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Viola Davis in talks to star in Suicide Squad and Peacemaker spin-off for HBO Max

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Amanda Waller is coming back, and heading to HBO Max to compete with Peacemaker. Variety reports that Viola Davis is eying a return as Waller, the villainous character from the Suicide Squad films, for a new HBO Max series. Waller was featured briefly in the opening and closing episodes of Peacemaker, a spinoff series of […]

HBO Max gives series order to Harley Quinn’s Kite Man spinoff

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Back in March Harley Quinn co-showrunner Patrick Schumacker revealed that he was developing a spinoff to the DC Comics adult animated series centred on the character of Kite Man, and now THR has reported that the project has received a ten-episode straight-to-series order from HBO Max. Titled Noonan’s and described previously as “Cheers for supervillains”, […]

Batgirl star Leslie Grace on starring alongside Michael Keaton’s Batman and early sequel talk

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Having wrapped filming at the start of the month, Batgirl star Leslie Grace has now been chatting to Variety about Warner Bros. and DC Film’s upcoming HBO Max movie – and in particular her excitement about getting to suit up as Barbara Gordon’s crime-fighting alter-ego alongside Michael Keaton’s Batman. “It was wild for everyone,” said […]

Dead Boy Detectives given series order at HBO Max

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HBO Max has given a series order to Dead Boy Detectives, an adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s comic book series from Greg Berlanti (The Flash), Jeremy Carver (Doom Patrol) and Steve Yockey (The Flight Attendant). The news comes after the series was given a pilot order last fall, which has now become an eight-episode first season. Gaiman’s […]

David Simon’s We Own This City gets a trailer from HBO

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With its season premiere just two weeks away, HBO has released a new trailer for The Wire creator David Simon’s upcoming crime drama series We Own This City which chronicles the rise and fall, the corruption of the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force; watch it here… Based on the book by Baltimore Sun […]

Aqualad graphic novel You Brought Me the Ocean in development as HBO Max series

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HBO Max looks like it’s adding another DC television project to its upcoming slate, with Variety reporting that development is underway on a live-action adaptation of the Aqualad YA graphic novel You Brought Me the Ocean. The one-hour dramedy series, which counts Charlize Theron among its producers, will explore the life of Jackson ‘Jake’ Hyde, […]

Kaley Cuoco’s Cassie returns in The Flight Attendant season 2 trailer

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Ahead of its premiere later this month, HBO Max has shared a new trailer for the second season of its acclaimed dark comedy series The Flight Attendant which sees Cassie, now sober, moonlighting as a CIA asset and living her best life in L.A., until she inadvertently witness a murder during an assignment. Watch the […]

It prequel series Welcome to Derry in development at HBO Max

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Get ready for more Pennywise as HBO Max is developing Welcome to Derry, a prequel series to Andy Muschietti’s It and It: Chapter Two. The It films are an adaptation of Stephen King’s iconic horror novel which sees the small town of Derry, Maine plagued by a number of children mysteriously going missing. A group of misfit kids calling themselves […]

And Just Like That renewed for second season

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HBO Max has renewed the Sex and the City sequel series And Just Like That… for a second season. The series reunites original Sex and the City stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis as Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte as they navigate through new problems in their families, romances and friendship. The series was created by Michael Patrick King […]

James Gunn to play himself in Harley Quinn season 3, Harvey Guillen will voice Nightwing

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The upcoming third season of HBO Max’s animated series Harley Quinn is going to feature some real world DC talent as The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker director James Gunn will voice himself in one of the episodes. The news was announced by Harley Quinn co-creator Patrick Schumaker during a panel at the SXSW film festival. Gunn will guest star as himself as […]