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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=mKB57L2MfXYSCENES FROM A MARRIAGE re-examines the original’s iconic depiction of love, hatred, desire, monogamy, marriage […]

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 the […]

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 episodes, […]

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 photo […]

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 collapse […]

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 […]

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 Zahn.Watch […]

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 visceral, no-holds-barred […]