Joel Kinnaman Signs Up For ‘In Treatment’ Reboot At HBO
By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 29, 2021 5:00 pm EST
The reimagined reboot of the 2008 HBO drama starring Gabriel Byrne and Dianne Wiest, which was originally based on the Israeli series BeTipul, stars Aduba as the “observant, empathetic” psychotherapist who meets a diverse trio of patients in session while wrestling with her own issues. The half-hour drama series also stars the previously-announced cast members Anthony Ramos, Liza Colón-Zayas, John Benjamin Hickey, and Quintessa Swindell. The series is currently in production, but no premiere date has been set at this time.
I don’t find Kinnaman that interesting of an actor, but Hollywood seems to like him, handing him lead role after lead role in what appears to be an attempt to make him the next big thing. But his pivot to TV seems like a better use of his abilities, with Kinnaman doing some of his best work in longform storytelling like The Killing. Playing the hot ex-boyfriend of Aduba in an HBO character dramedy might be an interesting new look for Kinnaman too, who has almost exclusively done action movies until recently.
Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg, Hagai Levi, Jennifer Schuur, Joshua Allen, and Melissa Bernstein are executive producers on In Treatment, with Joanne Toll and Noa Tishby co-executive producing. It’s a reimagining of the original HBO drama In Treatment, produced and developed by Rodrigo Garcia, which ran for three seasons on HBO from 2008-2010. It’s one of the alarming number of HBO properties that the network is bringing back, in addition to Sex and the City and True Blood, though In Treatment might be the most obscure of the bunch. Perhaps it’s lack of a major pop culture following will allow the reboot to make its own mark.
