16 New HBO Series You Need To Get Excited About

2. Westworld

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If HBO gets Westworld wrong, it could be an absolutely huge, steaming hot mess. If they get it right, however, then they should have an absolutely massive hit on their hands.

Based on the 1973 film of the same name, it takes place at a futuristic theme park staffed by robots, which allows guests to live out all manner of bizarre fantasies. Yes, even robot prostitutes.

Described as "a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the future of sin€, things inevitably go awry at the park when the central computer shuts down, the robots begin to run amok.

It's being produced by Bad Robot, and its creator is Jonathan Nolan, while the cast includes Ed Harris, Anthony Hopkins, and Evan Rachel Wood. There were concerns recently when it was announced production on the project had been shut down for a couple of months, to allow the final four scripts to be written, but it is still expected to air later in 2016.

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