‘Pretty Little Liars’ Reboot From ‘Riverdale’ Creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Gets Series Order At HBO Max

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorBET+ has picked up scripted comedy Ms. Pat from the Empire duo of co-creator/executive Lee Daniels and executive producer Brian Grazer with a 10-episode series order.

Also Read: 'Evil Eye' Star Sunita Mani on the 'Spooky' Similarities Between the Movie and Her Life“We are thrilled to welcome powerhouse creators Lee Daniels, Brian Grazer, and writing phenom Jordan E. Cooper home to the BET family.

HBO Max didn’t really blow minds with its original programming at launch. Sure, the addition of classic movies, the Studio Ghibli catalog and classic cartoons is all well and good, but we didn’t see an extensive slate of original shows except for “Raised by Wolves,” but that may change soon.

HBO Max has officially given the greenlight to a Green Lantern series!

Also Read: Susan Sarandon to Star in HBO Max Thriller Pilot 'Red Bird Lane' From John WellsThe series will be co-written and executive produced by Seth Grahame-Smith and Marc Guggenheim, with Grahame-Smith serving as showrunner.

After flirting with the idea of writing and directing the long-delayed “Flash” film, it appears that Seth Grahame-Smith has found his future DC property with the upcoming “Green Lantern” HBO Max series. And he’s teaming with a CW Arrowverse mainstay to bring the show to life.

Peter White Television EditorGreg Berlanti’s television adaptation of Green Lantern for HBO Max has found its writers and showrunner.The latest remake of the DC Comics book will be written by Seth Grahame-Smith, writer of The Lego Batman Movie, and Marc Guggenheim, co-creator of Arrow and a writer on the 2011 Green Lantern movie.Grahame-Smith, who at one point was attached to write and direct the long-gestating feature adaptation of The Flash, will showrun the series, which has been handed a

Also Read: 'West Wing' Reunion Trailer: The Bartlett Administration Returns in HBO Max Special (Video)Academy Award winner Sarandon will play the leading role of a hostess named Catherine, who is described as “brilliant, beautiful, magnetic — and a murderer.”See below for the descriptions of the other cast members’ roles:Clemons will play Jane. Jane is a mix of high intelligence and no common sense.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterHBO Max has given out a series order to “Green Lantern,” Variety has learned.Based on the DC Comics property, the show was first announced as being in development last year. Plot details are now available for the first time, however.

Nellie Andreeva, Alexandra Del Rosario HBO Max has assembled the cast for its YA drama pilot Red Bird Lane, from John Wells Prods. It will be led by Oscar winner Susan Sarandon, with Kiersey Clemons, Isidora Goreshter, Danny Huston, Ash Santos, Fiona Dourif, Dizzie Harris and Tara Lynne Barr also starring.Red Bird Lane, written by Sara Gran and directed by David Slade, is a psychological thriller that follows eight strangers who arrive at an isolate house, all for different reasons.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterHBO Max has set the cast for the drama pilot “Red Bird Lane,” with Oscar winner Susan Sarandon set to star.Along with Sarandon, Kiersey Clemons, Isidora Goreshter, Danny Huston, Ash Santos, Fiona Dourif, Dizzie Harris, and Tara Lynne Barr will also star.The show is described as a psychological thriller about eight strangers who arrive at an isolated house — all for different reasons — and quickly realize that something sinister and terrifying awaits them.Sarandon will

Naman Ramachandran HBO Max will be the exclusive U.S. home for drama comedy “I Hate Suzie,” originally commissioned by the U.K.’s Sky Studios, with Bad Wolf (“His Dark Materials”) producing.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVOn the heels of Raised By Wolves‘ successful debut on HBO Max, the streamer has signed an overall deal with Aaron Guzikowski, the the sci-fi series’ creator/executive producer.Raised By Wolves, which already has been renewed for a second season, wrapped its Season 1 run on HBO Max last week.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: We can tell you first that model and skateboarder Evan Mock has been cast as a series regular in HBO Max’s upcoming reimagination of Gossip Girl.

After Universal became the first studio to drop one of their 2020 releases on VOD first with “Trolls World Tour,” and after Disney did the same with “Mulan” and “Artemis Fowl” it is now Warner Bros.‘s turn to drop one of their fall releases straight to a streaming service. This time it is Robert Zemeckis‘ remake of Roald Dahl‘s “The Witches” that will skip theaters and head to the studios’ own streaming service HBO Max right in time for Halloween.

Though the original film is 70 years old, Akira Kurosawa’s “Rashomon” remains one of the most influential films ever to be released. To this day, you still hear descriptions of new films and TV projects as “Rashomon”-esque, as the style used to tell the mystery at the heart of the film has inspired so many copycats.

in development since 2018, is not a direct adaptation of the film, but retains the basic premise and distinctive plot device — an unraveling mystery seen through multiple characters’ competing perspectives — of the original film.Per HBO Max, “Each episode will present the perceived truth of an individual character – putting each, in turn, at the center of the story and telling the events surrounding the murder from their unique, self-serving point of view.”Also Read: 'Rashomon' Series Adaptation

Pretty Little Liars signed off, HBO Max has ordered Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, a new series from Riverdale boss Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina writer Lindsay Calhoon Bring. Original Sin isn't quite a reboot — it's set within the world of the original series but will focus on a whole new group of Liars in a new town.

  «Roberto and Lindsay are expanding the universe with more murder, mysteries, and scandal, and we can’t wait,» added Sarah Aubrey, head of original content, HBO Max.The original — created and developed by King and based on the book series of the same name by Shepard — debuted in 2010 and aired for six seasons before coming to an end in June 2017.