Netflix Releases First Look Photos of ‘Halston’ and Premiere Date
In honor of the late fashion designer Halston’s 89th birthday, Netflix announced that its latest Ryan Murphy production, Halston, would premiere on May 14. The streaming giant also shared a series of first-look images and a set of Polaroids featuring cast members Ewan McGregor, Krysta Rodriguez and Bill Pullman, among others.
Based on the real-life story of Roy Halston Frowick (played by McGregor), Halston centers around the designer fighting to maintain his role as the defining icon of luxury and fashion in the New York City of the 1970s and 80s. The Netflix miniseries will chart Halston’s downfall as a “hostile takeover forces him to battle for control of his most precious asset… the name Halston itself.”
He would do anything to make a name for himself.
— Netflix (@netflix) April 23, 2021
Ewan McGregor is Halston. May 14 pic.twitter.com/YR9LWYNTPv
In addition to McGregor, Rory Culkin, and Krysta Rodriguez, the series also stars Bill Pullman, Rebecca Davan, Sullivan Jones, David Pittu, Gianfranco Rodriguez, Kelly Bishop, and Vera Farmiga. Moreover, Krysta Rodriguez portrays Halston’s close friend, Liza Minnelli, while Culkin plays his long-time friend and collaborator Joel Schumacher.
Murphy and frequent collaborator Ian Brennan serve as the miniseries’ executive producers alongside Pamela Koffler, Eric Kovtun, McGregor, Daniel Minahan, Christine Vachon, Sharr White, and Alexis Martin Woodall. Minahan also directed the series.
i can’t describe the joy of logging into netflix searching for halston and seeing the teaser instead of grey screen and “preview not available” AAAAA
— maddie || ewan mcgregor is halston (@browneyesofdin) April 23, 2021
In an interview with Vogue, Murphy said the late designer “moved” him. “He was always a big figure in my mind—a representation of somebody who had come from humble beginnings and had gone on to do something incredible with his life—and I was always moved by him.”
Halston is the latest installment in Murphy‘s $300 million Netflix deal, which includes shows like Hollywood, The Politician, Ratched, and films like The Prom and The Boys in the Band.
VERA FARMIGA CONFIRMED TO BE IN HALSTON?? pic.twitter.com/AzgEVJi2ln
— hakim³ (@7warrenz) April 23, 2021
Halston is available for streaming on Netflix starting May 14. In the meantime, fans of Murphy’s can explore Netflix’s Ryan Murphy Collection featuring shows like Pose, Glee, and American Horror Story.
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