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The multi-hyphenate also didn’t rule out a return to the hit Apple TV series “Bad Sisters” in the future, while “Succession” director Andrij Parekh discussed the upcoming Netflix show “The Retrievals,” based on the IVF scandal.
Sharon Horgan brings star power and ideas to her upcoming HBO series youths To the KVIFF Industry Days program in Karlovy Vary for the festival on Wednesday.
She appeared immediately after a session with The soprano Creator David Chase in the industry at the 60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) in the Czech Republic.
With HBO being a topic in both major appearances, Horgan also faced a business question, what might happen to HBO after Paramount Skydance acquires its parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery. “Who knows?” The multi-hyphenate answered. “You don’t know. I hope nothing changes with HBO, because it would be kind of crazy. It’s a premium brand. It’s the best premium streaming service. I don’t know why you would want to interfere with that.”
Director and cinematographer Andrej Parikh (Dragon House, succession) shared a similar thought: “I just hope they have the wisdom to leave it alone.”
The two creators appeared in an on-stage conversation titled “Cinematic Series: Storytelling in the Age of Streaming,” moderated by Deadline’s Diana Luderhose.
An audience member asked Horgan on Wednesday if her series was on Apple TV Bad sisters She could return for a third season one day, and she has not ruled that out. Maybe “in the future, at some point — I always have story ideas,” she said.
“Right now it’s just focusing on the HBO show,” that is youths. Horgan shared on the subject: “There’s a little bit of an autobiographical element to it — it’s kind of like to withdraw and disaster…and it’s about being a woman of a certain age – and that’s inspired by me.
She added that the comedy show “is about the sandwich generation as well. It’s about a certain period in your life where your parents are getting older, your kids refuse to leave the house, and you’re taking care of everyone, but how do you take care of yourself when you’re in that situation?” The series is scheduled to begin in September, Horgan said.
Parekh was also asked what he is working on, pointing to a Netflix series called Callbackswhich was unveiled in May and “which will be filmed this fall.” “It’s actually shockingly non-commercial, but it’s a true story of a nurse at Yale Hospital who was replacing fentanyl in IVF injections for women,” he explained. [to feed her opioid addiction] with saline, so the women experienced an unusual amount of pain. They were kind of turned on by the hospital and the whole IVF system into believing that they weren’t.
Written and executive produced by Molly Smith Metzler (Sirens, maid), the show is adapted from Susan Burton’s podcast of the same name. Regarding his roles in the show, Parekh said: “I am shooting the pilot as a DOP and then direct two episodes.”
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