The first teaser for "White House Plumbers," a new HBO limited series about the Watergate scandal, was released this Friday. Additionally, HBO announced that the series will premiere in March 2023.
Based on the 2007 book "Integrity" by administration lawyer Richard Nixon, Egil Krogh - who is played in the series by "Mad Men" actor Rich Sommer - and Matthew Krogh, "The White House Plumbers" chronicles the Watergate break-in The Democratic National Committee headquarters in 1972, from the perspective of E. Howard Hunt (Woody Harrelson) and G. Gordon Liddy (Justin Theroux), members of the "White House Plumbers" group responsible for stop leaks of classified information that plotted the break-in. in this failed and ultimately led to the collapse of the Nixon administration. The series follows Hunt and Liddy as they desperately try to play down the fallout from the escape and examines how the events impacted their personal lives.
Stars: Woody Harrelson, Justin Theroux, David Krumholtz
In July 2021, IndieWire released a first look at the anticipated series, along with an interview with director and executive producer David Mandel.
Joining Harrelson and Theroux is a large, star-studded cast representing other key figures in the Watergate scandal and their families, including Domhnall Gleeson as John Dean, Toby Huss as James McCord, Ike Barinholtz as Jeb Magruder, Kathleen Turner as Dita Beard, Kim Coates as Frank Sturgis, Yul Vazquez as Bernard Barker, Alexis Valdés as Felipe De Diego, Nelson Ascencio as Virgilio Gonzalez, Tony Plana as Eugenio Martinez, David Krumholtz as William O. Bittman, F. Murray Abraham as Judge Sirica and John Carroll Lynch like John Mitchell. Additionally, Lena Headey, Kiernan Shipka, Zoe Levin, Liam James, and Tre Ryder play Hunt's family members, while Judy Greer plays Liddy's wife, Fran.
'White House Plumbers' hails from Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck - the two are best known for their work in comedy, having collaborated on shows like 'Veep', 'King of the Hill' and 'The Larry Sanders Show'. Theroux and Harrelson produce with Frank Rich, David Bernad, Gregg Fienberg, Len Amato, Ruben Fleischer and Paul Lee, Mark Roybal and Nne Ebong for HBO. David Mandel, the showrunner of “Veep” and an EP on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” directs and executive produces.
The series will air almost exactly one year after "Gaslit," another Watergate scandal limited series based on the first season of the Slate podcast "Slow Burn." The series, which starred J.C. Mackenzie and Shea Whigham as Hunt and Liddy, premiered in April and received generally positive reviews from critics, with IndieWire's Ben Travers calling it "a beautiful series limited on a particularly ugly American sensibility".
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