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.
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By Peter White
International Co-Editor
The future of Audience Network originals Condor and Loudermilk remains in limbo after HBO Max content boss Kevin Reilly addressed the closure of the AT&T network.
Drama Condor, which stars Max Irons and was based on the James Grady novel Six Days of the Condor and its 1975 film adaptation Three Days of the Condor, was renewed for a second season in July 2018 and filming is thought to have taken place last summer.
Comedy Loudermilk, which was
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.
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Telecom giant AT&T on Wednesday reported its fourth-quarter financials, disclosing that it lost 219,000 subscribers at its AT&T TV Now streaming service in the period and945,00 premium TV subscribers at DirecTV and U-Verse, with WarnerMedia earnings in the quarter down amid investment and foregone revenue tied to HBO Max.AT&T CFO John Stephens on an earnings conference call said that financial hit would continue as the company nears the May launch of 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.
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.
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HBO Max has ordered an animated comedy series centered on the British royal family.
Getting the cast all together again hasn't been easy.
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.
We've waited over 15 years for areunion — and it seems we'll have to wait a little bit longer.
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.
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) has “over-delivered right out of the gate” for TNT, according to Kevin Reilly.
We still have to wait on official news of that rumored Friends reunion.
When we first heard that a Green Lantern TV series from Greg Berlanti would be headed to HBO Max back in September, all we could think was, "Tell me more," but a tight lid was put on any and all details. Thankfully, HBO Max Head of Original Content Sarah Aubrey gave us a quick update on the series at the Television Critics Association winter press tour on Wednesday.
We've waited over 15 years for areunion — and it seems we'll have to wait a little bit longer.
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