By Ethan Anderton/April 16, 2019 9:30 am EST
The Loudest Voice Trailer
Russell Crowe is playing the man who would give rise to the darker side of not just cable news but the Republican Party, complete with lots of prosthetic make-up and a fat suit. The series is based on Gabriel Sherman’s book The Loudest Voice in the Room, which thankfully isn’t a biography celebrating what Ailes did to cable news and politics. And while reviews have pegged the book as being surprisingly even-handed in its approach to the influence Ailes had on the world at large, this series looks like it won’t paint him in very kind light. That’s probably for the best since he was a conniving, womanizing creep.
The Loudest Voice also stars Naomi Watts, Sienna Miller, Seth MacFarlane, Simon McBurney, and Annabelle Wallis. Russsell Crowe also executive produces the series, which has the first two episodes directed by Emmy nominee Kari Skogland (The Handmaid’s Tale).
Here’s the official synopsis for the eight episode limited series coming to Showtime:
The Loudest Voice premieres on Sunday, June 30 at 10pm ET only on Showtime.
