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Last Week Tonight: YouTube Highlight Following Day Release Restored
Originally, the episodes that air on HBO and stream on Max on Sundays would upload the feature story the following Mondays, but an executive decision shifted the release to delay The good news was that the shift to Thursdays didn't affect viewership on the premium platforms But the even better news? Common sense has prevailed[...]
True Detective
As was previously noted, the fifth season of the hit HBO anthology series will not be a direct continuation of "Night Country," but López noted that there will be some threads and connections – similar to how "Night Country" connected to the first season In addition, she added that the fifth season will have "different[...]
Dune: Prophecy Star Tabu on Meeting Expectations, Cast Bonding & More
Image courtesy of HBO Dune: Prophecy Star Tabu on Embracing the Major Opportunity to Join a Major Franchise & Her Role as Sister Francesca Bleeding Cool: What intrigued you about 'Dune: Prophecy', and how did you get involved? There's everything to intrigue a person about 'Dune: Prophecy.' The world is intriguing, mystical, magical, and all of that[...]
Harry Potter Not Impacted by JK Rowling's Transgender Comments: Bloys
During an HBO/Max press event earlier this month previewing what's to come in 2025, HBO and Max CEO Casey Bloys addressed what might be two of the biggest questions hovering over Warner Bros Discovery's HBO and Warner Bros Television's upcoming multi-season series adaptation of bestselling author J.K Rowling's "Harry Potter" novels How involved would Rowling[...]
Kit Harington Doesn’t Hold Back on “Not Giving a F**k” About ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8 Critics
Jon Snow's watch might not be over just yet, as HBO/Max head Casey Bloys is willing to reopen the Game of Thrones spinoff series, which has Kit Harington reprising his role as the lead protagonist Speaking at an HBO/Max press event previewing the upcoming 2025 slate, he offered a glimmer of hope: "Maybe we'll try again," though not touching[...]
Last Week Tonight: HBO Releases John Oliver Segment – The Next Day?!?
For us, Sunday night's edition of HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver made headlines for two very big, very different reasons Over the course of a 14-minute segment, John Oliver shifted from his rundown of reasons why Donald Trump and JD Vance shouldn't be allowed the keys to The White House to the reasons[...]
House of the Dragon S1 Finale Teases a “Different Side” of Daemon
Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novel series since HBO Game of Thrones went beyond the author's original writings since his final two novels have still yet been completed Currently, the only active series is the prequel House of the Dragon from Ryan Condall, based on Martin's Fire & Blood, set 200 years before[...]
The Penguin: Max Parodies Spirit Halloween with Inspired Mock-Ups
Spirit often uses descriptors and alternate names for popular characters like "Juice Demon" instead of Beetlejuice to avert copyright infringement, which Max parodies their methods. Image: HBO Max on Spirit Halloween-Inspired The Penguin Costumes Oz is called "Sleazy Crime Boss" with an asterisk as a disclaimer, "Not including: Purple Maserati, Gotham accent, and receding hairline." Sophia is "Wronged[...]
The Penguin: Turturro: Excessive “Violence to Women” Nixed His Return
Lauren LeFranc, the showrunner for The Batman (2022) spinoff HBO series The Penguin, offers a different account on why original Carmine Falcone actor John Turturro passed on the opportunity to reprise his role for the Colin Farrell-starred series Regardless of the circumstances that led to the actor's decision, she respects his reasons Turturro played the[...]
john oliver
You'd think HBO's parent company, Warner Bros Discovery, would give Last Week Tonight host John Oliver more carte blanche about how his content is distributed considering the 30 Primetime Emmys (including two won in 2024), the variety talk series has won, second to the high-fantasy drama Game of Thrones with its possible near-unsurmountable 59 wins[...]
Get Millie Black: Marlon James' Cop Series Debuts on HBO in November
Get Millie Black, the five-episode Channel 4 series co-produced by HBO, created and executive produced by Booker Prize-winning author Marlon James, debuts on Monday, November 25th, on HBO It will also be available to stream on Max and air on Channel 4 next year The series stars Tamara Lawrance, Joe Dempsie, Gershwyn Eustache Jr., and Chyna McQueen. "Get Millie Black" still: Channel[...]
the last of us
With Craig Mazin & Neil Druckmann's Pedro Pascal (Joel) & Bella Ramsey (Ellie)-starring The Last of Us set to unleash its second season next year, we're getting a quick update on the return of the hit series from Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO, HBO and Max Content Speaking with Deadline Hollywood after the 76th Emmy Awards, Bloys[...]
House of the Dragon
Martin didn't pull down an edition of his Not A Blog post that called out HBO & showrunner Ryan Condal's House of the Dragon for the changes it's made to his work – especially "Blood & Cheese" and the absence of Prince Maelor (and the "butterfly effect" that decision will have on the remaining seasons)[...]
The Franchise
How exactly does the cinematic sausage get made? Because every f**k-up has an origin story – and the "origin story" for the HBO's Himesh Patel (Station Eleven) and Aya Cash (The Boys)-starring series gets underway on Sunday, October 6th, at 10 pm ET/PT We're already curious about what Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige, DC Studios' James[...]
harry potter
Discovery's HBO and Warner Bros Television's upcoming multi-season series adaptation of bestselling author J.K Rowling's "Harry Potter" novels That was when we learned that Francesca Gardiner (Succession, His Dark Materials, Killing Eve) had joined the project as showrunner and executive producer, with Mark Mylod (Succession, Game of Thrones, The Last of Us) on board as[...]
The Penguin
If you've ever wondered how street-level Gotham operates when Batman isn't around, look no further than the promo below as we see Oz's (Farrell) mission to become the city's new kingpin get underway. THE PENGUIN (Image: HBO) A big premiere weekend is set for "The Batman" spinoff series – kicking off on Thursday, September 19th, on HBO[...]
Harry Potter
Discovery's HBO and Warner Bros Television's upcoming multi-season series adaptation of bestselling author J.K Rowling's "Harry Potter" novels, we learned that Francesca Gardiner (Succession, His Dark Materials, Killing Eve) was set as showrunner and executive producer, and Mark Mylod (Succession, Game of Thrones, The Last of Us) was on board as executive producer and to[...]
First Day on Earth: HBO and BBC to Co-Produce New Michaela Cole Drama
HBO and the BBC are set to co-produce the ten-episode drama series First Day on Earth, starring and written by multi-award winner Michaela Coel (Chewing Gum and HBO's I May Destroy You) Coel will serve as executive producer alongside Jesse Armstrong, Phil Clarke, and Roberto Troni for Various Artists Limited in association with A24 In[...]
the last of us
"We will bring your hard work home now!" With the hit series set to return in 2025, we were treated to our best look yet at the second season earlier this month when Max released a trailer spotlighting what's ahead for 2024 and 2025 (which you can check out above). Image: HBO Here's a look at Good's[...]
superman
In addition, the Superman: Legacy cast includes Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen, Nicholas Hoult (The Great) as Lex Luthor, Wendell Pierce (HBO's The Wire) as Perry White, Isabela Merced (Sicario: Day of the Soldado) as Hawkgirl, Edi Gathegi (X-Men: First Class) as Mister Terrific, Nathan Fillion (The Rookie) as Green Lantern Guy Gardner, Anthony Carrigan[...]
true detective
Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter when the HBO series was confirmed to have scored a dozen Emmy noms, López didn't address Pizzolatto's comments specifically, but did it explain why the negativity was "confusing" to her "For me, it was very confusing To have created something that you have three goes at, very successful ones —[...]
the last of us
Speaking with Deadline Hollywood, Merced notes how Ramsey has grown into their own and how impressed she is with how Ramsey has "carried this show – this season, specifically." From there, Merced notes how inspiring they've been to work with before making the early case for Ramsey to get serious Emmy Awards consideration next year. Image:[...]
the last of us
Earlier this month, HBO used the occasion of the House of the Dragon Season 2 finale to offer a preview of what's to come with the second season of Craig Mazin & Neil Druckmann's Pedro Pascal (Joel) & Bella Ramsey (Ellie)-starring The Last of Us as it readies for its 2025 debut Now, we're getting[...]
Kit Harington Doesn’t Hold Back on “Not Giving a F**k” About ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8 Critics
While promoting his current HBO series Industry, currently in its third season, Harington spoke to GQ about a multitude of things, including staying humble and grateful for what the George R R Martin franchise has done for him and how he may have developed cold feet might have stopped his sequel spinoff Snow from becoming a reality. Kit Harington as Jon Snow[...]
‘Game of Thrones’: The Cognitive Dissonance of Daenarys Targaryen
Kit Harington has accepted his legacy as Jon Snow in Game of Thrones spending nearly a decade of his life in the series in all eight seasons during its run on HBO from 2011-2019 It wasn't without its share of problems that vaulted the actor to superstardom from his rockstar status as Jon Snow emerged[...]