{"id":8267,"date":"2017-09-20T10:49:14","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T14:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/sean-penn-star-beau-willimons-first-hulu\/"},"modified":"2017-09-20T11:40:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T15:40:31","slug":"sean-penn-to-star-in-beau-willimons-the-first-for-hulu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/sean-penn-to-star-in-beau-willimons-the-first-for-hulu\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Penn to Star in Beau Willimon\u2019s The First for Hulu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Academy Award-winning actor Sean Penn has joined Beau Willimon\u2019s upcoming Hulu original drama series <em>The First<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The project marks the acclaimed actor\u2019s first foray into television.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><em>The First<\/em> will follow the inaugural human mission to Mars exploring the challenges of taking the first steps toward interplanetary colonization. The story focuses not only on the astronauts but also on their families and loved ones, as well as the ground team on Earth. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hulu and Channel 4 have given a straight-to-series order for the show, created by Willimon (<i>House of Cards<\/i>, <i>Ides of March<\/i>), who also serves as executive producer alongside his producing partner Jordan Tappis under their Westward Productions banner. T<\/span><span class=\"s1\">he series will go into production this year and is slated to premiere on Hulu and Channel 4 in 2018. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have such deep admiration for Sean\u2019s immense talent and extraordinary body of work,\u201d said Willimon. \u201cI feel very lucky to be collaborating with an artist of his caliber.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academy Award-winning actor Sean Penn has joined Beau Willimon\u2019s upcoming Hulu original drama series The First.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[276,79,2121],"class_list":["post-8267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-beau-willimon","tag-hulu","tag-sean-penn","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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