Mountainhead (2025): Cast, Plot, Release Date & Everything to Know About Jesse Armstrong’s Satirical Tech Billionaire Drama
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🎬 Mountainhead — Greed, Guilt, and the Billionaire Boys’ Club
Premieres May 31 on HBO and Max
What happens when unimaginable wealth collides with a crumbling world? Enter Mountainhead, a razor-sharp HBO Original film from Jesse Armstrong, the Emmy-winning creator of Succession. Starring Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Cory Michael Smith, and Ramy Youssef, this pitch-black dramedy pulls back the velvet curtain on privilege, power, and the men who always seem to walk away untouched.
💸 Four Friends. $371 Billion Net Worth. Zero Culpability.
Set against the backdrop of an escalating global financial crisis, Mountainhead zeroes in on a group of ultra-wealthy friends who retreat to an opulent mountain lodge for what seems like a casual reunion. But beneath the luxe wood-paneling, vintage wine, and passive-aggressive banter, guilt and secrets begin to simmer.
These aren’t just any friends—they’re the ones pulling strings behind the scenes of the global economy. With a combined net worth of $371 billion, they’ve built and broken industries, toyed with entire countries, and somehow always landed on their feet. But now, as the world outside their retreat begins to unravel, the question looms: what happens when the puppeteers start to lose control?
👔 The Cast: Power, Paranoia, and Pitch-Perfect Performances
Steve Carell plays Randall, a conflicted, image-obsessed mogul trying to keep his empire—and ego—intact.
Jason Schwartzman is Hugo Van Yalk, a legacy tech heir with a messiah complex and a mountain of guilt.
Cory Michael Smith portrays Venis, the cold, calculating financier with a dark agenda.
Ramy Youssef brings nuance and humor as Jeff, the group’s so-called "ethical investor" who might be the most dangerous of them all.
The supporting cast includes Hadley Robinson, Andy Daly, and Ali Kinkade, all caught in the crossfire of these men’s egos, ambitions, and unraveling sanity.
🧠 Jesse Armstrong’s Signature Style
After redefining modern prestige TV with Succession, Jesse Armstrong is back with another searing dissection of wealth and moral rot. Mountainhead carries his trademark blend of biting satire, sharp dialogue, and complex character work, but this time, condensed into a feature-length descent into psychological chaos.
With icy cinematography, claustrophobic tension, and a haunting score, the film captures both the grandeur and the grotesqueness of billionaire escapism. It’s The Big Chill meets The Menu, with a dash of Don’t Look Up’s moral panic—and all the biting wit you’d expect from Armstrong.
🏔️ A Timely, Uncomfortable Mirror
As headlines scream about rising inequality and economic collapse, Mountainhead couldn’t be more relevant. It doesn’t just ask “how did we get here?”—it asks who got us here, and why are they still smiling?
It’s a chilling portrait of the elite’s detachment from consequence—and a darkly hilarious reminder that money might buy isolation, but not absolution.
📺 Don’t Miss It
🗓️ Premieres May 31, 2025
📍Streaming on HBO and Max
If you loved Succession, The Menu, or The White Lotus, Mountainhead will be your next must-watch. Witty, sharp, and deeply uncomfortable in all the right ways—this is prestige storytelling at its peak.
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