15 New Upcoming HBO Series To Be Excited About
5. Barry
Bill Hader playing a hitman doesn't sound quite right, until you hear the premise of his upcoming show Barry. Rather than being a dark drama of a murderous man, it'll be a comedy about a low-rent Midwest hitman who, lonely and tired of his life, moves to LA for a kill, but ends up befriending a group of hopefuls within the theatre scene.
Hader is a really talented comic performer, as witnessed on SNL, and it'll be very interesting to see what he brings to this role, which should be something quite off-kilter and different.
He's also writing the project alongside Alec Berg, who co-produces HBO's outstanding Silicon Valley, and wrote for Seinfeld, while the series will also star the likes of Stephen Root (Office Space, King of the Hill) and Henry Winkler (aka The Fonz).