‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Lassos Pandemic-High $16.7 Million Opening Alongside HBO Max Release

Following the departure of Terence Winter, HBO Max has announced that Joe Barton is taking over showrunning duties on “Gotham PD,” a spin-off show based on Matt Reeves‘ upcoming new “The Batman” film scheduled for March 2022. Barton is known as the creator of the BBC Two television crime series “Giri/Haji” about the Yakuza underworld in Japan and how it crosses over into London’s streets.

Selena Gomez and her rainbow-colored knives are back with the second season of her popular at-home cooking series,. And the singer took to social media to share the first look at the upcoming episodes for the HBO Max original, which returns in January.Just likeseason 1, pairs Gomez with world-renowned chefs to make tasty meals while stuck at home during the ongoing pandemic.

made a controversial bet to make “Wonder Woman,” which premiered in cinemas on Christmas Day, simultaneously available on its streaming service, HBO Max. The company also said it was putting its entire 2021 slate of films on HBO Max, in order to bolster the nascent service and appeal to housebound customers.

As we first told you on Dec. 22, Legendary and Warner Bros are poised to settle their fight over Godzilla vs.

GKIDS announced on Thursday its domestic release plans for Studio Ghibli’s newest feature, Earwig and the Witch. The film will open in select theaters on Feb.

“Search Party” started as the story of a search for a missing girl who never really wanted to be found. Everything that’s happened since that series premiere has been a repercussion of a decision to look for someone who no one seemed to care was missing.

the new The HBO Max series confirmed the newest class of New York City's rich, privileged and elite on New Year's Day in a slew of Instagram posts shared on its official page, alongside their full character names and mysterious one-word clues.It's the first time the series, which is expected to bow sometime in 2021, has officially revealed the newest Upper East Siders for Gossip Girl to gawk over.Emily Alyn Lind plays Audrey Hope, whose descriptor is «grace.» In a previous character description,

WarnerMedia has been getting an earful from creatives such as Christopher Nolan, Patty Jenkins, and Denis Villeneuve all voicing their concerns about the company releasing their entire 2021 slate of films on HBO Max with a new day-and-date model that certainly will place the streaming service in direct competition with traditional theaters and their ability to earn box office dollars.

Over the weekend, WarnerMedia took a major step in its plan to make HBO Max a legit contender to Netflix by releasing one of its biggest films of the year, “Wonder Woman 1984,” on the streaming service.

NEW YORK -- Despite premiering simultaneously by streaming service, “Wonder Woman 1984” managed the best box office debut of the pandemic, opening with $16.7 million over the Christmas weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.That's only a faint glimmer of typical business during the holiday season, when cinemas are usually packed and box office receipts are among the best of the year. Last year, “Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker" exceeded $32 million on Christmas Day alone.

Sunday AM Update: Refresh for more analysis and chart We’ll have to wait and see what success WarnerMedia drums up in regards to Wonder Woman 1984‘s outcome on HBO Max, but from a box office perspective over Christmas with 60% of the 5,8K theater domestic market closed due to COVID, it posted better 3-day numbers than Warner Bros.’ Tenet over Labor Day weekend with $16.7M at 2,151 theaters; the highest we’ve seen during the pandemic.

When the news that HBO Max was going to be the day-and-date home for all of Warner Bros.’ major 2021 releases, including the highly-anticipated “Dune,” the industry was shaken. And it didn’t take long at all for Legendary, the co-financiers and co-producers of “Dune,” to come forward with a legal challenge.

Over the past couple of weeks, since the announcement that WarnerMedia is releasing all of the 2021 WB films on HBO Max the same day as in theaters, it appears that almost every filmmaker that has publicly spoken about the move has disagreed with the idea of collapsing the theatrical window. And those that understand the decision are still upset that WarnerMedia didn’t warn filmmakers before the announcement.

Steven Soderbergh has been a filmmaker that has consistently pushed the boundaries of whatever medium he’s working in. On the small screen, he’s pushed the limits of TV and on streaming platforms with projects like “Wireless” and “Mosaic.” In film, he’s tested new ways of filming things (with smaller cameras and even smartphones), as well as marketing films (taking on the role of de facto marketer for “Logan Lucky,” for example.

HBO Max has announced that the dating reality series 12 Dates of Christmas, which was created by the team behind Love Is Blind, will be coming back for a second season!

Chappelle’s Show will be removed by HBO Max by the end of 2020, honouring a request by Dave Chappelle.The news was confirmed by HBO and HBO Max chief content officer Casey Bloys, in conversation with Variety.“We had a conversation with Dave,” Bloys began.

Natalie Oganesyan editorIn today’s TV news roundup, HBO Max unveiled the teaser trailer for the fourth season of its original dark comedy “Search Party” and production company Sister acquired the exclusive rights to adapt Lydia Millet’s critically-acclaimed novel “A Children’s Bible” to a limited series.HBO Max Original “Search Party,” which will debut its fourth season Jan. 14, released a teaser trailer.

‘It stopped being a party a long time ago,” is the new tagline for season four of HBO Max‘s “Search Party” and ain’t that the truth. Originally on TBS, “Search Party” was seemingly a fun, amusing, hip, funny show about millennials and millennial angst.