‘Divorce’ Trailer: “Let’s Get This Party Started”
HBO has a strong fall lineup.The showmost people seem to be talking about right now isWestworld, but the cable network has plenty of other shows to keep an eye on coming up, includingAwkward,High Maintenance(a formerfantasticweb series), andDivorce.Divorcecomes from actor, writer, and producerSharon Horgan(Catastrophe), and it starsThomas Haden Church(Killer Joe) andSarah Jessica Parker(Sex and the City).
Below, watch theDivorcetrailer.
InDivorce, Sarah Jessica Parker plays Frances, who’s going through one long, bumpy divorce from her husband Robert (Church). The series co-starsMolly Shannon(The Year of the Dog),Talia Balsam(Mad Men), and playwright (Killer Joe) and actor (Homeland),Tracy Letts.
HBO has released a full trailer for season one of the half-hour comedy series (10 episodes in length). Like theteaser trailer, the trailer flows well and gives off a good sense of tone with the use of Man Man’s “Head On (Hold On To Your Heart)":
Divorcemarks Sarah Jessica Parker’s return to HBO. The actress, of course, starred inSex and the City, and the two movies the series led to. Parker and Church, no matter how much their characters annoy or frustrate each other in this trailer, seem to have great chemistry. They’re awfully charming for a couple spending most of the time at each other’s throats. They’re two actors you wouldn’t mind watching in a series every week.
Although Parker is probably mostly known for the popularity ofSex and the Cityand her work in fashion, perhaps people sometimes forget how charismatic of an actress she is, and how many good movies —Ed Wood,The First Wives Club,L.A. Story,State and Main,Mars! Attacks, andHoneymoon in Vegas– she’s done. For someone with so much success, she seems, oddly, underrated. She co-starred with Church inNoam Murro’sSmart People, a charming drama. Six years later, they’ve reunited for a show that looks like a funny, engaging look at divorce, where neither character is portrayed as an antagonist of any kind.
Here’s the official synopsis:
The half-hour comedy series DIVORCE (ten episodes) stars Sarah Jessica Parker, who also serves as an executive producer, as Frances, a woman who suddenly begins to reassess her life and her marriage, and finds that making a clean break and a fresh start is harder than she thought.
