HBO Max Greenlights Adam McKay’s ‘The Uninhabitable Earth’ Climate Change Anthology Series – TCA

By Denise Petski

Following a thunderstorm of Oprah Winfrey-related controversy and a successful Sundance Film Festival premiere, “On the Record” has secured domestic distribution at HBO Max.

The march to the launch of HBO Max in May is driving changes across WarnerMedia.

AT&T’s top line was stung by its investment in HBO Max in the fourth quarter of 2019 to the tune of $1.2 billion in “foregone licensing revenues.” The telco also continued to see rapid deterioration in its pay-TV business, losing a total of nearly 1.2 million subscribers in Q4.

By Nellie Andreeva

Apple TV Plus is nearing a series order for “Extrapolations,” a new climate change anthology from Scott Z. Burns, the writer, director and producer known for “An Inconvenient Truth” and “The Report,” Variety has learned exclusively. The streaming platform is developing the anthology with an eye toward a series order, amid a competitive bidding situation.

Rosario Dawson has been cast as the lead in the upcoming HBO Max pilot “DMZ,” which has Ava DuVernay on board as a director and Roberto Patino in place as writer-showrunner.

By Dino-Ray Ramos

HBO Max has ordered an animated comedy series centered on the British royal family.

By Anita Bennett

UPDATE: January 18, 2020, 11:39 a.m.: Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but sounds like there's been a snag in entire production of that highly-anticipated Friends reunion. The holdup? Pay negotiations for the original cast.

By Peter White

By Dominic Patten

By Peter White

We now know a little bit more about whether a “Friends” reunion is ever bound for forthcoming streamer HBO Max, if the Harry Potter franchise will make its way to the service, and what the new Green Lantern series will entail.

By Peter White

By Nellie Andreeva

By Anthony D'Alessandro

By Anthony D'Alessandro

Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh has inked a three-year overall with HBO and HBO Max. Under the deal, Soderbergh will develop content for both platforms which shall be exclusive in all forms of television and a first-look for films.