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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 […]

Nico Parker joins The Last of Us as Joel’s daughter

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HBO’s upcoming series adaptation of the hit Playstation game The Last of Us has added Nico Parker (The Third Day) to the cast, per Variety. Parker will play Sarah, the daughter of Pedro Pascal’s Joel. Sarah is a young teenager who Last of Us players were introduced to in the opening moments of the video game and witnessed the […]

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 reboot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsah5yCzh-U This extension of the […]

HBO releases trailer for The White Lotus

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HBO has released a trailer for its upcoming satire series The White Lotus which follows the vacations of various guests in a exclusive Hawaiian resort. Written and directed by Mike White, the series stars Murray Barlett, Connie Britton, Jennifer Coolidge, Alexandra Daddario, Fred Hechinger, Jake Lacy, Brittany O’Grady, Natasha Rothwell , Sydney Sweeney, and Steve […]

Mary-Louise Parker joins Natalie Portman in The Days of Abandonment

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HBO Films’ The Days of Abandonment has cast Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds) to star opposite Natalie Portman in Maggie Betts’ adaptation of the Elena Ferrante novel. Parker will play the Mysterious Woman, “a mesmerizing but elusive woman that Portman’s Tess starts encountering everywhere she goes, which causes Tess to question her sanity.” The Days of Abandonment is “a […]

HBO Max’s Gossip Girl reboot gets a trailer and character posters

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HBO Max has released a teaser trailer and batch of character posters for Gossip Girl, the upcoming reboot of the pop culture phenomenon which will follow a new generation of Upper East Side teens and explore how social media and the landscape of New York has changed in the intervening years. Developed by showrunner Joshua […]

Marlene actor Merle Dandridge reprising role for HBO’s The Last of Us series

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With HBO and PlayStation Production set to begin filming their television adaptation of the hit PlayStation video game The Last of Us in July, the series has added another member to its cast. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Merle Dandridge, who originally played Marlene in The Last of Us video game series, has now signed on to […]

Next Game of Thrones spin-off 10,000 Ships sets sail with Helstrom writer

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HBO is sailing full speed ahead with another of its Game of Throne prequel spin-offs as Deadline reports that 10,000 Ships has gained Amanda Segel (Helstrom) as its lead writer. The series will take place 1,000 years before Game of Thrones and follow “the journey made by warrior queen Princess Nymeria and the surviving members of the Rhoynars, […]