NEW HBO'S COMEDY "RUN" WILL CLOSE SERIES MANIA FESTIVAL

Laurence Herszberg, founder and general director of Series Mania, announced that HBO’s new half-hour comedy series "Run" will have its world premiere in Lille having been chosen as the 2020 Series Mania Festival Closing Night series. With the festivities and exclusive screening of the first two episodes set for March 28, it was also announced that Run’s writer and executive producer Vicky Jones will be in attendance for the screening, and earlier that day, will partake in a one-hour Q&A to discuss this witty and warm half-hour comedy series.

“We are proud to welcome for our closing night the world premiere of such a highly anticipated series as 'Run' and we thank HBO and OCS for their trust,” commented Herszberg. “We are also pleased to celebrate the talent of its creator, Vicky Jones, whose work we have admired since 'Fleabag' and 'Killing' Eve, and who proves, if needed, that comedy is a genre where women's talent is precious. 'Run', along with Vicky, will put the final touches to a particularly female-inspired 2020 edition of Series Mania and we are delighted.”

Debuting April 12th on HBO and April 13th on OCS in France and starring Emmy® winner Merritt Wever ("Godless", "Nurse Jackie") and Domhnall Gleeson ("Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker", "Ex Machina"), "Run" is a romantic comedic thriller about a woman, Ruby Richardson (Wever) who walks away from her ordinary life in the suburbs to revisit her past with her college boyfriend, Billy Johnson (Gleeson), with whom she made a pact 17 years prior that if either one of them texted the word “Run” and the other replied with the same, they would drop everything and meet in Grand Central Station and travel across America together.

Recurring guest stars for season one include Emmy®, Golden Globe and SAG winner, Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag,” “Solo: A Star Wars Story”) as Laurel, a woman who Ruby and Billy meet on their journey; Rich Sommer (“Mad Men”) as Laurence, Ruby’s husband; Tamara Podemski (“Coroner”) as police detective Babe Cloud and Archie Panjabi (HBO’s upcoming “I Know This Much Is True,” “The Good Wife”) as Fiona, Billy’s former PA.

Executive produced by Vicky Jones, Phoebe Waller-Bridge; Jenny Robins, Kate Dennis, Emily Leo and Oliver Roskill of Wigwam Films. "Run" is produced by eOne, the studio behind acclaimed HBO series "Sharp Objects".