The HBO series The Idol, a collaboration between Sam Levinson and The Weeknd, will not be renewed for a second season. We’re grateful to the creators, cast, and crew for their incredible work.” The series, which depicted the life and hardships of pop sensation Jocelyn, featured performances by Abel Tesfaye, Lily-Rose Depp, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph, as well as Jennie …
A troubled young pop star manipulated and taken advantage of by a sinister impresario. Tesfaye publicly responded on social media with a clip of a scene from the show in which his character calls Rolling Stone "a little irrelevant". As for Depp, she said it was "a little sad and disheartening to see mean, false things said about somebody you …
Director Sam Levinson of Euphoria fame took over the helm for the upcoming HBO series The Idol from Amy Seimetz after she suddenly exited with roughly 80 per cent of the six-episode series finished. Rolling Stone recently reported that since Levinson’s takeover, the nearly-finished $54-75 million project has been scrapped and the director has rewritten and reshot the entire project. …
After impressing audiences with her acting prowess in movies including The Dancer and A Faithful Man, Johnny Depp’s daughter Lily-Rose Depp is all set to make her television debut in Abel Tesfaye aka The Weeknd, Sam Levinson and Reza Fahim-created The Idol. Set against the backdrop of the music industry, the series narrates how Jocelyn’s path crosses with an enigmatic …
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