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Ava DuVernay shares first look images from DMZ series

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Following the news that HBO Max has granted a series order to DMZ, director/executive producer Ava DuVernay has now revealed four first-look images from the upcoming DC/Vertigo comic book adaptation which you can check out here… https://twitter.com/ava/status/1329506694603259904 In the near future, America is embroiled in a bitter civil war, leaving Manhattan a demilitarized zone (DMZ), […]

HBO cancels Stephen King’s The Outsider, series is being shopped elsewhere

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Despite initially being confirmed to return for a second season by author Stephen King, HBO has now decided to cancel The Outsider after a single season, but it may not be the end of the show. According to Deadline, despite HBO deciding not to proceed with a follow-up season, MRC, the studio behind the drama […]

Trailer for A.I. comedy Superintelligence starring Melissa McCarthy and James Corden

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HBO Max has released a poster and trailer for director Ben Falcone’s upcoming comedy Superintelligence which stars James Corden as an all-powerful A.I. who chooses to study Earth’s most average person, Carol (Melissa McCarthy), to decide whether to save or destroy humanity; check them out here… When an all-powerful Superintelligence (James Corden) chooses to study […]

In Treatment reboot adds Hamilton’s Anthony Ramos

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Deadline has reported that HBO’s upcoming reboot of In Treatment has added A Star is Born and Hamilton’s Anthony Ramos in a recurring role. The new series will star Uzo Aduba (Orange is the New Black) as therapist Dr. Brooke Lawrence, who “will see a diverse trio of patients in session as she wrestles with her own issues.” […]

Scenes From a Marriage adds GLOW’s Sunita Mani

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HBO’s upcoming limited series adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s Scenes From A Marriage has added GLOW‘s Sunita Mani to its cast, per Deadline. Scenes From A Marriage “re-examines the show’s iconic depiction of love, hatred, desire, monogamy, marriage and divorce through the lens of a contemporary American couple.” Mani joins Jessica Chastain (Molly’s Game) and Oscar Isaac (Dune) […]

TV Review – HBO’s The Undoing

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Martin Carr reviews HBO’s The Undoing… This slick and stylish psychological thriller adapted for the screen by David E. Kelley is supremely engaging. High society living, private prep school fund raisers and understated opulence define this Manhattan based murder mystery. Based on the bestselling novel by Jean Hanff Korelitz it introduces Grace Fraser and Jonathan […]

Denis Villeneuve and Jake Gyllenhaal re-team for HBO’s The Son from Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy

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Jake Gyllenhaal will be re-teaming with his Prisoners and Enemy director Denis Villeneuve for The Son, an HBO limited series adaptation of Jo Nesbø’s novel from Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy. The Son is “a tale of vengeance set amid Oslo’s brutal hierarchy of corruption.” It focuses on Sonny Lofthus, “an escaped convict: an opioid […]