Fourteen months after the first season of HBO’s Westworld ended, fans are finally getting a peek at the second season, which is set to debut in 2018.
Super Bowl 2018: ‘Westworld’ fans got a season 2 trailer during Eagles-Patriots
Fans waited a long time, but they finally received a glimpse of season 2.
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The first trailer for the new season was shown during Super Bowl 52, marking the first time in two decades that HBO has purchased a Super Bowl ad, according to Entertainment Weekly.
A teaser trailer was released on Twitter on Friday:
For the uninitiated, Westworld is a science-fiction thriller set in a fictional Wild West-themed amusement park populated by android hosts. It stars Anthony Hopkins, Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright, and Thandie Newton — each of whom earned Emmy nominations for their performances in the first season.
The only other times HBO ran Super Bowl ads were in 1997 and 1998, although both were to promote the network as a whole. This was one:
A release date for season two hasn’t yet been announced, although we’ll see if that changes Sunday.
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