Veteran actor Donald Sutherland (The Hunger Games) has joined HBO’s upcoming limited series The Undoing opposite Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies) and Hugh Grant (Love Actually). The six-episode series is written by David E. Kelley (Ally McBeal) with Susanne Bier (The Night Manager) directing all of the episodes. The series will be an adaptation of Jean Hanff […]
Alan Taylor returns to The Sopranos to direct The Many Saints of Newark prequel
A few months ago The Sopranos creator David Chase revealed he and Lawrence Konner, one of the show’s producers, were writing a prequel feature film to the series, The Many Saints of Newark. No other information had been given at the time, but now TheWrap has learnt director Alan Taylor has been chosen to helm the project. This […]
The cast of HBO’s Watchmen pilot has been revealed
After Damon Lindelof posted a lengthy letter to fans yesterday, we are now met with even more news regarding HBO’s Watchmen pilot which Lindelof has crafted. Variety has reported several actors have been cast in the pilot, including Regina King in the lead role. King previously worked with both Lindelof and HBO on the series The Leftovers. […]
Damon Lindelof pens lengthy letter on HBO’s Watchmen series, says “new story must be original”
For the past few months, Damon Lindelof, the creator of Lost and The Leftovers as well as the co-writer for Prometheus and Star Trek Into Darkness, has been hard at work on a pilot for HBO on one of the most celebrated and famous graphic novels ever: Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon’s Watchmen. There are scant details on what the pilot will […]
HBO to premiere The Deuce with James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal in September
HBO has set a date for the premiere of its new series The Deuce. Starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal, the ten-episode series will explore the beginnings of the porn industry in 1970s New York and will premiere on Sunday, September 10th. The Deuce was created by George Pelecanos and David Simon. The pair will also […]
Westworld Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘The Original’
Tony Black reviews the first episode of Westworld… Given the end of Game of Thrones is a year or two at most away around the corner, HBO is banking a lot on Westworld to fill a void, not just of multi-million dollar, event series television, but also that heightened level of mythology and intrigue the […]
HBO developing scripted behind-the-scenes Godfather movie
The Godfather is universally recognised as one of the greatest films of all time, and now HBO Films are developing a movie focusing on its production. Revealed by Variety, the film entitled Francis & The Godfather will be a scripted affair that documents the making of the seminal 1973 mafia adaptation of Mario Puzo’s novel. The movie will […]
HBO goes from Westeros to Westworld
Long before Interstellar (2014) sought inspiration from the works of American theoretical physicist Kip Thorne, a former Harvard Medical School graduate made a name for himself by creating scientific thrillers that dealt with illegal organ transplants and the resurrection of extinct species from DNA samples. Not surprisingly Jonathan Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay for the […]
Game of Thrones possibly renewed for season 7 and 8, season 6 premiere date confirmed
Though the sixth season of Game of Thrones has yet to premiere, with a now set date of April 24th, HBO is apparently already talking about renewing the series not just for a seventh season, but an eighth as well. At the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena on Thursday night, HBO president Michael […]
Deadwood movie revival to shoot next year?
In an age in which we’ve had The X-Files, Gilmore Girls, and Twin Peaks revived, there’s one show that continues to threaten a comeback, that sadly never materialises, and arguably none are more deserving than HBO’s spittle and swear word drama, Deadwood. Cancelled in 2006 without closure, and when grown up TV shows fell foul […]
