New Trailer for the Fantastic-Looking HBO Max Series THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE
HBO Max has released a new trailer for its upcoming series adaptation of The Time Traveler’s Wife, and this looks like it’s going to be a great show! I wasn’t quite sold on the show with the first teaser trailer, but this one did the trick and it hooked me. It looks so much better than I was expecting, but I guess I shouldn’t be surprised with HBO backing the production.
The movie is based on Audrey Niffenegger’s novel of the same name, which was previously adapted as a film in 2009, and it starred Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana. The new series comes from Sherlock and Doctor Who alum Steven Moffat. The series stars Theo James (The Divergent series, Castlevania) and Rose Leslie (Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey) and it tells a love story of a wayward time-traveler. This seems like the perfect project for Moffat to take on as he has some experience with time travel.
The series follows Clare Abshire (Leslie), a woman whose relationship with her husband, Henry DeTamble (James), is complicated by Henry's unusual genetic disorder, which causes him to fall back and forth in time at random and without warning.
The full six-episode series was directed by David Nutter (Game of Thrones), and it also stars Desmin Borges (You're the Worst), Kate Siegel (Midnight Mass), Josh Stamberg (WandaVision), Jaime Ray Newman (Dopesick), Michael Park (Stranger Things), and Will Brill (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel).
When talking about the series and how it’s different from other love stories, Moffat explained, "What is thrilling of the interaction of time travel and a love story here, is it makes the most common phenomenon of a completely happy marriage, interesting again. Love stories, or love movies, tend to end at the alter. We never do the bit where people are perfectly happy for decades because it seems like a dramatic thing. By scrambling it all up and constantly reminding you that love is inextricably linked to loss, which is a cheery thought, you make this very common phenomenon of a happy marriage, thrilling and full of attention and tragedy."
The Time Traveler’s Wife is set to premiere on HBO Max on May 15th. Watch the trailer and tell us what you think!