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HBO Max has acquired rights to Let Them All Talk, a new movie from Steven Soderberg that stars Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen, Dianne Wiest, Lucas Hedges and Gemma Chan. Production is already underway in New York on the pic, which was penned by Deborah Eisenberg. The film (Let Them All Talk is a working title) tells the…

Streamer HBO Max has set its pilot slate, handing out pilot orders to three projects — one-hour drama The Rules of Magic, from writer Melissa Rosenberg (Marvel’s Jessica Jones); half-hour dramedy Generation, from 17-year-old Zelda Barnz, her father Daniel Barnz and executive producer Lena Dunham; and hourlong YA drama…

With several big media companies gearing up for the launch of new streaming platforms, long-running broadcast comedy series are taking center stage as cornerstones of their offerings. NBCUniversal paid $500+ million for The Office, and HBO Max shelled out $425 million for Friends — both pulled away from Netflix…

HBO Max and BBC Three have partnered on a six-part comedy created by, written by and starring New Zealand-born comedian Rose Matafeo. They have ordered Starstruck from the 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner, who is based in London and has appeared on BBC's Have I Got News For You, W1A and Channel 4's The Great British…

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, HBO Max has landed Anna K, a TV series adaptation of Jenny Lee's upcoming YA novel, with a put pilot commitment. The project, now in early development, is a modern-day, empowering, multicultural retelling of Leo Tolstoy's classic Anna Karenina. It hails from Entertainment One…

Showtime Entertainment’s boss had some scathing streaming news to announce today at the TCA. Opening with a mocking declaration of the upcoming Showtime Maxi+ Plus streaming service, Gary Levine put Disney+, HBO Max and all the streaming services on notice that the CBS-owned premium cabler is ready for battle – with a…

The Doctor is heading to HBO Max after the WarnerMedia streaming service picked up the exclusive streaming rights to long-running BBC Studios drama Doctor Who. The service will have all 11 seasons of the sci-fi fan favorite at launch in spring 2020 including the SVOD premiere of season 11, which stars Jodie Whittaker…

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, streamer HBO Max has given an 8-episode straight-to-series order to Circe, a drama series adaptation of Madeline Miller's International bestseller of the same name. The Greek mythology-themed project hails from top feature writers Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver (Rise of the Planet o…

AT&T is rebranding DirecTV Now as AT&T Now as the satellite brand it acquired in 2015 loses currency in the streaming era. The telecom giant started notifying customers Tuesday morning of the change. According to a company website, current DirecTV Now customers won’t need to do anything as the change takes effect…

Cristin Milioti is set as the lead in HBO Max’s Made for Love, a half-hour straight-to-series adaptation based on Alissa Nutting’s tragicomic novel, from Patrick Somerville (Maniac, The Leftovers) and Paramount TV. S.J. Clarkson (Game of Thrones prequel, Collateral) is set to direct and executive produce. Made for Love…

Gossip Girl co-creator Josh Schwartz opened up about the forthcoming reimagining of the CW drama, which last week was ordered to series at HBO Max. He admitted that he and his producing partner Stephanie Savage had no interest in doing a version with the original cast grown up. "Stephanie and I have been talking about…

HBO Max, the upcoming WarnerMedia streaming platform, has put in development Drama Queen, a half-hour dramedy based on TVLine co-founder Michael Ausiello’s childhood. The project hails from  J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot and Warner Bros. Television. Ausiello is writing the pilot script and will serve as an executive producer…