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HBO Max’s Gotham City PD series will cross over with The Batman

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Last summer it was announced that director Matt Reeves will expand the world of The Batman with an HBO Max spinoff series based around the Gotham City Police Department, and now the streamer’s chief content officer Casey Bloys has confirmed that the plan is to have characters cross over between the movie and TV show.“That’s […]

John Cena’s DC series Peacemaker to premiere on HBO Max in January 2022

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WWE Superstar John Cena is set to make his DC Extended Universe debut this August when he takes on the role of Peacemaker in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, and it seems that fans won’t have long to wait before we see the character back on the screen.As revealed by THR, the eight-episode small screen […]

HBO Max orders two seasons of Clone High revival

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After announcing a revival of Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s cult adult animated series Clone High last year, HBO Max has announced a two-season order of the upcoming series as part of a bigger push for animation on the streaming service.“It is a tremendous privilege to build on the 100 year plus legacy of ‘cartoons’ at this company,” […]

James Gunn’s Peacemaker series adds Nhut Le as Judomaster

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As filming continues on the HBO Max series Peacemaker, Deadline is reporting that Nhut Le (Raven’s Home) has become the latest addition to the cast of James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad spinoff series Peacemaker.Le is set to take on the role of Judomaster, a superhero whose origins trace back to Charlton Comics, having debuted in […]

The Suicide Squad spin-off series Peacemaker adds Elizabeth Faith Ludlow and Rizwan Manji

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With production having begun on The Suicide Squad spin-off series Peacemaker, director James Gunn has revealed two additional pieces of casting to the HBO Max DC series. Joining John Cena will be Elizabeth Faith Ludlow (The Walking Dead) and Rizwan Manji (The Magicians).Gunn did not reveal any hints as to the characters they would be playing, […]

Jeffrey Wright to voice The Dark Knight for HBO Max comedy podcast Batman: The Audio Adventures

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Westworld star Jeffrey Wright is set to follow his upcoming stint as Commissioner Gordon in Warner Bros. and DC Films’ The Batman by returning to Gotham City – this time as the Caped Crusader himself – for the HBO Max narrative comedy podcast Batman: The Audio Adventures.THR reports that the project hails from SNL’s Dennis […]

The Little Things tops the U.S. box office alongside simultaneous HBO Max release

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Even in the face of a pandemic, lackluster reviews and a simultaneous release on HBO Max, Denzel Washington’s moody detective drama The Little Things (read our review here) managed to get people into the 2,172 theatres that were showing it over the weekend, earning the number one spot and $4.8 million.Ordinarily these kind of numbers […]

HBO Max debuts opening scene from Studio Ghibli’s first CGI offering Earwig and the Witch

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Ahead of its February 5th launch on HBO Max, the streaming service has released the opening scene from Studio Ghibli’s first all-CGI outing Earwig and the Witch.Based on Diana Wynne Jones 2011 children’s book, and directed by Tales From Earthsea’s Gorō Miyazaki, this is the first output from the legendary studio since their collaboration with […]

HBO Max developing mystery series The Tourist with Jamie Dornan and Hugo Weaving

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HBO Max has announced development of the limited mystery series The Tourist. The series will star Jamie Dornan (The Fall) and Hugo Weaving (The Matrix) and is being produced in partnership with BBC One and Two Brothers Pictures with Chris Sweeney (Back to Life) directing.The Tourist follows Jamie Dornan as “a British man who finds himself in […]