HBO Max, Quibi Set for Keynotes at Cannes Marché du Film’s Meet the Streamers

HBO Max did not have the smoothest launch week, but beneath the confusion might lie one of the more robust streaming offerings around.

And with that, a new streaming platform has entered the ring. HBO Max finally launched after the much-talked-about announcement that they’ll soon release the anticipated Snyder Cut of “Justice League,” “Friends,” every Studio Ghibli movie, and thousands of other titles.

Shortly after Friends signed off the air in 2004, the next fall, Matt Le Blanc launched the first spinoff, called Joey.

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This week on “TheWrap-Up,” hosts Sharon Waxman and Daniel Goldblatt discuss President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting social media companies, Jimmy Fallon’s apology for donning blackface 20 years ago and “America’s Got Talent” completing their investigation into allegations made by former judge Gabrielle Union.

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Laura Benanti and HBO Max will give high school students from around the chance to perform in a pandemic-proof musical with the newly announced special “Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020.”

HBO Max is officially the future home of “Zack Snyder’s Justice League,” aka The Snyder Cut. The film (TV miniseries?) is expected to arrive in 2021 and has been described by the filmmaker as a massive redo of the superhero film that flopped at the box office and failed to excite fans back in 2017.

One thing that’s instantly striking about HBO Max’s rom-com anthology series “Love Life” is the exacting period detail for each year of the 2010s it depicts. When the show declares an episode is set in 2012, the iPhones and text messages actually look like they did in that exact year.

The TARDIS has found a new home. If you're looking to binge Doctor Who -- whether it's your first time or your 500th — you can now find the series on HBO Max.

WarnerMedia officially enters the streaming wars with the launch of its platform, HBO Max, which includes 10,000 hours worth of content thanks to a mix of originals — an Amy Schumer docuseries, Anna Kendrick’s, the reality competition series — and a deep library of fan favorites, such as and, as well as all of HBO’s award-winning series. 

Drew Dixon, 50, is one of the central voices who appears in HBO Max’s new powerful documentary, On The Record. The former Def Jam executive is one of several women to have publicly accused hip-hop music pioneer, Russell Simmons, 62, of sexual assault.

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New streaming platforms HBO Max and Quibi have joined Cannes' virtual film market and will host keynotes at the online-only event, which runs June 22-26. The Marché du Film Online announced Thursday that the digital platforms will also hold panels and conversations focused on the streaming market in a new section titled "Meet the Streamers." WarnerMedia's HBO Max launches May 27.

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Amy Schumer’s whirlwind pregnancy is the focus of an upcoming docuseries for HBO Max.

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John Stankey, the current leader of WarnerMedia and set to be come CEO of telcom giant AT&T on July 1, on Wednesday laid out a road map for how the telecom and media conglomerate will weather the economic storm caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic. "The big question incumbent on all of us is what this climb out of this hole looks like and what kind of dynamics occur in the second half of this year," Stankey told the J.P.