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 The Idol is an American drama TV series created by Sam Levinson, Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye, and Reza Fahim for HBO. It stars Lily-Rose Depp and Tesfaye alongside an All-Star Cast including Troye Sivan, Jane Adams, Jennie Ruby Jane (of BLACKPINK fame), Rachel Sennott, Hari Nef, Moses Sumney, Dan Levy, Eli Roth, Hank Azaria, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph.The series follows Jocelyn (Depp), a troubled starlet and aspiring pop idol, trying to stage her comeback as "the greatest and sexiest pop star in America" after the death of her mother and a mental breakdown that led to the cancellation of her last tour. As she fails to capture inspiration for her music, and one of her dancers seems to grab the interest of her own managerial crew, she meets and falls for a seductive self-help guru named Tedros (Tesfaye), who secretly heads a contemporary cult.The series had a highly publicized Troubled Production. Development began in June 2021, with Amy Seimetz originally attached as the show's director. Seimetz eventually left the project in April 2022 due to scheduling conflicts, at which point Levinson took over directing duties. He scrapped the plans Seimetz had already mapped out for the series alongside the footage already filmed (reportedly 80% of the series), and the series underwent a "major" creative overhaul from the ground up, with production resuming in May 2022 in a different creative direction. Several sources have reported that Seimetz's version of the show would've been about a starlet "falling victim to a predatory industry figure and fighting to reclaim her own agency", and further claimed that a reason for the show's changes was Tesfaye's belief that Seimetz's work "lean[ed] too much into a female perspective."The series premiered its first two episodes at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival on May 22 of that yearnote making it the fifth series to screen at Cannes after Olivier Assayas' Carlos, Too Old to Die Young, Twin Peaks (season 3) and Irma Vep, and later aired on HBO and Max for one five-episode season between June 4 and July 2. On August 28, it was announced that the show was canceled.Sam Levinson confirmed that The Idol exists in a Shared Universe with another HBO series of his creation, Euphoria.I'm just a freak, yeah, so show me why you trope:
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