“The picture is the baby,” is the driving mantra of Monroe Stahr (Matt Bomer), the titular character in Amazon’s latest serial drama The Last Tycoon, based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s unfinished novel of the same name. The show follows the ups and downs of Stahr as he tries to protect that baby, sometimes at the cost of his own soul. A successful young producer in the late 1930s who runs the lot of Brady-American Pictures with an iron fist wrapped in a silk glove, Stahr has to navigate the demands of starlets, rival producers, and his pool of screenwriters while dealing with his acerbic boss Pat Brady (Kelsey Grammer), his friend and occasional antagonist.
Stahr is still reeling from the loss of his wife Minna Davis (Jessica De Gouw), one of Brady-American’s biggest stars. Now he’s out to make a movie about her life, but faces...
Stahr is still reeling from the loss of his wife Minna Davis (Jessica De Gouw), one of Brady-American’s biggest stars. Now he’s out to make a movie about her life, but faces...
- 7/19/2017
- by Lauren Humphries-Brooks
- We Got This Covered
Mark O’Brien (Halt & Catch Fire) and Enzo Cilenti (The Martian) have joined the cast of The Last Tycoon, Amazon Studios' drama pilot based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's final unfinished novel. Written and directed by Billy Ray, The Last Tycoon was inspired by the life of film mogul Irving Thalberg, on whom the book's protagonist Monroe Stahr was based. O’Brien will play the series regular role of Max Miner, a displaced down-and-outer who’s livid at his misfortune. Although…...
- 12/16/2015
- Deadline TV
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