HBO picks up cult drama The Idol, co-created by The Weeknd and Euphoria's Sam Levinson
The series will star The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp

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Over the summer, we reported that HBO was developing a show about a cult with Able Tesfaye (a.k.a. The Weeknd), Euphoria’s Sam Levinson, and The Weeknd’s producing partner Reza Fahim. Called The Idol, we knew that the show would be about a nightclub owner in Los Angeles who was also secretly a cult leader and that it would involve an up-and-coming pop star falling under the influence of the cult leader, but that was about it.