iHeartMedia, WarnerMedia to Co-Produce Companion Podcasts for HBO Max Shows

Variety has learned.The untitled series will be set in the world Reeves is creating for the feature film “The Batman,” with the intent being to launch a new Batman universe across multiple platforms. It is said to build on the film’s examination of the anatomy of corruption in Gotham City.

Attention superhero fans, I’m here with good news and bad news about Matt Reeves’ upcoming film, “The Batman.” The good news is that WarnerMedia is so happy with the direction of the new ‘Batman’ film, the studio is developing a brand-new spin-off series on HBO Max of the upcoming feature, focused on the crime and corruption in Gotham City.

Unfortunately, when it comes to the sheer number of scripted series on TV, there is no way to avoid the eventual drama that falls through the cracks. That appears to be the case with “David Makes Man,” a drama series that has been released for almost a full year but didn’t necessarily make many waves when it premiered.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: HBO Max has acquired Shell, a spec script by Jack Stanley that comes with Max Minghella (Teen Spirit) attached to direct. Logline for the is the script is under wraps but sources said it is a satirical horror tale with sci-fi elements, set in the health and beauty industry.Pic will be produced by Automatik’s Fred Berger (La La Land and Teen Spirit), and Alicia Van Couvering, and Minghella through his Blank Tape production banner.

AT&T's WarnerMedia has tapped former Hulu executive Johannes Larcher to oversee the global rollout of its HBO Max streaming service. Larcher will join the firm in August as head of HBO Max International, reporting to Gerhard Zeiler, chief revenue officer of WarnerMedia and president of WarnerMedia International Networks.He has overseen Arabic language streamer Shahid VIP in his current role as managing director, digital at Dubai-based Middle Eastern media firm MBC Group.

Larcher will oversee the global rollout of HBO Max, beginning first with a 2021 launch in Latin America.

On paper, a film about a man being preserved in pickle brine for 100 years, to wake up in 2020 and discover that the world is very different than how he remembered, is ripe for comedy. It’s the basic fish out of water story.

As has been seen several times over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, studios have been trying to figure out how to release their films with no theaters and that has resulted in some features being sold off to streaming services. That is exactly what happened with Seth Rogen’s new film “An American Pickle,” which arrives on HBO Max after Sony decided to forgo a theatrical release.

was pulled from the streaming service weeks ago.

gone from HBO Max, having been restored to the streaming service’s library with a new prologue about the film’s problematic themes and depictionof the antebellum South.Jacqueline Stewart, host of TCM’s “Silent Sunday Nights” and a professor in the Department of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago, leads the 4 ½-minute intro, which starts off with a general cinematic lesson — recounting the eight Academy Awards (including for Best Picture) won in 1939 by the “highly anticipated”

What to make of Dory Sief? Played by Alia Shawkat on the critical darling “Search Party,” Dory is an average NYC young woman who went from an inquisitive bystander in the first season to being accused of murder in the third, launching on HBO Max on June 25. Shawkat, who considers the role the best of her career, has done nuanced work in conveying the arc of a woman thrust into a fascinating nightmare.

pulled from the service earlier this month due to its depictions of “ethnic and racial prejudices”. Today, Dewey confirmed that the film will be back online “very soon” with added historical context.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorWarnerMedia Entertainment and iHeartMedia are partnering to co-produce a slate of companion podcasts for HBO Max’s upcoming original and legacy shows.The podcasts will play as standalone productions but often will center on and help promote HBO Max programming, the companies said.

HBO Max’s programming is getting the podcast treatment. WarnerMedia and iHeartMedia have inked a deal to co-produce a slate of companion podcasts for the streamer’s upcoming originals and legacy programming.

a bobble-head doll, now a show.Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Brooklyn-born immunologist leading the charge against the coronavirus, has quickly become a household name.

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Will Thorne Staff WriterBrian Grazer and his Imagine Television Studios shingle have set up a project at HBO Max based on Malcolm Gladwell’s best-selling book “Outliers.”The anthology series, which is now in development at the streamer, is a part historical drama, part biopic. Each season will profile individuals through the unique “Outliers” lens, looking at the specific historical situation which led to their outsized imprint on society and what ultimately makes them an Outlier.