Hopkins will play Dr Robert Ford, the inspired but aloof director of Westworld, an amusement park of the future where life-like cyborgs provide guests with ultra-realistic simulations of past ages. The park is transformed into a zone of terror when its central computer malfunctions, and forces two visitors into a cat-and-mouse chase with a gun-slinging android cowboy.
In the original movie, Yul Brynner fulfilled the role of the gun-slinging android cowboy.
HBO released the following images and video via Twitter to coincide with their announcement:
You are correct. @CaptainAutism @JillPantozzi @vqnerdballs #Westworld https://t.co/MsoAfh4OXA
— HBO (@HBO) November 17, 2014
You are correct @JillPantozzi #Westworld pic.twitter.com/iqMkbsVEid — HBO (@HBO) November 17, 2014
pic.twitter.com/M6oUVLFtAZ
— HBO (@HBO) November 17, 2014
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Sources: The Telegraph – Anthony Hopkins to star in Westworld on HBO
HBO – Twitter
(Photo Credits: HBO Inc./Twitter/Vine)
