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HBO is officially not moving forward with J.J. Abrams' ambitious HBO sci-fi drama series Demimonde. The decision comes after weeks of discussions with Abrams, his Bad Robot production company and Warner Bros. Television which were focused on the show’s budget. As Deadline reported last month, the studios on the…

J.J. Abrams’ ambitious HBO sci-fi drama series Demimonde has hit a major roadblock in its long journey to the screen. The issues, related to the show’s price, come amid talk of a potential reevaluation of the massive deal Abrams’ Bad Robot has at Warner Bros for film, TV, gaming and digital content as the new Warner Br…

Danielle Deadwyler is set as the lead in Demimonde, HBO’s sci-fi drama series, written, executive produced and to be directed by J.J. Abrams. In Demimonde, produced by Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television and HBO, when a woman, Olive Reed (Deadwyler), is torn away from her husband…

EXCLUSIVE: Kira Snyder (The Handmaid’s Tale) and longtime producing partners Rand Ravich & Far Shariat (Life) have been named co-showrunners and executive producers of Demimonde, J.J. Abrams' high-profile sci-fi drama series for HBO. Snyder has signed an overall deal with HBO, while Ravich and Shariat have renewed…

It was two years ago when HBO landed J.J. Abrams’ sci-fi drama spec Demimonde with a series order. In summer 2018, Jerusalem creator Bash Doran was brought in as showrunner. He exited a year later, with the project on hold since then while Abrams was wrapping post-production and doing a promotional tour for his latest…

EXCLUSIVE: There is a change at the helm of J.J. Abrams' high-profile drama series for HBO, Demimonde. Jerusalem creator Bash Doran, who had been tapped as executive producer and showrunner last summer as part of a two-year overall deal with HBO, has exited the project. Search is underway for a new showrunner. Demimo…

Jerusalem creator Bash Doran has been tapped as executive producer and showrunner of J.J. Abrams’ high-profile drama series Demimonde. It is part of a two-year overall deal the TV writer/playwright has signed with HBO. Demimonde, an epic and intimate sci-fi fantasy drama, comes from Warner Bros. TV, Abrams'…

HBO has nabbed the hot spec script by J.J. Abrams with a series pickup. The drama hails from Warner Bros. TV and Abrams’ studio-based Bad Robot Prods., and will be co-produced by HBO. Titled Demimonde, the project is as an epic and intimate sci-fi fantasy drama. Source previously have described it as centered around a…