The rise of Christian Dior and fall of Coco Chanel is captured in Apple TV+’s new series “The New Look.”
The World War II-set 10-episode show stars Emmy winner Ben Mendelsohn as Christian Dior and Oscar winner Juliette Binoche as Coco Chanel and was filmed exclusively in Paris.
The official synopsis reads: “Set against the World War II Nazi occupation of Paris, ‘The New Look’ focuses on the pivotal moment in the 20th century when the French city led the world back to life through its fashion icon Christian Dior. As Dior rises to prominence with his groundbreaking, iconic imprint of beauty and influence, Chanel’s reign as the world’s most famous fashion designer is put into jeopardy.”
The ensemble cast also includes Maisie Williams as Catherine Dior, John Malkovich as Lucien Lelong, Emily Mortimer as Elsa Lombardi, Claes Bang as Spatz, and Glenn Close as Carmel Snow.
The World War II-set 10-episode show stars Emmy winner Ben Mendelsohn as Christian Dior and Oscar winner Juliette Binoche as Coco Chanel and was filmed exclusively in Paris.
The official synopsis reads: “Set against the World War II Nazi occupation of Paris, ‘The New Look’ focuses on the pivotal moment in the 20th century when the French city led the world back to life through its fashion icon Christian Dior. As Dior rises to prominence with his groundbreaking, iconic imprint of beauty and influence, Chanel’s reign as the world’s most famous fashion designer is put into jeopardy.”
The ensemble cast also includes Maisie Williams as Catherine Dior, John Malkovich as Lucien Lelong, Emily Mortimer as Elsa Lombardi, Claes Bang as Spatz, and Glenn Close as Carmel Snow.
- 1/17/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Whether or not you happened to be a fan, it's hard to deny that "Damages" was, in many ways, ahead of its time. "Damages" was intensely serialized within seasons, but then each season was largely a reboot, bringing in a handful of big name supporting actors to play along with Glenn Close and Rose Byrne. FX chief John Landgraf admitted that it was a hard show for the network to handle and maintain, because viewers couldn't jump in midway through a season and other viewers would store up three or four or 13 episodes and then plow through them well after the Nielsen measuring windows circa 2009 were closed. In effect, "Damages" was a show designed for binge-viewing and anthology storytelling at a time when being a binge-favorite would get you cancelled by FX and shuffled off to DirecTV. [FX was also a producer on "Damages," which incentivized them to keep the show going in some form, even if it wasn't working in the landscape of that moment.] "Damages" creators Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler and Daniel Zelman didn't know it at the time,...
- 3/20/2015
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
HBO has announced that they will be producing a second season of the Jason Schwartzman starring "Bored To Death." The story is a fictionalization of the real (?) life experiences of writer turned P.I. Jonathan Ames and co-stars Ted Danson, Zach Galifianakis, and Heather Burns. Here is the O'fficial word from HBO.
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HBO Renews The New Comedy Series Bored To Death,
Created By Jonathan Ames, For A Second Season
Los Angeles, Oct. 7, 2009 – HBO has renewed the critically acclaimed comedy series Bored To Death, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, Programming Group and West Coast Operations, HBO. Production on the second season will begin in 2010.
To date, the debut episode of Bored To Death has been seen by 4.1 million viewers on HBO and HBO On Demand. In addition, the episode received nearly a half-million downloads/views via a free preview...
Check out all of our Bored To Death coverage.
HBO Renews The New Comedy Series Bored To Death,
Created By Jonathan Ames, For A Second Season
Los Angeles, Oct. 7, 2009 – HBO has renewed the critically acclaimed comedy series Bored To Death, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, Programming Group and West Coast Operations, HBO. Production on the second season will begin in 2010.
To date, the debut episode of Bored To Death has been seen by 4.1 million viewers on HBO and HBO On Demand. In addition, the episode received nearly a half-million downloads/views via a free preview...
- 10/7/2009
- by Jon Lachonis
- TVovermind.com
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