EXCLUSIVE: Jesse Armstrong has once again intrigued audiences with his latest satire on the exploits of the ultra wealthy. Mountainhead, the follow up to his HBO hit Succession, debuted Saturday, securing 1.

The speed of the production pretty well matched the public timeline, Armstrong said. He pitched the idea to HBO chief Casey Bloys in December 2024, then wrote the script in January. Most of the cast signed on before Armstrong finished the script, and the production time was short.

"Succession" creator Jesse Armstrong says his film Mountainhead, much like his critically-acclaimed HBO show about media mogul Logan Roy, is an exploration of power and how a group of people control the quality and quantity of information that goes out in the world.