![]() ![]() As if that wasn’t enough talent on board, Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, the powerhouse writer-producer husband and wife duo who created HBO’s brilliant Westworld, will act as co-showrunners alongside Billions and Ray Donovan writer/producer Lenore Zion. The pair will exec produce via Gyllenhaal’s production company Nine Stories with Gyllenhaal playing the lead role and Villeneuve directing the pilot. ![]() And now the duo is completing their team-up trilogy as they’re set to work together again on the upcoming TV series The Son.ĭeadline brings the word of the pair’s reunion on the HBO limited series which is being adapted from acclaimed Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø’s 2014 crime novel Sønnen. That 2013 Oscar-nominated thriller masterpiece was also the first pairing of Villeneuve with Oscar-nominated actor Jake Gyllenhaal who would go on to star in the director’s next film, the absolute mind-job thriller Enemy (which is weird as hell but still fantastic). ![]() ![]() For many who share my belief, that realization started with Prisoners, the French Canadian director’s big international breakout that earned massive critical acclaim and was a surprise box office hit. I think Denis Villeneuve is arguably the greatest young director working in Hollywood right now. ![]()
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