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Colin Firth and Toni Collette star in trailer for HBO Max’s true crime drama The Staircase

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HBO Max has released a teaser trailer for The Staircase, the limited crime drama series based on the 2004 documentary of the same name which tells the true story of Michael Peterson (Colin Firth), a writer who was convicted of murder following the suspicious death of his wife Kathleen (Toni Collette). Watch the trailer for […]

True Detective Season 4 coming to HBO with Barry Jenkins and Issa Lopez attached

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Ever wondered what the world of True Detective would be like from the mind of Barry Jenkins? If you add in Tigers Are Not Afraid’s Issa Lopez, you’ll see what we will be cooking with for the upcoming fourth instalment. Sources report that True Detective season four is currently in development, and Barry Jenkins will […]

Jodie Comer to star in HBO sex therapy series Big Swiss

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As Jodie Comer winds down her breakout role of Villanelle in the final season of Killing Eve, she has already found her next leading role. According to Deadline, Comer has been cast in HBO’s Big Swiss, an adaptation of Jen Beagin’s upcoming novel of a woman whose job transcribing sex therapy sessions turns into an explosive relationship. […]

We Own This City trailer sees HBO and The Wire’s David Simon back in Baltimore

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HBO has released the first trailer and images for We Own This City , a new limited series crime drama from The Wire creator David Simon which examines the corruption and moral collapse which led to the fall of the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force. Based on Justin Fenton’s book We Own This […]

HBO unveils first look at Rose Leslie and Theo James in The Time Traveler’s Wife teaser

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Following 2009’s rather flat big-screen attempt at adapting Audrey Niffenegger’s book The Time Traveler’s Wife, HBO has unveiled the first teaser for their six-part take on the best-selling time-travel weepie. Adapted by Sherlock scribe Steven Moffat, with all six episodes directed by Game of Thrones and The Pacific helmer David Nutter, the show stars Rose Leslie (Game […]

First trailer for HBO Max’s DC adaptation DMZ starring Rosario Dawson

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HBO Max has released a trailer for the dystopian drama series DMZ. Based on Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli’s DC/Vertigo graphic novel of same name, it follows Alma Ortega (Rosario Dawson) as she navigates a demilitarized zone in Manhattan in a desperate quest to find her son; watch it here… DMZ leaps off the pages […]

TV Review – The Tourist

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Martin Carr reviews The Tourist… This off-kilter thriller from the creators of Baptiste and The Missing, may feel like a Western with road movie tropes, but also sits squarely in Coen Brothers country. Trying to pressgang The Tourist into any traditional genre soon becomes an exercise in futility, as events begin to escalate quite quickly. Quirky encounters and an […]

New trailer for pirate comedy Our Flag Means Death starring Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi

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HBO Max has released a new trailer and poster for the upcoming pirate comedy Our Flag Means Death. Loosely based on the adventures of the 18th century would-be pirate Stede Bonnet, the series follows Captain Bonnet (Rhys Darby) as he struggles to earn the respect of his crew and survive life on the high seas […]

HBO confirms The Last of Us series won’t premiere in 2022

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HBO and HBO Max Chief Content Officer Casey Bloys has confirmed that the upcoming series adaptation of the beloved video game franchise The Last of Us won’t be premiering in 2022. In an interview with Deadline, Bloys confirmed that The Last of Us is “not going to air in 2022” as the series is currently still filming in Canada. […]