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When HBO & Jesse Armstrong's award-winning Succession returns in Spring 2023 for its fourth season, the sale of media conglomerate Waystar Royco to tech visionary Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård) looks to be pretty much a done deal The prospect of this seismic sale is triggering existential angst and a deep, painful divide among the Roys as[...]

In honor of HBO's upcoming 50th anniversary (let that one sink in), Warner Bros Discovery has been offering daily previews and announcements regarding what's ahead for both HBO and HBO Max Well, today's update will be of particular interest to fans of the award-winning Matthew Rhys-starring Perry Mason. With an image of a clapperboard for the[...]

Whether you'll be watching it for the first time or for the first time legally, tonight's season finale of HBO & showrunner Ryan Condal's House of the Dragon is expected to attract a ton of attention And that means once those finale credits roll on the first season, "Game of Thrones" fans will be speculating[...]

Because that's exactly what we have happening today, about 48 hours or so before the season finale of HBO's House of the Dragon hits our screens "We are aware that the tenth episode of 'House of the Dragon' has been posted on illegal torrent sites It appears to have originated from a distribution partner in[...]

First, the fate of HBO's award-winning sci-fi drama Westworld, which recently wrapped its fourth season And then there's the duo's team-up with Amazon Studios & Kilter Films (in association with Bethesda Game Studios & Bethesda Softworks) for a series adaptation of the "Fallout" video game franchise Here's a look at what the duo had to say[...]

Image courtesy of Ollie Upton / HBO "He's become 'Internet Boyfriend' in a way that baffles me Not that Matt isn't incredibly charismatic and wonderful, and he's incredible in the role," Hess said "But Daemon himself is … I don't want him to be my boyfriend! I'm a little baffled at how they're all, 'Oh, daddy!'[...]

We will readily admit that it's been some time since we last checked in with HBO, Bong Joon Ho & executive producer Adam McKay's (The Big Short) series take on the Academy Award-winning film Parasite From the casting side, we heard that there was interest in Mark Ruffalo and that Tilda Swinton has been tapped[...]

Ever since HBO and Damon Lindelof's pseudo-sequel spinoff/remix of writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons & colorist John Higgins' Watchmen, we've been holding out hope of a second season of some kind Wanna guess who isn't? It's one of the four names you just read Need a hint? The name rhymes with "Alan Moore." By[...]

Second, despite those setbacks (as well as losing the limited series My Glory Was I Had Such Friends at Apple TV+ and HBO's big-budget sci-fi drama Demimonde), Abrams and his production are apparently still very much players when it comes to carving up the DC landscape "[Abrams] is not out of the game and is[...]

When it comes to the second season of HBO and showrunner Ryan Condal's House of the Dragon, Last Week Tonight host John Oliver has a suggestion that it seems millions of viewers would support Pay your electric bill Even with an impressive first season and an early second season order, the "Game of Thrones" spinoff series[...]

In the ten-episode fourth season of HBO & Jesse Armstrong's award-winning Succession, the sale of media conglomerate Waystar Royco to tech visionary Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård) moves ever closer The prospect of this seismic sale provokes existential angst and familial division among the Roys as they anticipate what their lives will look like once the deal[...]

For those who haven't caught up on the HBO series to this point, this is your "more spoilers ahead" warning. Image: HBO Considine, who played King Viserys I, father of Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Milly Alcock & Emma D'Arcy) and brother of Prince Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith), posted the touching message "Thank you for the kind words[...]

After facing pushback from alumni over the move, Warner Bros. Discovery has changed its mind & will continue its writers/directors workshops.

Based on characters created by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner, HBO Max's Dead Boy Detectives is welcoming some new additions to the streaming series cast, with Michael Beach (Dahmer: Monster), Joshua Colley (Senior Year), and Lindsey Gort (All Rise) all set to take on key recurring roles The series is set to offer a fresh take[...]

WB Television Workshop alumni are sharing their feelings on yesterday's news that Warner Bros. Discovery was shutting down the program.

George R R Martin is never short on opinions when it comes to how HBO is treating his works As he was on Game of Thrones, the author posted on his blog about a variety of things on the prequel series House of the Dragon, from the number of episodes he thinks should be in[...]

Kidd & Sonya Winton-Odamtten (Lovecraft Country), Etan Frankel (Animal Kingdom EP), Charmaine Degrate (House of the Dragon), Bola Ogun (The Witcher), Stacey Muhammad (Queen Sugar), and Pamela Romanowsky (Gossip Girl). With the merger of HBO Max & Discovery+ streaming services expected to happen in Summer/Fall 2023, Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav and his team have been[...]

Late last month, HBO understood the assignment With September 26th being "The Last of Us Day," it just felt right to get an official teaser for Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin's upcoming Pedro Pascal (Joel) & Bella Ramsey (Elie)-starring HBO series adaptation of the blockbuster video game franchise Now, Ramsey is sharing a personal note that Pascal[...]

In a sea of bad or "questionable decisions" when it comes to television, HBO's decision not to renew Misha Green's Lovecraft Country for a second season definitely stands out Considering the cable network would announce its decision only weeks before the series would go on to receive 18 Emmy nominations (with Courtney B Vance winning[...]

While fans of HBO Max and BBC One's series adaptation of Philip Pullman's award-winning trilogy of novels were aware that the series would be returning this December for its third season, it was at yesterday's New York Comic Con panel that His Dark Materials executive producers Jane Tranter & Dan McCulloch and actors James McAvoy[...]

As HBO continues the daily celebration of its upcoming 50th birthday, viewers are getting another "present" in the form of a new teaser for Sam Levinson (Euphoria), Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye, and Reza Fahim's Tesfaye & Lily-Rose Depp-starring The Idol Directed by Amy Seimetz (The Girlfriend Experience, Atlanta) and written by Levinson, Tesfaye, Fahim &[...]

HBO Max will launch its "House of Halloween" spotlight page on Saturday, October 1, bringing an interactive Halloween experience to fans all month long Recognizing that Halloween goes beyond the horror genre, this spotlight page will offer frights for all ages, as well as costume ideas, animated episodes, and more Here's a look at how[...]

Image courtesy of Ollie Upton / HBO "Working within the Thrones universe for the past few years has been an honor and a privilege, especially spending the last two with the amazing cast and crew of House of the Dragon," Sapochnik said in a statement "I am so proud of what we accomplished with season 1[...]

Only a little more than a month after HBO offered us some scenes from Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin's upcoming Pedro Pascal (Joel) & Bella Ramsey (Elie)-starring HBO series adaptation of The Last of Us and with today being "The Last of Us Day," guess what we have waiting for you? That's right, an extended look[...]

Hot off an impressive run at this year's Emmy Awards, Mike White and HBO's The White Lotus returns for a second installment of seven episodes debuting on Sunday, October 30 (9-10 pm ET/PT) on HBO as well as available to stream on HBO Max. Photograph by Fabio Lovino/HBO Jennifer Coolidge as Tanya McQuoid Hunt[...]

Three months after we last checked in with how things were going with Issa López (Tigers Are Not Afraid / Vuelven) & Barry Jenkins' (The Underground Railroad) upcoming new season of HBO's crime thriller anthology series True Detective: Night Country, the series has officially rounded out its cast. John Hawkes (Deadwood, Winter's Bone), Christopher Eccleston (Doctor[...]

Image courtesy of Ollie Upton / HBO Both actors were discouraged from discussing their roles with their younger counterparts "I was shown almost like memories: scenes that Emily had done with [King Viserys actor] Paddy [Considine]," Cooke describes "I had those memories locked in my brain for when I'm doing a scene that mirrors that relationship."[...]

Because that's exactly what HBO has in development, with Emmy Award-winning writer William Bridges (co-writer, Black Mirror "USS Callister") set to pen the series and serve as showrunner In addition, Yann Demange (pilot, Lovecraft Country) is set to direct, with both Bridges and Demange also executive producing First reported exclusively by The Hollywood Reporter, the HBO, Media[...]

HBO offered a sneak preview of the upcoming sixth episode of House of the Dragon, "The Princess and the Queen," introducing Emma D'Arcy taking over the role of Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, the hand-picked heir to the iron throne from King Viserys (Paddy Considine) The clip comes courtesy of their Inside HBO Max Twitter account, "For[...]

Last week, we reported on how Comcast-owned pay television service Sky censored an episode of the Emmy Award-winning HBO late-night series Last Week Tonight in the UK over jokes/comments that host John Oliver made in reference to the passing of Queen Elizabeth II and how the country was basically shutting down over it Well, Oliver[...]