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HBO Max released the first trailer for Tokyo Vice, the Ken Watanabe drama series premiering on April 7. Watch it above. Tokyo Vice is loosely inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein's nonfiction firsthand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat. The crime drama, filmed on location in Tokyo, captures…

Tokyo Vice, after pausing production in 2020 due to the Covid pandemic, finally will land at HBO Max this spring. The series starring Ken Watanabe and Ansel Elgort hails from creator and writer J.T. Rogers. The series pilot was directed by Michael Mann. The second official series order from HBO Max in 2019, Tokyo Vice…

Cast is being finalized on Tokyo Vice, the crime drama loosely based on Jake Adelstein's 2009 memoir about a crime reporter on the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat. Series regulars added include Hideaki Ito (Tokkai), Show Kasamatsu (Flowers and Rain) and Tomohisa Yamashita (The Man from Toronto). Further additions…

Tokyo Vice, the upcoming HBO Max drama series executive produced by Michael Mann, has found a Japanese partner. Premium pay-TV broadcaster Wowow has come on board the project as a co-producer, taking all rights for Japan. This comes as the show, for which Mann is directing the pilot, returns to production after the…

EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Keller (Dirty John) has been cast in a lead role opposite Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe in HBO Max’s upcoming drama series Tokyo Vice from executive produce Michael Mann, who is directing the pilot episode. Keller will play Samantha. The role has been recast after Odessa Young, who originally was tapp…

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Tokyo Vice, the upcoming HBO Max drama series starring Ansel Elgort, has joined the long list of shows that are halting production due to the coronavirus crisis. "With the World Health Organization now labeling the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic and the United States and other countries declaring states of…

Odessa Young (Assassination Nation) and Ella Rumpf (Raw) are the latest to join HBO Max’s forthcoming series Tokyo Vice as series regulars. Michael Mann cast the pair and they join previously announced cast members Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe in the adaptation of Jake Adelstein’s book of the same name. Mann is set…

EXCLUSIVE: Producer-director Alan Poul (HBO’s Six Feet Under) has signed an exclusive overall deal with Endeavor Content to develop and produce premium scripted content for the indie studio owned by Endeavor. Under the pact, Poul has joined Endeavor Content’s upcoming HBO Max drama series Tokyo Vice as executive…

Ken Watanabe (Godzilla: King of the Monsters) has signed on to star opposite Ansel Elgort and executive produce Tokyo Vice, a drama series for HBO Max, WarnerMedia's upcoming streaming platform. It is based on the book by Jake Adelstein and comes from Tony-winning playwright J.T. Rogers , producer John Lesher and…

Baby Driver star Ansel Elgort is set to headline drama Tokyo Vice, which has received a 10-episode straight-to-series order from WarnerMedia’s upcoming streaming platform. It is based on the book by Jake Adelstein and comes from Tony-winning playwright J.T. Rogers (Oslo), producer John Lesher and Endeavor…