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Days of Abandonment abandoned by HBO as Natalie Portman exits film

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HBO Films has cancelled production on The Days of Abandonment after Natalie Portman had to exit the film due to personal reasons. “Due to unforeseen personal reasons, Natalie Portman has stepped down from HBO Films’ Days of Abandonment prior to the start of filming,” HBO said. “Unfortunately, the production will not move forward. We are very sorry we […]

HBO’s The Last of Us series adds Anna Torv as Tess

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HBO’s series adaptation of the hit Naughty Dog video game The Last of Us has added another member to its cast in a major role. According to Deadline, Anna Torv, who is perhaps best known as Wendy Carr in Netflix’s Mindhunter, is set to take on the role of Tess. In The Last of Us video game, Tess is Joel’s […]

HBO’s The White Lotus gets a new trailer and poster

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HBO has released a new poster and trailer for The White Lotus, the upcoming social satire series from writer-director Mike White which follows the vacations of various hotel guests and the cheerful staff over the span of a week at an exclusive Hawaiian resort; take a look here… The series follows the vacations of various […]

HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon halts production following positive COVID-19 test

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Per Variety, HBO has had to halt production on its Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon following a positive COVID-19 case on set. The outlet is reporting that the positive test was discovered on Monday 19th July with filming scheduled to resume on Wednesday 21st July after a two-day pause. House of the Dragon takes place 300 […]

HBO’s The Last of Us series adds Jeffrey Pierce, Murray Bartlett and Con O’Neill

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HBO’s series adaptation of the hit Naughty Dog video game The Last of Us has added three more actors to its cast. Per Deadline, the series will now star Jeffrey Pierce (Bosch), Murray Bartlett (The White Lotus) and Con O’Neill (Chernobyl). The series comes from Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin and Naughty Dog’s Vice President and Last of Us […]

First trailer for Scenes from a Marriage starring Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain

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HBO has released the first trailer for the limited series Scenes from a Marriage. Based on Ingmar Bergman’s 1973 Swedish drama, it follows the story of a couple (Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain) as their marriage falls apart; watch it here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKB57L2MfXY SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE re-examines the original’s iconic depiction of love, hatred, desire, […]

Bong Joon Ho says HBO’s Parasite series “will be something of great genius, I hope”

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After making history at the Oscars, HBO announced that a television series adaptation of Parasite was currently in development from writer Adam McKay, and now director Bong Joon Ho has shared his optimism for the series. “[The television series] will be something of great genius, I hope. I worked with Adam McKay and he’s figuring out […]

HBO’s The Last of Us season 1 will consist of 10 episodes, confirms co-writer Craig Mazin

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With filming now officially underway on HBO’s The Last of Us series, executive producer and co-writer Craig Mazin (Chernobyl) has revealed the episode count for the first season. During an appearance on the Scriptnotes podcast, Mazin revealed that the first season will have “five directors across 10 episodes” and that “the writing for the first three […]

Gabriel Luna shares first on-set photo from HBO’s The Last of Us series, teasing pivotal moment

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The Last of Us series for HBO has officially begun filming. Will fans of the game be prepared to see some of the most iconic brought to live-action? In this first tease from the set of The Last of Us, it seems like the hard-hitting moments are already underway. Actor Gabriel Luna shared an on-set […]