The long-awaited and already controversial upcoming HBO sequence The Idol has lastly gotten its launch date. The HBO Unique sequence is now set to debut on the community on Sunday, June 4, 2023, at 9:00 PM ET/PT. The sequence can even be out there to stream on Max. This announcement follows the information that the sequence will formally debut at this yr’s Cannes Movie Competition.

The Idol comes from Euphoria creator Sam Levinson. Although the sequence has but to make its debut, it’s already a particularly controversial challenge, and Levinson himself is a controversial artistic determine. Final yr, the sequence went beneath a significant artistic overhaul. Certainly one of these modifications was the exit of sequence director Amy Seimetz. The sequence has additionally been on the middle of a number of controversies surrounding among the challenge’s extra express content material. The sequence stars the internationally acclaimed musician The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye) alongside Lily-Rose Depp.

The sequence follows the pop star Jocelyn, performed by Depp, who is set to reclaim her title because the sexiest pop star in America following an intense nervous breakdown. When Jocelyn meets Tedros, performed by Tesfaye, a nightclub impresario with a checkered previous, her ardour and creativity are quickly reignited. However will this affair take her to new heights, or plunge her again into her personal demons? The sequence will discover the pair’s intense, erotic, and fraught relationship because it pushes each of them to the extremes of their very own psyche.

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The Idol Will Ship on Drama and Chaos

Together with the announcement of the sequence’ launch date, a brand new teaser for the sequence was additionally launched. The brand new teaser is the fourth to be launched in anticipation of the sequence’ launch. A trailer for the sequence was additionally launched late final yr. The brand new teaser exhibits Jocelyn posing in a photograph shoot, smoking a cigarette. The query is then posed: “when was the final truly-fucking-nasty, nasty, dangerous pop lady?” Nicely, it would not appear to matter when the final one was, as a result of the present nasty pop lady is Jocelyn, who’s then proven being trotted out and in of golf equipment. The enduring, if not ominous Britney Spears tune “Gimme Extra” performs all through the trailer. The tune, which was launched by Spear within the midst of her 2007 public breakdown, units the tone for the trailer, exhibiting Jocelyn within the midst of her personal spiral.

The sequence comes from Sam Levinson, the creator of the hit HBO sequence Euphoria. The Idol is a departure from the high-school-based sequence however options the identical gritty and delightful cinematography. The Idol, nevertheless, plunges additional into the extra lurid themes of Levinson’s oeuvre, which incorporates the 2022 Ben Affleck-led erotic thriller Deep Water, which he co-wrote with Zach Helm. Together with Depp and Tesfaye, the sequence additionally stars Troye Sivan, Dan Levy, Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph, Eli Roth, Hari Nef, Jane Adams, Jennie Ruby Jane, Mike Dean, Moses Sumney, Rachel Sennott, Ramsey, Suzanna Son, and Hank Azaria.

Tesfaye and Levinson each function creators on the sequence together with Reza Fahim. The sequence is being produced in partnership with A24. The Idol will premiere on HBO on Sunday, June 4, 2023, at 9:00 PM ET/PT. You’ll be able to watch the brand new teaser under.