It’s War! Hayu Scoops Sky and HBO
August 18, 2026 
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Such are the vagaries of streaming distribution that a blue-chip drama series bound for Sky in the UK and HBO Max in the US and Australia will wind up on neither platform here.
Instead, NBCUniversal’s Hayu has scored War, an eight-part legal thriller that will stream weekly from October 4.
That’s because NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution is handling international sales of the Dominic West-Sienna Miller vehicle.
It’s a major coup for the second-tier platform, which has a much lower profile here than Sky’s Neon or HBO Max — and has only recently added scripted content.
A second season of War, with a different cast and storyline, already is shooting.
Here’s the media release:
Dominic West and Sienna Miller lead legal drama WAR
Auckland – 18 August, 2026 – Set in the high-stakes world of two of London’s most prestigious rival law firms, War, the bold legal drama series from George Kay (Lupin, Hijack), starring Dominic West and Sienna Miller, will be available to stream only on Hayu from October 4.
The eight-part series delves into the high-stakes lives of London’s most powerful lawyers as firms Cathcarts & Sons and Taylor & Byrne clash over a headline-grabbing legal battle, drawing ambitious young lawyer Jonathan “Johnny” Warren, played by Archie Renaux (Alien: Romulus, Upgraded), into a ruthless world where ambition is currency, betrayal is strategy and winning is everything.
Series one follows the explosive divorce of British tech entrepreneur Morgan Henderson (Dominic West) and international film star Carla Duval (Sienna Miller), as law firms Cathcarts and Taylor & Byrne stop at nothing to secure victory for their clients.
Also starring in series one are Phoebe Fox as Serena Byrne and James McArdle as Nicholas Taylor, partners in life and business at Taylor & Byrne; Nina Sosanya as Beatrice “Queen Bea” Ubosi and Pip Torrens as St John Smallwood, their counterparts and fierce rivals at Cathcarts & Sons, alongside Celia Imrie, Nick Mohammed, Emma Laird, Aran Murphy, Archie Panjabi, Adrian Scarborough, Shaheen Jafargholi, Akiya Henry, Honor Swinton Byrne, Miles Jupp, Kartanya Maynard, Alexandra Mardell, Dylan Murphy, Mark Quartley and Steve Furst.
War is co-produced by New Pictures, a Banijay company, and Observatory Pictures, in association with Sky and HBO.
The series is created, wriaen and executive produced by George Kay, alongside executive producers Willow Grylls and Maa Sandford for New Pictures, Susan Breen, Ben Taylor, Andrea Dewsbury, and Megan Spanjian for Sky.
The lead director is Ben Taylor and the series producer is Laurie Borg.
War will air on Sky and streaming service NOW in the UK, Ireland and Italy, and on Sky and WOW in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
It will air on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max in the U.S., Australia, Southeast Asia, Latin America, France, and Belgium. International sales of the series will be handled by NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution.
The series has been greenlit with a two-season order from Sky and HBO and is currently in production on season two.
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