Will HBO’s The New Pope give us as many memes as The Young Pope did?
If you like strange, beautiful television shows about fictional papacies, I have good news for you: HBO is working on a Young Pope follow-up. The show, called The New Pope, will be a limited series created and directed by Paolo Sorrentino, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
None of the cast has been announced yet, and it’s not clear if the series will be a sequel to The Young Pope, set in the same universe, or just a riff on the first season’s ideas — like True Detective‘s second season was. Although much is still unknown, there’s one question I’m required by law to ask: What will the memes be like?
Jude Law’s turn as Pope Pius XIII was meme-ready as soon as HBO’s promo materials for the…
