Though it didn’t have an official presence at Comic-Con (there was no panel and zero advertising), HBO’s new version of sci-fi techno fear thriller Westworld did get some stealth marketing. Executive producer Jonathan Nolan took some time during the panel for his other TV series, Person Of Interest, to show off a Con-only trailer and some new images, a selection of which you can see here.
Based on the 1973 film written and directed by Michael Crichton two decades before he wrote Jurassic Park, the series will expand upon the world of a theme park for adults where they can live out their wildest desires without consequences. At least, until something happens with the artificial life forms that inhabit the place...
“People who come into this place are looking for — and this is the irony of it — the authentic experience. They’re looking for not the virtual version, but the real version, the tactile version,” Nolan has said about his show. “Interestingly we’ve arrived at what the original film created — fully immersive virtual worlds. 'What happens in Westworld stays in Westworld.' It’s a place where you can be whoever the fuck you want to be and there are no consequences. No rules, no limitations."
The cast, some of whom you can see in the images, includes Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, Thandie Newton, Evan Rachel Wood, Miranda Otto, James Marsden and Jeffrey Wright. While no confirmed date was offered at the convention, the show has been moved from a theorised 2015 launch to next year.