Mar 31, 2026 3:03am PT

Canneseries 2026 Dials Up U.S. Presence With HBO Opening Series ‘Half Man,’ Scott Free’s Latest ‘Terror’ Season and Apple TV+’s ‘Star City’

‘Severance’ lead Adam Scott, ‘Transparent’ star Judith Light and K-pop phenom Jisoo are set to tread the Cannes TV festival’s pink carpet

John Hopewell, Elsa Keslassy

‘Half Man,’ (Credit: Banijay Entertainment)

The Hollywood studios may be sitting out the Cannes Film Festival but a more than respectable cohort of major U.S. players will hit Canneseries, Cannes TV festival, a month earlier.

They are led by HBO with Richard Gadd’s highly anticipated “Half Man” which opens the French TV festival on April 23. “Half Man” screens in the evening day and date and a few hours after its release on HBO in the U.S. Other higher profile U.S. shows playing out of competition are world premieres: Apple TV+’s ““Star City,” produced by Sony Pictures Television, and “The Terror: Devil in Silver,” the third iteration of the Scott Free franchise, backed by AMC+ and Shudder.