HBO previously gave us a first look at most of the projects featured in a sizzle reel, but there are some we’ve got to see for the first time. House of the Dragon and Peacemaker both got teaser trailers earlier this year, but this video reminded us they’re just one tiny piece of HBO’s offering in 2022.

The promo clip also features footage from the returning seasons of some of HBO’s most popular shows. Barry, Euphoria, Westworld, and His Dark Materials are some of the beloved series featured in a teaser, but the list goes on and on.

HBO also took a moment to showcase everything from its brand-new series (Love & Death, The Time Traveler’s Wife, Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin), projects inspired by true stories (Winning Time, Julia, The White House Plumbers), and one-off specials (Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts).

The sizzle reel also gave us a sneak peek at some of the most exciting original movies coming to HBO Max in 2022 including House Party, Father of The Bride, and The Fallout.

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The streamer confirmed the news in a press release but the reasons for cancelation remain unknown.

The original Head of the Class ran for five seasons from 1986 to 1991. The sitcom centered around a group of gifted students attending the Individualized Honors Program at Manhattan’s Millard Fillmore High School. The show was followed by a spin-off Billy, which was canceled after season one in 1992.

The reboot, developed by Amy Pocha and Seth Cohen (Paradise PD), was officially announced in 2020. The new sitcom revolved around a new group of students attending the honors debate class at Meadows Creek High School and their teacher Alicia Gomez. It starred Isabella Gomez as the teacher with the remainder of the cast including Dior Goodjohn, Gavin Lewis, and Jolie Hoang-Rappaport. Robin Givens, who starred in the original as Darlene Merriman, made an appearance as a special guest star.

“We will not be moving forward with a second season of Head of the Class,” HBO Max said in a press release. “We were grateful to work with Bill, Amy, and Seth to bring back such an iconic series, and we thank them and the terrific cast for their hard work and dedication.”

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The Game of Thrones star has signed on the voice star as Princess Charlotte, the daughter of Prince William and Kate Middleton in the animated series from creator Gary Janetti. Janetti announced the casting news via his Instagram account, which also happens to be the inspiration for the series. 

When the series was first announced, Janetti said,“I’m thrilled to be working at HBO Max and bringing them yet another series about a family ruthlessly fighting for the throne.”

Turner joins other A-list newcomers to the cast—Orlando Bloom who will voice Prince Harry and Condola Rashad set to play Meghan Markle. They star alongside Alan Cumming as George’s butler Owen, Frances De La Tour as Queen Elizabeth, Lucy Punch as Kate Middleton, and Iwan Rheon as Prince William.

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The cast includes Don Cheadle (Black Monday), Benicio Del Toro (Sicario), David Harbour (Stranger Things), Amy Seimetz (The Comey Rule), Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Ray Liotta (The Many Saints of Newark), Kieran Culkin (Succession), Brendan Fraser (Doom Patrol), Noah Jupe (Honey Boy), Bill Duke (Black Lightning), Frankie Shaw (SMILF), and Julia Fox (Uncut Gems).

The project was previously known as Kill Switch and production is re-starting in Detroit, with the cast and crew operating under “strict Covid-19 safety protocols” after pre-production was shut down in May. George Clooney and Sebastian Stan are no longer in talks to be in the film.

Written by Ed Solomon, No Sudden Move takes place in 1955 Detroit and centers around a group of small-time criminals who are hired to steal what they believe to be a simple document. After their plan goes astray, they search for who hired them and the purpose of their mission, which brings them through the race-torn city that’s rapidly changing.

“The last time I shot a movie in Detroit with a great script and a great cast things worked out really well, so I’m very excited behind my mask right now,” said Soderbergh.

The project is part of a three-year deal Soderbergh signed in January with HBO and HBO Max. He previously worked on the drama Let Them All Talk with HBO Max starring Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen, Dianne Wiest, Lucas Hedges, and Gemma Chan.

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Multiple outlets report that HBO Max is heading to all Apple devices after the two parties brokered a key agreement as part of their “coopetition” arrangement. This means that HBO Max will be available and fully integrated with the Apple TV app on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Apple TVs. 

“As we prepare for the launch of HBO Max, our focus remains on making it as widely available as possible for customers seeking out this best-in-class streaming experience,” WarnerMedia Distribution chief Rich Warren said in the official announcement. “The availability to HBO Max across Apple devices is a great addition to our distribution offering and will provide seamless access for millions of customers.”

HBO Max is set to launch on May 27.

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Multiple outlets report that Emily Alyn Lind has joined the cast of the sequel series. 

The new iteration, like the original, is based on the book by Cecily von Ziegesar. It hails from Joshua Safran, Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage’s Fake Empire, Alloy Entertainment, Warner Bros TV and CBS Television Studios.

Lind will play a character named Audrey, who has been in a long term relationship and is beginning to wonder what more could be out there.

The original series ended in 2012 after six seasons on The CW and starred Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley, Chace Crawford and Ed Westwick.

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The Good Place actress is officially returning as the narrator for the sequel series from original creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage with writer Joshua Safran. 

The news was confirmed by the producers in a statement, which reads: “Kristen Bell has always been and will always be the voice of Gossip Girl.”

The Hollywood Reporter said that the new series is set eight years after the original ended and will feature a whole new gang of upper east siders. It will “address just how much social media—and the landscape of New York itself—has changed in the intervening years.” 

“We felt like a version that was just our cast grown up…it didn’t really feel like a group of adults who were being controlled by Gossip Girl would make a lot of sense, so it felt like there was something really interesting about this idea that we are all Gossip Girl now, in our own way, that we are all purveyors of our own social media surveillance state, and how that’s evolved, and how that has morphed and mutated and telling that story through a new generation of upper east side high school kids felt like the right time,” said Schwartz. 

HBO Max is set to launch in May 2020. 

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The forthcoming streamer, which comes courtesy of WarnerMedia, is expected to screen all 10 seasons of Friends, the entire Big Bang Theory collection, and to be home to the Gossip Girl spin-off as well as the new Grease series. 

A launch date for HBO Max has not yet been announced, other than some time in 2020. And neither has a price. 

But something we do know now is that AT&T customers who already subscribe to HBO will be able to stream HBO Max for free. 

According to Reuters, AT&T is targeting 80 million subscribers for HBO Max by 2025, including around 50 million in the United States. 

Analysts are expecting HBO Max to charge regular subscribers approximately $15 a month which is around $2 more than Netflix and Amazon Prime. 

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The yet-to-be-launched streaming service has announced that it will be featuring a Grease spin-off series as part of its bouquet. 

The show has been titled Grease: Rydell High and will be set at the school where John Travolta and Olivia Newton- John’s characters, Danny and Sandy, saw each other after first meeting during summer vacation. 

That holiday romance will set the scene for the prequel film Summer Loving which was announced by Paramount six months ago, but which is entirely separate from this series. 

“Grease is an iconic pop-culture phenomenon that works for every generation, and I’m thrilled that our friends at Paramount were excited about the idea of opening up the show and putting it on a larger canvas for a weekly series,” said Sarah Aubrey, head of content at HBO Max. “This is high school and life in small-town USA told on the scale of a big rock ’n’ roll musical. It’s Grease 2.0 but with the same spirit, energy and excitement you immediately think of when you hear any of these iconic songs. You’re the One That I Want!”

Although several details about Grease: Rydell High remain undetermined, the series is set to examine the peer pressures of high school, the horrors of puberty, and life in middle America during the 1950s while featuring big musical numbers from the era and original songs. 

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Lupita Nyong’o and Danai Gurira are set to be involved in the adaptation of the award-winning novel Americanah that came out in 2013.

New streaming service, HBO Max, has decided to order 10 episodes straight to series based on the story of Ifemelu, a young Nigerian woman who is forced to come to terms with the color of her skin when moving to the United States for college.

“Americanah has been a passion project for me since I read Chimamanda’s beautiful novel in 2013,” Nyong’o said. “It’s a tale that is simultaneously timely and timeless. HBO Max is the perfect partner to bring this profound and celebrated story to life, and I’m thrilled that Danai will bring to the project her intelligence, wit, and understanding of the stories and the worlds of Americanah.”

Nyong’o will star in the lead role of Ifemelu, with Gurira taking on showrunning duties. Both Black Panther stars will also executive produce.

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HBO previously gave us a first look at most of the projects featured in a sizzle reel, but there are some we’ve got to see for the first time. House of the Dragon and Peacemaker both got teaser trailers earlier this year, but this video reminded us they’re just one tiny piece of HBO’s offering in 2022.

The promo clip also features footage from the returning seasons of some of HBO’s most popular shows. Barry, Euphoria, Westworld, and His Dark Materials are some of the beloved series featured in a teaser, but the list goes on and on.

HBO also took a moment to showcase everything from its brand-new series (Love & Death, The Time Traveler’s Wife, Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin), projects inspired by true stories (Winning Time, Julia, The White House Plumbers), and one-off specials (Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts).

The sizzle reel also gave us a sneak peek at some of the most exciting original movies coming to HBO Max in 2022 including House Party, Father of The Bride, and The Fallout.

The post HBO Teases its Most Exciting Projects of 2022 in New Promo Clip appeared first on thestarsworldwide.com.

The streamer confirmed the news in a press release but the reasons for cancelation remain unknown.

The original Head of the Class ran for five seasons from 1986 to 1991. The sitcom centered around a group of gifted students attending the Individualized Honors Program at Manhattan’s Millard Fillmore High School. The show was followed by a spin-off Billy, which was canceled after season one in 1992.

The reboot, developed by Amy Pocha and Seth Cohen (Paradise PD), was officially announced in 2020. The new sitcom revolved around a new group of students attending the honors debate class at Meadows Creek High School and their teacher Alicia Gomez. It starred Isabella Gomez as the teacher with the remainder of the cast including Dior Goodjohn, Gavin Lewis, and Jolie Hoang-Rappaport. Robin Givens, who starred in the original as Darlene Merriman, made an appearance as a special guest star.

“We will not be moving forward with a second season of Head of the Class,” HBO Max said in a press release. “We were grateful to work with Bill, Amy, and Seth to bring back such an iconic series, and we thank them and the terrific cast for their hard work and dedication.”

The post “Head of the Class” Reboot Canceled at HBO Max appeared first on thestarsworldwide.com.

The Game of Thrones star has signed on the voice star as Princess Charlotte, the daughter of Prince William and Kate Middleton in the animated series from creator Gary Janetti. Janetti announced the casting news via his Instagram account, which also happens to be the inspiration for the series. 

When the series was first announced, Janetti said,“I’m thrilled to be working at HBO Max and bringing them yet another series about a family ruthlessly fighting for the throne.”

Turner joins other A-list newcomers to the cast—Orlando Bloom who will voice Prince Harry and Condola Rashad set to play Meghan Markle. They star alongside Alan Cumming as George’s butler Owen, Frances De La Tour as Queen Elizabeth, Lucy Punch as Kate Middleton, and Iwan Rheon as Prince William.

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The cast includes Don Cheadle (Black Monday), Benicio Del Toro (Sicario), David Harbour (Stranger Things), Amy Seimetz (The Comey Rule), Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Ray Liotta (The Many Saints of Newark), Kieran Culkin (Succession), Brendan Fraser (Doom Patrol), Noah Jupe (Honey Boy), Bill Duke (Black Lightning), Frankie Shaw (SMILF), and Julia Fox (Uncut Gems).

The project was previously known as Kill Switch and production is re-starting in Detroit, with the cast and crew operating under “strict Covid-19 safety protocols” after pre-production was shut down in May. George Clooney and Sebastian Stan are no longer in talks to be in the film.

Written by Ed Solomon, No Sudden Move takes place in 1955 Detroit and centers around a group of small-time criminals who are hired to steal what they believe to be a simple document. After their plan goes astray, they search for who hired them and the purpose of their mission, which brings them through the race-torn city that’s rapidly changing.

“The last time I shot a movie in Detroit with a great script and a great cast things worked out really well, so I’m very excited behind my mask right now,” said Soderbergh.

The project is part of a three-year deal Soderbergh signed in January with HBO and HBO Max. He previously worked on the drama Let Them All Talk with HBO Max starring Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen, Dianne Wiest, Lucas Hedges, and Gemma Chan.

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Multiple outlets report that HBO Max is heading to all Apple devices after the two parties brokered a key agreement as part of their “coopetition” arrangement. This means that HBO Max will be available and fully integrated with the Apple TV app on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Apple TVs. 

“As we prepare for the launch of HBO Max, our focus remains on making it as widely available as possible for customers seeking out this best-in-class streaming experience,” WarnerMedia Distribution chief Rich Warren said in the official announcement. “The availability to HBO Max across Apple devices is a great addition to our distribution offering and will provide seamless access for millions of customers.”

HBO Max is set to launch on May 27.

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Multiple outlets report that Emily Alyn Lind has joined the cast of the sequel series. 

The new iteration, like the original, is based on the book by Cecily von Ziegesar. It hails from Joshua Safran, Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage’s Fake Empire, Alloy Entertainment, Warner Bros TV and CBS Television Studios.

Lind will play a character named Audrey, who has been in a long term relationship and is beginning to wonder what more could be out there.

The original series ended in 2012 after six seasons on The CW and starred Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley, Chace Crawford and Ed Westwick.

The post “Gossip Girl” Reboot Finds Its Lead: Emily Alyn Lind appeared first on thestarsworldwide.com.

The Good Place actress is officially returning as the narrator for the sequel series from original creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage with writer Joshua Safran. 

The news was confirmed by the producers in a statement, which reads: “Kristen Bell has always been and will always be the voice of Gossip Girl.”

The Hollywood Reporter said that the new series is set eight years after the original ended and will feature a whole new gang of upper east siders. It will “address just how much social media—and the landscape of New York itself—has changed in the intervening years.” 

“We felt like a version that was just our cast grown up…it didn’t really feel like a group of adults who were being controlled by Gossip Girl would make a lot of sense, so it felt like there was something really interesting about this idea that we are all Gossip Girl now, in our own way, that we are all purveyors of our own social media surveillance state, and how that’s evolved, and how that has morphed and mutated and telling that story through a new generation of upper east side high school kids felt like the right time,” said Schwartz. 

HBO Max is set to launch in May 2020. 

The post Kristen Bell Will Be Back as the Voice of “Gossip Girl” appeared first on thestarsworldwide.com.

The forthcoming streamer, which comes courtesy of WarnerMedia, is expected to screen all 10 seasons of Friends, the entire Big Bang Theory collection, and to be home to the Gossip Girl spin-off as well as the new Grease series. 

A launch date for HBO Max has not yet been announced, other than some time in 2020. And neither has a price. 

But something we do know now is that AT&T customers who already subscribe to HBO will be able to stream HBO Max for free. 

According to Reuters, AT&T is targeting 80 million subscribers for HBO Max by 2025, including around 50 million in the United States. 

Analysts are expecting HBO Max to charge regular subscribers approximately $15 a month which is around $2 more than Netflix and Amazon Prime. 

The post HBO Max To Be Free For AT&T Subscribers appeared first on thestarsworldwide.com.

The yet-to-be-launched streaming service has announced that it will be featuring a Grease spin-off series as part of its bouquet. 

The show has been titled Grease: Rydell High and will be set at the school where John Travolta and Olivia Newton- John’s characters, Danny and Sandy, saw each other after first meeting during summer vacation. 

That holiday romance will set the scene for the prequel film Summer Loving which was announced by Paramount six months ago, but which is entirely separate from this series. 

“Grease is an iconic pop-culture phenomenon that works for every generation, and I’m thrilled that our friends at Paramount were excited about the idea of opening up the show and putting it on a larger canvas for a weekly series,” said Sarah Aubrey, head of content at HBO Max. “This is high school and life in small-town USA told on the scale of a big rock ’n’ roll musical. It’s Grease 2.0 but with the same spirit, energy and excitement you immediately think of when you hear any of these iconic songs. You’re the One That I Want!”

Although several details about Grease: Rydell High remain undetermined, the series is set to examine the peer pressures of high school, the horrors of puberty, and life in middle America during the 1950s while featuring big musical numbers from the era and original songs. 

The post “Grease” is the Word at HBO Max appeared first on thestarsworldwide.com.

Lupita Nyong’o and Danai Gurira are set to be involved in the adaptation of the award-winning novel Americanah that came out in 2013.

New streaming service, HBO Max, has decided to order 10 episodes straight to series based on the story of Ifemelu, a young Nigerian woman who is forced to come to terms with the color of her skin when moving to the United States for college.

“Americanah has been a passion project for me since I read Chimamanda’s beautiful novel in 2013,” Nyong’o said. “It’s a tale that is simultaneously timely and timeless. HBO Max is the perfect partner to bring this profound and celebrated story to life, and I’m thrilled that Danai will bring to the project her intelligence, wit, and understanding of the stories and the worlds of Americanah.”

Nyong’o will star in the lead role of Ifemelu, with Gurira taking on showrunning duties. Both Black Panther stars will also executive produce.

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