British satire of Hollywood's top export goes behind-the-scenes of a fictional movie franchise to berate the artistic and moral bankruptcies driving modern blockbusters.

HBO has set Sunday, October 6 for the premiere of Sam Mendes and Armando Iannuccci’s comedy series The Franchise. The streamer also released the official teaser trailer which can be viewed above. Written by Jon Brown,

Hollywood loves a navel-gazing satire about the movie business. Audiences do too, when given a good reason, from the upbeat mockery of 1952’s “Singin’ in the Rain,” to the excoriation of a studio executive in 1992’s “The Player,

By the end of the first season, the talented actors and snappy dialogue can't quite save "The Franchise" from exhaustion.