The Last Tycoon (TV series)

The Last Tycoon is an American television series, originating from a pilot produced in 2016 as part of Amazon Studios' seventh pilot season. The show stars Matt Bomer and Kelsey Grammer and is loosely based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's last book, the unfinished and posthumously published 1941 novel The Last Tycoon. Amazon picked up the pilot to series on July 27, 2016. The first season premiered on July 28, 2017. On September 9, 2017, Amazon cancelled the series.

Premise
Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's last book The Last Tycoon (published posthumously), the show takes place in 1936 Hollywood. Monroe Stahr, loosely based on the producer Irving Thalberg, battles his boss Pat Brady.

Main

 * Matt Bomer as Monroe Stahr
 * Kelsey Grammer as Pat Brady
 * Lily Collins as Cecelia Brady
 * Dominique McElligott as Kathleen Moore
 * Enzo Cilenti as Aubrey Hackett
 * Koen De Bouw as Tomas Szep
 * Mark O'Brien as Max Miner
 * Rosemarie DeWitt as Rose Brady

Recurring

 * Bailey Noble as Bess Burrows
 * Whitney Rice as Mary Greer
 * Kerry O'Malley as Kay Maloney
 * Saul Rubinek as Louis B. Mayer
 * Iddo Goldberg as Fritz Lang
 * Danielle Rose Russell as Darla Miner
 * Annika Marks as Bernadette Davis
 * Jennifer Beals as Margo Taft
 * Jessica De Gouw as Minna Davis

Guest stars

 * Seth Fisher as Irving Thalberg ("More Stars Than There Are in Heaven")
 * Larry Cedar as Dr. Harold Grife ("More Stars Than There Are in Heaven")
 * Stefanie von Pfetten as Marlene Dietrich ("Burying the Boy Genius")
 * Hailee Steinfeld as Laura Cohan
 * Rob Brownstein as Jack Warner ("Eine Kleine Reichmusik")
 * Nick Lehane as Frank Capra ("An Enemy Among Us")
 * Joshua Weinstein as George Cukor ("An Enemy Among Us")

Reception
Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gave the show a score of 45% based on 42 reviews, with an average rating of 5.4/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "This old-fashioned tour through F. Scott Fitzgerald's vision of Hollywood has lush production values and an attractive varnish of glamorous pedigree, but lacks a storytelling hook or a compelling character to latch onto - resulting in an inert bauble that is pleasing to look at but elusive to feel." On Metacritic, the show holds a weighted average score of 57 out of 100 based on 30 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".