THE PHILIPPINES, 31 AUGUST 2018 – HBO Original Films’ MY DINNER WITH HERVE, starring Golden Globe® and Primetime Emmy® winner Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones; Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) and Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades franchise; The Fall) willdebut same time as the U.S. on Sunday, October 21 at 8am, with a same day encore at 11pm, exclusively on HBO GO and HBO.

Inspired by a real story, MY DINNER WITH HERVE explores the unlikely friendship between struggling journalist Danny Tate (Dornan) and Hervé Villechaize (Dinklage), the world’s most famous knife-wielding French dwarf actor, as it unfolds over one wild night in LA – an encounter that will have life-changing consequences for both. The film also stars: Golden Globe® nominee Mireille Enos (Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot; The Killing) as Hervé’s longtime girlfriend, Kathy Self; Harriet Walter (Succession; The Crown) as Danny’s newspaper editor, Fiona Baskin; Oona Chaplin (Game of Thrones; Black Mirror) as Danny’s girlfriend, Katie Nielson; with Oscar® nominee David Strathairn (Darkest Hour; Billions) as Villechaize’s longtime agent, Marty Rothstein; and Oscar® nominee Andy García  (Mama Mia! Here We Go Again; Ocean’s Eleven) as Ricardo Montalbán, Villechaize’s “Fantasy Island” co-star. Directed by Sacha Gervasi (November Criminals; Hitchcock), with a screenplay by Gervasi and story by Gervasi & Sean Macaulay (Eddie the Eagle; Hitchcock), the film is executive produced by Steven Zaillian(The Night Of; The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Richard Middleton (Sicario: Day of the Soldado; The 5th Wave), Oscar® nominee Ross Katz(Taking Chance; Lost In Translation), Jessica de Rothschild (November Criminals; Reflections on Hollywood), Sacha Gervasi and Peter Dinklage. Primetime Emmy® nominee Garrett Basch (Red Sparrow; The Night Of) and David Ginsberg (I Think We’re Alone Now; Get Low)serve as co-executive producers.

Watch the new trailer here: https://youtu.be/KG2WgNmHpVM

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