What the Cast of 'Succession' Is Up to Next

What the Cast of 'Succession' Is Up to Next,Jeremy Strong, Nicholas Braun, Brian Cox, and more "Succession" stars have a slew of projects in the works after the Emmy-winning HBO series.

What the Cast of ‘Succession’ Is Up to Next

While fans are eagerly placing bets on which “Succession” character finally will take over as Waystar Royco CEO, the cast of the hit Emmy-winning HBO series has more than a few projects lined up after the beloved series ends this year.

“Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong announced in February 2023 that the upcoming fourth season will be the final installment. Armstrong noted that the end of the series was in his mind since Season 2, but it became evident during the production on Season 4.

“The decision to end solidified through the writing and even when we started filming: I said to the cast, ‘I’m not a hundred percent sure, but I think this is it,'” Armstrong said. “Because I didn’t want to bullshit them, either.”

Composer Nicholas Britell exclusively revealed to IndieWire at the Season 4 premiere that it wasn’t known to cast and crew until after the season wrapped that it would be the series finale. “I think he basically gave himself shooting the season to be like, ‘Is this the summation?’ So I trust Jesse on that,” Britell said. “But I recently found it was officially. I still as of this moment don’t know the end of the series. I’m midway through scoring it, and I purposefully keep myself in the mystery of it because I like getting surprised and having that audience reaction myself.”

Actor Jeremy Strong shared that the ending “will feel like a death” while co-star Nicholas Braun said the cast was “pretty bummed” by the news of “Succession” officially wrapping. “I was sad as hell [on] my last day,” Braun said.

Co-star Cox added that the best approach is to look “upward and onwards” for next projects, as Matthew McFadyen told The New York Times that there was “grief” finishing the series. “It’s sort of awful and heartbreaking but at the same time, there’s a slight relief — a complicated mélange of feelings,” McFadyen said.

So, what will the “Succession” cast do next?

Keep scrolling to see all the projects the ensemble cast has in the works, and click here for the details on Season 4.

Nicholas Braun
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Internet boyfriend Nicholas Braun, aka Cousin Greg, stars in 2023 Sundance hit “Cat Person,” based on the viral short story of the same name. Directed by Susanna Fogel, “Cat Person” stars Braun as an older suitor of a college student (Emilia Jones).
“It’s fascinating,” Braun told IndieWire of the New Yorker story. “It’s one of the best scripts I ever read. I was just struck by [the story], and luckily [director Fogel] hired me.”
Braun added of his career post-“Succession,” saying, “We’ve been doing it for more than six years, so it has been a long job. But it’s the best job I ever had in my career — until ‘Cat Person.’ The show changed my life, I love it…Something like [‘Cat Person’], this is an amazing thing to get to make. So I hope other good opportunities come my way.”

Brian Cox

In classic Logan Roy fashion, Brian Cox has everything planned out for his next roles. Cox is confirmed to be appearing in multiple upcoming projects, including “Mending the Line” about a Marine veteran coping with PTSD.

Cox will also appear in Tom Kirby’s “The Glove,” Matt Greene-Delanghe’s “Skelly,” and Christian De Vita’s short film “Wittgenstein’s Poker.” The actor additionally is set to star opposite Parker Posey and Lisa Kudrow in “The Parenting” and will lend his voice to period piece “Unsinkable” and franchise installment “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.”

Cox’s most anticipated role comes in “The Electric State” from Joe and Anthony Russo. The film follows an orphaned teen who travels across the American West with a robot looking for her brother. Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan, Millie Bobby Brown, Jenny Slate, Chris Pratt, Anthony Mackie, Stanley Tucci, Billy Bob Thornton, and Jason Alexander additionally star.

Kieran Culkin

Roman Roy is going international. Actor Kieran Culkin will co-lead Jesse Eisenberg’s sophomore directorial effort, “A Real Pain.” Eisenberg writes and stars in the dramedy about two cousins who travel to Poland after their grandmother’s death to see where they came from and end up joining a Holocaust tour.

Matthew Macfayden

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 13: Matthew Macfadyen attends the "Succession" Emmy FYC Screening & Panel on June 13, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images) — Image Credit: Getty Images

Tom Wambsgans is trading the Big Apple for the Midwest. Actor Matthew Macfayden is slated to lead “Holland, Michigan” from director Mimi Cave (“Fresh”). Billed as a thriller centered on a woman (Nicole Kidman) who suspects her husband is cheating, the film follows the character as she enters into an affair of her own, before learning her husband’s true, dark secret life. Rachel Sennott and Gael García Bernal also star in the erotic thriller.

Macfayden was also cast in “Deadpool 3” alongside Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman.

Alan Ruck

After portraying Connor Roy, Alan Ruck isn’t taking a day off. The “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” icon is set to star in the movie “Wind River: The Next Chapter,” written by Patrick Massett & John Zinman (“Lara Croft: Tomb Raider”) and directed by Kari Skogland (“The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”). Ruck joins Gil Birmingham, Martin Sensmeier, Kali Reis, Tatanka Means, Jason Clarke, Chaske Spencer, and Scott Eastwood in the follow-up to Taylor Sheridan’s 2017 crime drama.

Ruck also leads legal drama “The Burial” alongside Tommy Lee Jones, Jamie Foxx, and Jurnee Smollett, plus Sean Whalen’s “Crust” with Daniel Roebuck.

J. Smith-Cameron

As audiences hold their breath to see if J. Smith-Cameron’s Gerri consummates her toxic relationship with Roman (Culkin), Smith-Cameron is already gearing up for her next role. She will appear in Hannah Marks’ “Turtles All the Way Down” adaptation of John Green’s novel about a teenager (Isabela Merced) who tries to solve a mystery surrounding a fugitive billionaire.

Smith-Cameron additionally will appear in “Waco: The Aftermath” along with Gary Cole, Shea Whigham, Michael Shannon, and Giovanni Ribisi.

Sarah Snook

Sarah Snook will take on another empire after vacating the role of Shiv Roy: the Beanie Babies craze of the ’90s. In “The Beanie Bubble,” Snook stars opposite Elizabeth Banks, Zach Galifianakis, Geraldine Viswanathan, and Carl Clemons-Hopkins about the brand that took over plush collectibles.

Sarah Snook also goes back to her roots for the Australian horror film “Run Rabbit Run,” which premiered at Sundance 2023 and was acquired by Netflix out of the festival for release later this year.

Jeremy Strong

Kendall Roy is taking a break. Method actor Jeremy Strong confirmed in a GQ cover story that while parting ways with “Succession” will “feel like a death, in a way,” he is looking forward to the “freedom to just shoot yourself out of some different cannons” in his career.

“Sometimes Kendall feels like the same cannon over and over again,” Strong said. “When I was younger, I saw the future in the crosshairs. I don’t feel that anymore. There is a feeling of ‘Now what?‘ that I don’t have the answer to.”

Strong noted that he is looking to collaborate with David O. Russell on a project.