Streamer HBO Max has given a straight-to-series order for a reboot of “Pretty Little Liars” called “Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin” from “Riverdale” showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. The logline: “Twenty years ago, a series of tragic events almost ripped the blue-collar town of Millwood apart. Now, in the present day, a group of disparate teen girls — […]
HBO Max has given a straight-to-series order to “Our Flag Means Death,” a period comedy loosely based on the adventures of Stede Bonnet, a pampered aristocrat who abandoned his life of privilege to become a pirate. Created by showrunner David Jenkins, Taika Waititi will exec produce and direct the pilot. “Our Flag Means Death” joins a […]
HBO Max has announced that the upcoming seasons of the comedies “The Other Two” and “South Side” from Comedy Central Productions are joining the streaming platform as new Max Original series. The first seasons of “The Other Two” and “South Side” will land on the platform in 2021 followed by brand new seasons to stream exclusively as Max Original series. “The […]
HBO Max has announced today a six-episode order for the Untitled Michael Che Project (working tittle), an original sketch comedy series starring “Saturday Night Live’s” Michael Che. Each episode follows a theme or incident, (police brutality, unemployment, falling in love, etc.), and uses sketches and vignettes to illustrate what it feels like to experience this […]
Streamer HBO Max has given a series commitment to an original DC filmmaker Matt Reeves, “Boardwalk Empire” creator Terence Winer, “The Batman” producer Dylan Clark and Warner Bros. Television. The untitled series, to be written by Winter and set in the world Reeves is creating for upcoming “The Batman” feature film, will build upon the […]
HBO Max has acquired worldwide rights to the documentary “Class Action Park,” based on the world’s most dangerous water park, Action Park, that had its heyday in the 1980s and 1990s and was a staple for anyone who grew up in New Jersey. “Class Action Park” is the first-ever feature-length documentary to explore the legend, […]
Streamer HBO Max has ordered a 12-episode season of thenew, 2D animated series, “Young Love,” based on the characters introduced in the Academy Award-winning short film, “Hair Love,” from Oscar winner Matthew A. Cherry and Sony Pictures Animation. The new series for HBO Max is created by Cherry, who will showrun with long-time animation creative […]
Season one of OWN and Warner Horizon Scripted Television’s Peabody Award-winning series “David Makes Man,” a one-hour lyrical drama created by playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney (“Moonlight”), will be available to stream on HBO Max starting July 16. “David Makes Man” centers on David (Akili McDowell) , a 14-year-old prodigy from the projects who is haunted […]
Streamer HBO Max is developing an anthology series based on Malcolm Gladwell’s book “Outliers,” with Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, as its first subject. The proposed series is from Imagine Television and CBS Television Studios, with Imagine’s Brian Grazer among the executive producers. Greg Walker (DC Universe’s […]
