SINGAPORE – The HBO Films presentation PATERNO premieres same time as the U.S. on Sunday, April 8 at 8am, with a same day primetime encore at 9pm, exclusively on HBO (StarHub TV Ch 601). The series will stream on HBO GO and will also be available on HBO On Demand (StarHub TV Ch 602). The drama centres on Penn State’s Joe Paterno in the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal. After becoming the winningest coach in college football history, Paterno’s legacy is challenged and he is forced to face questions of institutional failure in regard to the victims.
Academy Award and Emmy Award winner Al Pacino (HBO’s You Don’t Know Jack; Scent of a Woman) returns to HBO, starring in the title role. Debuting this spring, PATERNO marks Pacino’s third HBO collaboration with award-winning director Barry Levinson (Rain Man), having starred inYou Don’t Know Jack, which earned Pacino a Golden Globe for Best Actor and an Emmy for acting and Levinson an Emmy for directing. Pacino also starred in the title role in HBO’s Phil Spector, which Levinson executive produced. Levinson directs PATERNO from a script by Debora Cahn (Grey’s Anatomy, Vinyl) and John C. Richards (Sahara).
The film also stars Riley Keough (Mad Max: Fury Road, Logan Lucky) as Sara Ganim, the 23-yearold journalist who first reported on the Sandusky case for The Patriot-News, a daily newspaper serving the Harrisburg, Pa. metropolitan area; Kathy Baker (The Age of Adaline) as Sue Paterno, Joe’s wife; Greg Grunberg (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Larry Mitchell (Brawl in Cell Block 99) as Joe’s sons, Scott and Jay Paterno; and Annie Parisse (Friends from College, Person of Interest) as Mary Kay Paterno, Joe’s daughter.
Barry Levinson received a Best Director Oscar® for the multiple Academy Award®-winning Rain Man, and earned two Oscar® nominations as director and producer of Bugsy, as well as Best Original Screenplay Oscar® nominations for Diner, …and Justice for All and Avalon. He also executive produced and directed HBO Films’ The Wizard of Lies and You Don’t Know Jack and executive produced HBO Films’ “Phil Spector,” all of which earned him Emmy® nominations.
HBO Films’ PATERNO, a Levinson/Fontana production of a Barry Levinson Film, is executive produced by Barry Levinson, Jason Sosnoff (The Wizard of Lies), Edward R. Pressman (American Psycho), Rick Nicita (Hacksaw Ridge) and Lindsay Sloane (Covert Affairs); Amy Herman (Argo) produces. PATERNO is produced in association with Sony Pictures Television.
