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War: HBO, Sky Preview West & Miller-Starring Legal Drama Series

Premiering on October 1st, here's a teaser and images for HBO and Sky Originals' Dominic West and Sienna Miller-starring legal drama, War.



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  • HBO and Sky Originals unveil the first teaser for War, a new legal drama starring Dominic West and Sienna Miller.
  • War premieres October 1 on HBO at 9 pm ET/PT, with weekly episodes also streaming on HBO Max.
  • George Kay’s eight-episode first season centers on a brutal divorce that sparks a headline-grabbing courtroom war.
  • Already renewed for two seasons, War has begun production on season two as the legal battle expands.

Dominic West and Sienna Miller are going to war – or, at least, their characters are. On Thursday, HBO and Sky Originals released an official teaser and first-look images for their upcoming legal drama series, War. Created by George Kay (Lupin, Hijack), the eight-episode season will begin airing weekly on HBO screens on Thursday, October 1st, at 9 pm ET/PT (and stream on HBO Max). The series was initially given a two-season green light from HBO and Sky Originals, with production on the second season currently underway. Marisa Tomei, Kelly Macdonald, and David Harewood are on tap for the next legal battle, as their lawyers become embroiled in an explosive defamation case.

HBO and Sky Originals' War is a high-stakes, legal drama following the lives of London's most powerful lawyers as firms Cathcarts & Sons and Taylor & Byrne clash over a headline-grabbing legal battle, drawing ambitious young lawyer Jonathan "Johnny" Warren (Archie Renaux) into a ruthless world where ambition is currency, betrayal is strategy, and winning is everything. Season one follows the explosive divorce of British tech entrepreneur Morgan Henderson (Dominic West) and international film star Carla Duval (Sienna Miller), as Cathcarts & Sons and Taylor & Byrne stop at nothing to secure victory for their clients.

HBO and Sky Original's War stars Dominic West as Morgan Henderson, Sienna Miller as Carla Duval, Phoebe Fox as Serena Byrne, and James McArdle as Nicholas Taylor, partners in life and business at Taylor & Byrne; Archie Renaux as Jonathan "Johnny" Warren; Nina Sosanya as Beatrice "Queen Bea" Ubosi, and Pip Torrens as St John Smallwood, their counterparts and fierce rivals at Cathcarts & Sons, alongside Celia Imrie, Nick Mohammed, Emma Laird, Aran Murphy, Archie Panjabi, Adrian Scarborough, Shaheen Jafargholi, Akiya Henry, Honor Swinton Byrne, Miles Jupp, Kartanya Maynard, Alexandra Mardell, Dylan Murphy, Mark Quartley, and Steve Furst.

The series is co-produced by New Pictures (a Banijay company) and Observatory Pictures, in association with Sky and HBO. The series is created, written, and executive-produced by George Kay, alongside executive producers Willow Grylls and Matt Sandford for New Pictures, and Susan Breen, Ben Taylor, Andrea Dewsbury, and Megan Spanjian for Sky. The lead director is Ben Taylor, and the series producer is Laurie Borg.


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Ray FlookAbout Ray Flook

Serving as Television Editor since 2018, Ray began five years earlier as a contributing writer/photographer before being brought onto the core BC team in 2017.
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