Julio Torres invites us into the world of Fantasmas in new trailer
Julio Torres latest HBO project Fantasmas, featuring guest stars Emma Stone, Steve Buscemi, and more, premieres on June 7
Let this be some consolation to you, Los Espookys fans: your first taste of Fantasmas, HBO’s latest Julio Torres comedy, is here. The series premieres on HBO (and will stream on Max) on June 7, and the new trailer is indicative of all the typical preoccupations Torres frequently weaves into his work. “I’m Julio, I’m an Aquarius, I got struck by lightning when I was a child and now I see the world a little differently and I’m allergic to the color yellow,” the protagonist introduces himself. He also dreams that he can “feel the inner lives of shapes, and colors, and sounds, and numbers.” If you’re at all familiar with Torres—through his stand-up, his work at Saturday Night Live, his previous show or his film Problemista—this is exactly the kind of strange and fantastical thinking we’ve come to know and love from the burgeoning auteur.