Showtime has released the first teaser trailer and premiere date for the upcoming limited seriesThe Loudest Voice. Based on extensive reporting byGabriel Shermanin his bestselling book,The Loudest Voice in the Room, which included interviews with more than 600 people, the limited series chornicles the downfall of Fox News founder Roger Ailes, who grew the network into a conservative powerhouse before being forced out after numerous sexual harassment accusations and settlements came to light.
Russell Crowefills the role of the larger-than-life figure, who died in 2017. This is very much just a teaser trailer that gives us a mere feeling of what the show will end up being, but Crowe appears wholly transformed as doesNaomi Watts, who plays Fox News hostGretchen Carlson—the woman largely responsible for bringing Ailes down.
The first episode of the series was written byTom McCarthy(Spotlight) and Sherman, and the show is a co-production between Showtime and Blumhouse Television.Loudest Voiceis also not the only Roger Ailes project in town, asJay Roachis also directing a feature film covering similar territory withCharlize Theronfilling the lead role ofMegyn Kelly.
Check out the firstLoudest Voicetrailer below. The series also starsSienna Milleras Ailes’ wife Elizabeth,Seth MacFarlaneas former Fox News PR chief Brian Lewis,Simon McBurney(Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation) as News Corp leader Rupert Murdoch,Annabelle Wallis(Peaky Blinders) as former Fox News booker Laurie Luhn andAleksa Palladino(Boardwalk Empire) as Ailes’ longtime assistant Judy Laterza. Guest stars include Emmy and Golden Globe nomineeJosh Charles(The Good Wife) as Casey Close, Gretchen Carlson’s husband andJosh Stamberg(The Affair) as former Fox executive, Bill Shine.
The seven-episode limited seriesTheLoudest Voicepremieres on Showtime on June 30th.
Here’s the official synopsis forLoudest Voice in the Room:
In today’s politically charged media landscape, no figure looms larger, even after his passing, than Roger Ailes, who molded Fox News into a force that irrevocably changed the conversation about the highest levels of government. To understand the events that led to the rise of the modern Republican party, one must understand Ailes. The upcoming limited series takes on that challenge, focusing primarily on the past decade in which Ailes arguably became the Republican Party’s de facto leader, while also touching on defining events in Ailes’ life, including his experiences with world leaders that gave birth to Ailes’ political career and the sexual harassment accusations and settlements that brought his Fox News reign to an end. The series aims to shed light on the psychology that drives the political process from the top down.
