AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire Trailer

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If you enjoy learning about the cutthroat stories behind technology pioneers like Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg, you might want to check out AMC’s upcoming series Halt and Catch Fire. The show is set during the personal computer revolution of the 1980s, following a fictional company that is trying to develop a clone of the IBM PC. Lee Pace plays a fast-talking former IBM exec who teams up with a gifted engineer (Scoot McNairy) in a dynamic that has faint echoes of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. But will this show be too technical and nerdy to reach a mainstream audience? The pilot episode was directed by Juan Jose Campanella (The Secret in Their Eyes) and it premieres on June 1st; check out the first teaser trailer after the jump and see what you think.