HBO has ordered a second season of its docuseries The Jinx: The Life And Deaths Of Robert Durst, more than eight years after the first instalment. The second, six-part season is currently in production and expected to debut on Warner Bros. Discovery-owned HBO in 2024, continuing the investigation that first aired in 2015. Director Andrew […]
HBO in Latin America has picked up Mediapro drama La Mesías, one of the buzzy titles here in Cannes. The show is sold by Movistar Plus+ International and will become available across Lat Am. The seven-parter was produced for Movistar Plus by Suma Content, with Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo writing and directing. The show […]
Sky CEO Dana Strong has said she is “optimistic” of extending the HBO overall deal with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), which provides the pay TV operator with much of its most watched programming. The current deal – providing shows such as White Lotus and Succession to Sky – was struck in 2019 with Warner Media, […]
Global deals for ‘Best Interests’ France Télévisions, RTÉ in Ireland, ABC in Australia, Hot in Israel, Antenna in Greece, NPO in the Netherlands and Now TV in Hong Kong have all acquired BBC drama Best Interests. The deals for the Jack Thorne-penned series were secured by distributor Fifth Season, following the show’s Uk debut in […]
Netflix, Disney+, HBO and Paramount+ will together create hybrid AVOD-SVOD revenues of $20bn by 2029, according to a new report by Digital TV Research. This represents a $14bn rise form the current $6bn, with the revenues equally split between AVOD and SVOD, said the analyst firm. Simon Murray, principal analyst at Digital TV Research, explained: […]
The BBC has picked up AMC Networks’ drama Interview With The Vampire for BBC Two and iPlayer. The show, which is based on Anne Rice’s novel, is from Gran Via Productions, Dwight Street Book Club and AMC Studios. The seven-parter is set in New Orleans and tracks the lives of three vampires as they embark […]
HBO has cancelled its much-discussed music industry drama The Idol after just one season. The show was co-created by Sam Levinson (Euphoria), Abel Tesfaye (aka musician The Weeknd) and Reza Fahim, with Atlanta’s Amy Seimetz initially set to direct. She quit orior to production, however, and the show failed to find a sizeable audience. It […]
Succession creator Jesse Armstrong would not change anything about his hit HBO drama’s ending, admitting that he had “constant anxiety of screwing the show up” and “infecting” the rest of the series as it reached its climax. The drama wrapped its fourth and final season in May following a stellar run that tracked the life […]
HBO has renewed original comedy crime series The Righteous Gemstones for a fourth season, ahead of the third season finale this weekend. The series, which follows a famous family of dysfunctional televangelists and megachurch pastors, stars Danny McBride, Adam Devine, John Goodman and Edi Patterson. It is created and written by star McBride, who also […]
French broadcast group M6 has picked up HBO Max show Hacks and unveiled a raft of original programming as it looks to entice viewers across its channels and streaming services. The group’s top priorities were revealed at a press briefing yesterday in Paris by content and channels director Guillaume Charles, who pointed to the development […]
