THE SYMPATHIZER Final Trailer (2024) Sandra Oh, Robert Downey Jr.

THE SYMPATHIZER Final Trailer (2024) Sandra Oh, Robert Downey Jr.

THE SYMPATHIZER Final Trailer (2024) Sandra Oh, Robert Downey Jr., Park Chan-wook, Hoa Xuande, Series
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HBO has released the official teaser trailer and a new photo for the original limited series The Sympathizer, which will premiere in 2024. They provide a glimpse at the four characters played by Robert Downey Jr. who executive produces the series alongside co-showrunners Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar. The footage, which introduces the cast led by Hoa Xuande, Fred Nguyen Khan, Toan Le, Ky Duyen, and Sandra Oh, was shown today during Warner Bros. Discovery’s unveiling of the Max streaming service.

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Based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, The Sympathizer is an espionage thriller and cross-culture satire about the struggles of a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy during the final days of the Vietnam War and his resulting exile in the United States.

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Co-showrunner, executive producer, writer Park Chan-wook also directed Episodes 1-3, co-showrunner and writer Don McKellar also executive produces alongside A24, Downey Jr., Susan Downey and Amanda Burrell for Team Downey, Kim Ly, Niv Fichman for Rhombus Media, Ron Schmidt, book’s author
Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Jisun Back for Moho Film. The Sympathizer is a co-production between HBO, A24, and Rhombus Media.

Here is the teaser trailer:
HBO's upcoming series The Sympathizer will bring Viet Thanh Nguyen's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to life.
The series explores immigrant identity and the struggles of a North Vietnamese spy in the Vietnam War.
Park Chan-wook, known for films like Oldboy, is the creative force behind the series.
Hoa Xuande is about to spill all of his secrets to Sandra Oh in the latest teaser to be released for HBO’s upcoming series, The Sympathizer. What starts as an exciting mission filled with all the action a young man could dream of, quickly goes south when a half-Vietnamese, half-French spy known as The Captain finds the enemy on his tail. Today’s teaser focuses on The Captain’s rise through the ranks as a North Vietnamese mole who finds himself torn, leaning more to the side of the South Vietnamese military. When Saigon falls, The Captain escapes to the United States where he continues to put his counterintelligence skills to the test all while schmoozing it up with the ladies and conspiring with multiple versions of Robert Downey Jr.

In what we’re considering to be a dream team project between HBO and A24, who have previously worked together on productions like Euphoria and Irma Vep, the two studios are coming together for the series which will serve as an exhilarating small-screen adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning debut novel of the same name. The show, like the book, will pull audiences back to the brutal and bloody days of the Vietnam War, and put the lens on immigrant identity as The Captain struggles to merge his many different versions all while staying sane and alive.

Our first look at the series came almost a year ago, so knowing that the project is still on course for its April 14 arrival gives us a sigh of relief. The fresh peek also digs more into the plot while showing off the characters — and many faces of Downey Jr. Along with the leading men and Oh, The Sympathizer will also feature performances from Alan Trong (The Tomorrow War), Nguyen Khan (Fatherhood), newcomer Vy Le, Toan Le (Bigfoot), Duy Nguyễn, Kayli Tran (Ambulance), VyVy Nguyen (Young Sheldon), Kieu Chinh (The Joy Luck Club), and Ky Duyen.

'The Sympathizer' Will Be the Latest Project to Come From the Iconic Park Chan-wook

From Oldboy to The Handmaiden, and Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, there’s no arguing that Park Chan-wook is an incredible force to be reckoned with in the world of action and drama. While the filmmaker has dabbled in television productions before, having lent his creative vision to the 2018 series The Little Drummer Girl and served as an executive producer on TNT’s uber-popular Snowpiercer, stepping up to the plate for The Sympathizer allowed him to open up an entirely different door that we can’t wait to step through.

Check out the brand-new teaser below and learn more about The Sympathizer in our complete guide before the title arrives on HBO on April 14.
Robert Downey Jr. is a master of disguise in the trailer for “The Sympathizer,” a new spy series coming in 2024 to HBO’s rebranded Max streaming service.

Based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “The Sympathizer” stars Hoa Xuande (“Cowboy Bebop”) as a spy for North Vietnam who becomes embedded in L.A.’s refugee community. Headed by Park Chan-wook, who serves as co-showrunner, executive producer, writer and director, “The Sympathizer’s” official logline describes the show as “an espionage thriller and cross-culture satire about the struggles of a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy during the final days of the Vietnam War and his resulting exile in the United States.”

Downey Jr., who is as an executive producer on the project alongside his wife Susan Downey, takes on several roles in the show. Each of Downey Jr.’s characters have their own distinct look, as depicted in the trailer, and are meant to represent different aspects of the American establishment –among them an up-and-coming Orange County Congressman, a CIA operative and a Hollywood film director.

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The clip was unveiled on Wednesday at a Warner Bros. Discovery press event, during which the company also revealed that HBO Max will soon be just Max in an effort to integrate all of WBD’s brands under one streaming service.

The cast also includes Fred Nguyen Khan, Toan Le, Vy Le, Alan Trong, Vy Le, Ky Duyen and Sandra Oh.

“The Sympathizer” is a co-production between HBO, A24 and Rhombus Media, produced in association with Cinetic Media and Moho Film. Don McKellar serves as co-showrunner and executive producer alongside Park. Other executive producers include Nguyen, Amanda Burrell for Team Downey, Kim Ly, Niv Fichman for Rhombus Media, Ron Schmidt and Jisun Back for Moho Film. Fernando Meirelles and Marc Munden also direct. Writers include Mark Richard, Naomi Iizuka, Maegan Houang, Anchuli Felicia King and Tea Ho.

Watch the trailer for “The Sympathizer” below.
HBO has released the first teaser trailer for The Sympathizer, the upcoming espionage thriller featuring Hoa Xuande as a half-Vietnamese communist spy living in America. The limited drama will be available for streaming in 2024, exclusively on the newly rebranded Max.

The video provides viewers a glimpse of Robert Downey Jr.‘s multiple characters as he is expected to serve as the show’s antagonist. This marks the Avengers: Endgame star’s first scripted TV project in over two decades since appearing as Larry Paul on the classic legal comedy Ally McBeal.

Check out The Sympathizer trailer below (watch more trailers):

Based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer-winning debut novel, The Sympathizer is being directed by award-winning South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-Wook, who is also serving as a showrunner with writer Don McKellar. The series stars Hoa Xuande, Fred Nguyen Khan, Toan Le, Vy Le, Alan Trong, Vy Le, Ky Duyen, with Sandra Oh, and Robert Downey Jr.

“The drama is an espionage thriller and cross-culture satire about the struggles of a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy during the final days of the Vietnam War and his resulting exile in the United States,” reads the synopsis.

It is executive produced by Downey Jr., Park, McKellar, Susan Downey, Amanda Burrell, Niv Fichman, Kim Ly, Ron Schmidt, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Jisun Back. It is a co-production between HBO, A24, and Rhombus Media in association with Cinetic Media and Moho Film.