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Angela Robinson teams with J.J. Abrams to bring DC Comics’ Madame X to HBO Max

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Grab the tarot cards and get ready to read as Madame X makes her way to HBO Max. The Hollywood Reporter broke the story that J.J Abrams and his Bad Robot partner/wife Katie McGrath have enlisted Angela Robinson to pen a series for the Warner-owned streaming service.Robinson, known for her work on Professor Marston & […]

HBO Max’s pirate comedy Our Flag Means Death adds Rory Kinnear, Kristian Nairn and more

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Six actors have joined the crew of HBO Max’s pirate comedy Our Flag Means Death. Starring alongside Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi will be Rory Kinnear (Penny Dreadful), Kristian Narin (Game of Thrones), Nathan Foad (Bloods), Samson Kayo (Truth Seekers), Con O’Neill (The Batman) and Vico Ortiz (Vida) as series regulars.Our Flag Means Death is “loosely based on […]

Dane DeHaan joins HBO Max’s The Staircase

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HBO Max’s upcoming true crime drama The Staircase has just made another addition to its growing cast. Deadline revealed Dane DehHaan (Lisey’s Story) has joined the limited series from Antonio Campos (Christine) and Maggie Cohn (American Crime Story).DeHaan will star alongside Colin Firth (The Kindsman), Toni Collette (Knives Out), Juliette Binoche (Between Two Worlds), Rosemarie DeWitt […]

HBO Max’s Gossip Girl reboot gets a new trailer

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HBO Max has released a new trailer for the upcoming reboot Gossip Girl, which follows the young elite of private school Constance Billard as the notorious blogger remerges as the number one source into their scandalous lives; watch it here…SEE ALSO: Character posters for HBO Max’s Gossip Girl reboothttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsah5yCzh-UThis extension of the pop culture classic […]

Sophie Turner joins HBO Max’s true crime drama The Staircase

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Game of Thrones alum Sophie Turner is returning to HBO as she has joined HBO Max’s limited series The Staircase from Antonio Campos (Christine) and Maggie Cohn (American Crime Story).Turner joins a cast that include Colin Firth (The Kindsman), Toni Collette (Knives Out), Juliette Binoche (Between Two Worlds), Rosemarie DeWitt (Little Fires Everywhere) and Parker Posey […]

HBO Max’s Green Lantern enlists Superman & Lois director Lee Toland Krieger

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Having helmed the pilot episode of The CW’s Superman & Lois, director Lee Toland Krieger is set to return to the DC Universe to direct the first two episodes of HBO Max’s Green Lantern series.Krieger’s past credits include the feature films Celeste and Jesse Forever and The Age of Adaline, while in recent years he’s […]

Bridgerton’s Freddie Stroma joins James Gunn’s Peacemaker series

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Deadline is reporting that Bridgerton actor Freddie Stroma has signed on to star in HBO Max and James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad TV spinoff series Peacemaker.Stroma is replacing Chris Conrad in the series, the latter exiting amicably due to creative differences, and will take on the role of Adrian Chase, a.k.a. Vigilante.The character is described […]

Parker Posey joins HBO Max’s The Staircase

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Parker Posey (Lost in Space) has joined HBO Max’s adaptation of the true crime docuseries The Staircase from Antonio Campos (Christine) and Maggie Cohn (American Crime Story).Posey joins a cast that include Colin Firth (The Kindsman), Toni Collette (Knives Out), Juliette Binoche (Between Two Worlds) and Rosemarie DeWitt (Little Fires Everywhere). The Staircase focuses on “the life […]

Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell’s Evil Dead Rise lands at HBO Max

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Evil Dead Rise, the Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell produced sequel to the 1981 horror-classic has found a home at HBO Max.Directed by The Hole in the Ground’s Lee Cronin, executive producer Bruce Campbell had already revealed that shooting was set to get underway in New Zealand sometime later this year, and that his iconic […]