The new HBO satire shows the behind-the-scenes chaos of making a blockbuster, as star Daniel Brühl confirmed, "There's so much truth in it."

Is the comics-to-screen formula played out? Yes. Should this series work harder to make good jokes about that? Yes.

This satiric takedown comes from Armando Iannucci ("Veep") and Jon Brown ("Succession").

Filming a superhero movie becomes chaotic in The Franchise, a new HBO comedy series by Sam Mendes, Armando Iannucci, and Jon Brown.

Himesh Patel leads the comedy produced by Armando Iannucci and Sam Mendes, set behind the scenes of a big-budget comic book adaptation.

Art seems to imitate life with new HBO series The Franchise – the satirical comedy about life on a superhero movie set is getting mixed reviews.

Hollywood loves a navel-gazing satire about the movie business. Audiences do too, when given a good reason, from the upbeat mockery of 1952’s “Singin’ in the Rain,” to the excoriation of a studio executive in 1992’s “The Player,

British satire of Hollywood's top export goes behind-the-scenes of a fictional movie franchise to berate the artistic and moral bankruptcies driving modern blockbusters.

The Franchise,” the latest from “Veep” creator Armando Iannucci, takes aim at the millions spent on blockbuster franchise movies and the swarm of buffoons behind the process.