James Gunn is clearing things up about the fate of HBO Max’s Green Lantern series which has been in development for years now.
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HBO Max is pulling Gordita Chronicles from its platform, the latest title to be scrapped following the Warner Bros. Discovery merger. Deadline broke the news exclusively in July that the company was slashing Live-Action Kids and Family programming including the freshman comedy series created by Claudia Forestieri.
“Just got the very sad news that #gorditachronicles is being pulled from the @hbomax platform. Binge it one last time before our sweet little show is gone. Thank you to everyone who loved and supported our show,” Gordita Chronicles showrunner Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz shared via Twitter on Thursday.
Just got the very sad news that #gorditachronicles is being pulled from the @hbomax platform. Binge it one last time before our sweet little show is gone. Thank you to everyone who loved and supported our show. ❤️✌
James Gunn is clearing things up about the fate of HBO Max’s Green Lantern series which has been in development for years now.
Whatever happened with HBO’s hit series, “True Detective,” you ask? The short version is essentially this. Series creator and writer Nic Pizzolatto essentially parted ways with HBO.
The Mindy Kaling adult animated series Velma is set to premiere on January 12 via HBO Max.
Jason Momoa isn't afraid to live on the edge.The Aquaman star, 43, was seen in a new preview for his HBO series The Climb, in which amateur climbers endure a gauntlet of physical and mental exercises in a contest for a $100,000 prize and a sponsorship from prAna.'Climbing, it's so rooted in my soul - it just opens your mind,' said Momoa, who is slated to team up with John Cena in the comedy Killer Vacation. The latest: Jason Momoa, 43, was seen in a new preview for his HBO series The Climb, in which amateur climbers endure a gauntlet of physical and mental exercises in a contest for a $100,000 prize and a sponsorship from prAnaIn the preview clip for the eight-episode series, Momoa appears alongside famed rock climber Chris Sharma.In one sequence, Momoa and Chris Sharma were seen dangling off of towering granite walls and descending into the ocean. 'We've decided to start a competition to inspire the next generation of climbers,' Sharma said.
HBO Max’s cancelation of voguing competition series Legendary has not gone down well in the LGBTQ+ community.
Bilal Baig and Fab Filippo’s comedy series Sort Of has been renewed for a third season at HBO Max.
The studies and shenanigans of the ladies at Essex College are just getting started.Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble's comedy-drama series The Sex Lives Of College Girls has been renewed for a third season at HBO Max.The announcement comes just as the final two episodes of season two are set to drop on the streamer, which is scheduled for Thursday, December 15. Greenlit again: The Sex Lives Of College Students has been renewed for a third season at HBO Max; the comedy-drama series stars Pauline Chalamet, Alyah Chanelle Scott, Amrit Kaur and Reneé Rapp in the lead rolesWhile detailed viewing data isn't available, HBO Max maintains the series has been the top performer on the platform since the second season premiered on November 17, according to Deadline.Among its successes this go-around: a record-setting rating last week that saw the audience more than double compared to the series launch back in November 2021.
Warner Bros. Discovery is moving aggressively into the free streaming, or FAST space, after removing a glut of titles from HBO Max.
The antics at Essex College are just getting started.
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Christian Wikander, the scripted specialist who left HBO Max as part of cuts to the streamer in Europe this summer, has a new role.
Jake Johnson hopes that audiences haven’t seen the last of Minx.
Patrick Somerville, showrunner of HBO Max’s limited series Station Eleven, has addressed the issue of shows disappearing from the Warner Bros. Discovery streamer.
I Hate Suzie Too co-creator Lucy Prebble has said the second season of her and Billie Piper’s Sky/HBO Max hit will be “funnier and angrier” than series one, while she reflected on being “ahead of the game” with their portrayal of anxiety.
Comedy series Minx has been canceled by HBO Max despite already being renewed for season 2 back in May.The show - which centers around a publication of an erotic magazine aimed at women - was preparing to wrap production on the second season when Warner Bros. Discovery decided to scrap it according to sources for Variety on Monday.The media conglomerate - which recently axed Wonder Woman 3 - has famously been cutting costs since WarnerMedia and Discovery merged earlier this year and it appears that Minx was the latest example of that.
EXCLUSIVE: Two other original scripted series, Westworld and The Nevers, are coming off HBO Max. Unlike others that we have reported on, Lionsgate TV’s Minx and Love Life and Sony TV’s Gordita Chronicles, Westworld and The Nevers are high-end Warner Bros. Discovery productions for HBO proper, and I hear they are likely to resurface on other company platforms. WBD CEO David Zaslav has spoken about entering the thriving FAST channel space, so Westworld and The Nevers would likely be offered in that form, I hear.
HBO Max is dropping its first original scripted series Love Life, which has produced two seasons. They will be removed as part of a broader financial review of the streamer’s slate that has resulted in a purge of a number of titles at the end of the calendar year, including Gordita Chronicles, which was recently removed, and Minx, whose second season renewal also has been reversed.
Period erotic comedy Minx will not coming back for a second helping after all.
Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace? will return for a second 10-week season on HBO Max and then a “best of” show that runs on CNN.
Reality shows under the Max Originals banner continue to slim down as Sweet Life: Los Angeles has been canceled at HBO Max after two seasons. The Issa Rae-produced series will not be moving forward with a third season, Deadline has confirmed.