So when "Mountainhead," Armstrong's first post-"Succession" project, debuts on HBO this weekend, fans around the world will be asking it to live up to an impossible set of standards.

Just like Succession, HBO's gone-but-not-forgotten drama series, Mountainhead comes from the satiric mind of Jesse Armstrong and focuses on a group of unserious billionaires. However, critics aren ...

'Succession' creator Jesse Armstrong's directorial debut 'Mountainhead' premieres on HBO on May 31 — here's how he and his team made it in six months.

Brian Cox, Jesse Armstrong at HBO’s “Mountainhead” world premiere held at the Museum of Modern Art on May 22, 2025 in New York, New York. (Photo by John Nacion/Variety via Getty Images) ...

SPOILER ALERT – This review does contain details of HBO/Max’s May 31 debuting Mountainhead movie – but not the ones they asked us not to reveal. If you are still mourning Jesse Armstrong’s ...

Tech bros go wild while wrecking the world in “Mountainhead,” writer-director Jesse Armstrong’s follow-up to his towering series about a different set of rich assholes, “Succession ...

Armstrong wrote, cast and shot the film within the space of months, and it has a fierce energy. But there is also something a little off about “Mountainhead,” both on a plot and character level.

“Mountainhead,” which “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong wrote and directed, is a new made-for-HBO movie that leaves behind the backstabbing machinations of media moguls for the not-any ...

Sometimes, art imitates life. And sometimes, life threatens to upstage art. When Succession creator Jesse Armstrong began writing his first movie script, The Mountainhead, about four tech moguls ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Jesse Armstrong has once again intrigued audiences with his latest satire on the exploits of the ultra wealthy. Mountainhead, the follow up to his HBO hit Succession, debuted Saturday ...

“Mountainhead” — 3 stars “Succession” fans rejoice. Jesse Armstrong has again gathered together a conclave of uber-wealthy megalomaniacs in a delicious satire.