Halston (miniseries)

Halston is a 2021 American streaming television miniseries based on the life of designer Halston, starring Ewan McGregor. Adapted from the book "Simply Halston" by Steven Gaines, the series was ordered by Netflix in September 2019 and premiered May 14, 2021.
Production.
Development.
In January 2019, it was announced that Legendary Television and Killer Films had put in development "Simply Halston", a miniseries based on the life of Halston that would be based on the book of the same name by Steven Gaines, with Ewan McGregor set to star as Halston and the series to be written by Sharr White and directed by Daniel Minahan.
In September 2019, Ryan Murphy revealed to "Time" that he had signed onto "Halston" as an executive producer and that the series had been ordered by Netflix under his overall deal at the company. The series premiered on May 14, 2021.
Casting.
On February 18, 2020, Murphy announced on a since deleted Instagram post that in addition to McGregor starring, other cast members of "Halston" included Krysta Rodriguez as Liza Minnelli, Rory Culkin as Joel Schumacher, Rebecca Dayan as Elsa Peretti, Sullivan Jones as Ed Austin, David Pittu as Joe Eula, and Gian Franco Rodriguez as Victor Hugo. 
Reception.
For the limited series, review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 69% based on 35 critic reviews, with an average rating of 5.99/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Ewan McGregor brings megawatt charisma to match "Halston" vibrant recreation of a fashion era, but the series' glib treatment of the legendary designer's interior life yields a lot of style with little substance." Metacritic gave the series a weighted average score of 49 out of 100 based on 14 critic reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".