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On Wednesday night, HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher host… AND WRITER… Bill Maher took to Twitter/X to announce that his show would be returning "sans writers or writing" despite the ongoing WGA & SAG-AFTRA strikes Now, if you're wondering how Maher is going to resume his role on the show as host without violating[...]

Earlier tonight, the late-night talk show host announced that HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher will be returning to David Zaslav's favorite cable network. "'Real Time' is coming back, unfortunately, sans writers or writing It has been five months, and it is time to bring people back to work The writers have important issues that I[...]

So I asked for DC Comics to send all of the money from any future TV series or films to Black Lives Matter." That includes monies from projects like HBO & Damon Lindelof's pseudo-sequel spinoff/remix of Moore, artist Dave Gibbons & colorist John Higgins' comic book classic Watchmen, the Natalie Portman & Hugo Weaving-starring V for[...]

The most recent was the cancellation of the near-completed Batgirl movie that was slated for streaming on HBO MAX The DC Extended Universe has crashed and burned at the movies, and DC's TV projects have been cancelled or shuffled around where the DC CW shows before were the peak of superhero TV shows, sharing a[...]

One question down, 819 more to go… SUCCESSION – Image: HBO Screencap In the following featurette, Armstrong and director & executive producer Mark Mylod discuss the Succession series finale and reflect upon the series now that it's come to an end – with a rundown of Armstrong's thoughts following: After Shiv (Sarah Snook) lives up to her name[...]

"My job is really strange, I'm given feedback on this theme park thing, I'm working on the TV show, and I'm working on another game, so I'm just kind of jumping around on different projects," Druckmann shared with EW, with The Last of Us game series being included in this year's "Halloween Horror Nights" from Universal[...]

"Such a profound piece set up in Alaska that looks at the indigenous community, the Inuits, and some of the struggles they face opposite the world of mining and some of the more social conflicts that they continue to also face in the world of violence and domestic abuse," shared HBO's head of drama, Francesca Orsi,[...]

With the spinoff series finding Reedus' Daryl tasked with delivering Louis Puech Scigliuzzi's Laurent somewhere so that he could potentially become the savior of humanity, some folks have pointed out some similarities with HBO's award-winning series adaptation of the video game franchise The Last of Us But don't think for one second that was lost[...]

Stede is writing love letters & Blackbeard promises objections in the teaser for season 2 of Max's Our Flag Means Death, set for October 5th.

Though there were some rumblings from the cast and creative team that a second season was a possibility, HBO confirmed earlier today that Sam Levinson (Euphoria), Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye, and Reza Fahim's Tesfaye & Lily-Rose Depp-starring The Idol would not be returning for a second season "'The Idol' was one of HBO's most provocative original[...]

New and familiar faces join Stede Bonnet and Blackbeard in first-look images of Max's upcoming second season of Our Flag Means Death.

One person, in particular, we have to thank is Mazin – who's done a fine job balancing what he can discuss about the HBO series while also driving home the point of what the union strikes are important to his and dozens of other shows During an interview with EW's The Awardist podcast (which "was[...]

Levinson also teased that he sees Season 3 as a "film noir" and that – through Rue – the show plans to "explore what it means to be an individual with principles in a corrupt world." Image: HBO During a wide-ranging interview from May of this year, HBO's head of drama Francesca Orsi explained that the combination[...]

What do you do when you're the crew of an unloved franchise movie fighting for your place in a savage and unruly cinematic universe? If Sam Mendes, Armando Iannucci & Jon Brown have their way, the HBO series The Franchise will be there to answer that very question – and more that you didn't even[...]

As far as series adaptations go, HBO's take on Stephen King's 2018 bestseller The Outsider was a powerhouse on intensity that we didn't see coming But as the season stalked along, it found itself not only gaining more critical praise but also earning enough eyeballs to put it above some of the cable giant's other[...]

A day after the news hit that actor Angus Cloud – best known for his role on HBO's Euphoria as drug dealer Fezco "Fez" O'Neill – had passed away at age 25, Zendaya is paying tribute to her "brother" and co-star "For all of the boundless light, love, and joy he always managed to give[...]

More tragic news today, with word that actor Angus Cloud – best known for his role on HBO's Euphoria as drug dealer Fezco "Fez" O'Neill – has passed away at age 25 "It is with the heaviest heart that we had to say goodbye to an incredible human today," read the statement from Cloud's family[...]

One of her notable contributions is co-writing a season two episode of her father's sitcom, The George Carlin Show. George Carlin in his HBO stand-up special Life is Worth Losing (2005) Image courtesy of WarnerMedia Following George's death in 2008, Kelly performed a one-person show called A Carlin Home Companion, which details her life growing up with[...]

HBO has renewed the critically acclaimed original comedy series The Righteous Gemstones for a fourth season Created by Danny McBride, the series concludes its nine-episode third season on July 30 The first three seasons are available to stream on Max. In season three, The Righteous Gemstones tells the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition[...]

It was recently announced that season two of the HBO Original drama series 30 Coins is set to debut this October The eight-episode season of the acclaimed horror series, produced by HBO Europe in Spain, will air on HBO and will be available to stream on Max this October. Credit: HBO In the first season of 30 Coins, we[...]

No one can say that HBO and NFL Films don't aim high when it comes to picking their subjects for the upcoming 2023 NFL season Arguably the biggest story in The New York Jets is seeing if they can succeed with another former Green Bay Packers legendary quarterback Aaron Rodgers as they previously attempted in[...]

In the rare instance for HBO's The Last of Us, the TV series made Henry's brother, Sam, hearing-impaired, casting deaf new-coming actor Keivonn Montreal Woodard in the role His character communicates with his brother (Lamar Johnson) via American Sign Language and a Magic Slade to outsiders Woodard's performance garnered him an Emmy nomination for Best[...]

Considering how the biggest labor strike to hit the entertainment industry is pretty much shutting all major film & television productions, now might seem like an odd time to look ahead at what's ahead for Neil Druckmann & Craig Mazin's Pedro Pascal (Joel) & Bella Ramsey (Bella)-starring The Last of Us. In a follow-up interview with Variety,[...]

Emilia Clarke is certainly no stranger to major franchises originally coming from HBO's Game of Thrones, her one-off stint in Paramount's Terminator: Genisys (2015), and her most recent ones with Disney's Star Wars in 2018's Solo and their other major IP in Marvel in their TV series Secret Invasion on their streaming service Disney+ Opening[...]

Photograph by Fabio Lovino/HBO "after turning down invitations to appear on various news programs, I thought it best just to clarify: The post referred to here was a satirical and symbolic take on where blatantly discriminatory Supreme Court decisions are taking us as a nation: into utter division and possibly far worse," Imperioli began the caption[...]

You know you've made it as a pop culture institution when one of your stories touches on the greatest in the industry, as The Last of Us co-creator Craig Mazin found out after confirming a letter from legendary director Steven Spielberg regarding the HBO series' third episode "Long, Long Time" which primarily focused on the[...]

The line-up of streamers, studios & multimedia corporations making the decision to skip Hall H this year began with Marvel Studios and then included Lucasfilm, HBO, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures, and Netflix (with Warner Bros., Max, Paramount Pictures, Peacock and Apple TV+ either still undecided or having some presence) But could that all change in a[...]

It's hard to imagine any other actor as Joel Miller in HBO's The Last of Us Well, maybe original voice actor Troy Baker, but Pedro Pascal continues his role as America's favorite surrogate dad joining his partner-in-crime Bella Ramsey, who plays the mysterious survivor, Ellie, as they go on a journey built around the idea[...]

Earlier this week, we learned that Marvel Studios wouldn't have a Hall H presentation, but they would have a presence on the convention floor (with Universal & HBO considering the same move) Now Variety is reporting that there are a number of other names to add to the list Along with Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm isn't set[...]

There's something to be said about the authenticity of the performance of Pedro Pascal in HBO's The Last of Us as protagonist Joel Miller He admittedly hasn't played the game, but that doesn't mean there aren't others who aren't more than happy to fill him in on the experience – like actor Steven Yeun, who[...]