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Degrassi Reboot Coming to HBO Max
Trends and cliques may come and go, but nothing endures like the allure of high school drama. HBO Max announced today that a reboot of Degrassi — the long-running Canadian teen drama series — is in the works. To keep you satiated until its 2023 premiere, the streaming platform has also picked up the US rights for all 14 seasons of Degrassi: The Next Generation. Like its predecessor, the new Degrassi will focus on a set of Toronto high school students on their own paths toward self-discovery. Its 10 episodes will take a deep dive into the ensemble cast, who live “in the shadow of events that both bind them together and tear them apart.” Degrassi will be helmed by showrunners Lara Azzopardi (Backstage, The Bold Type, Mary Kills People) and Julia Cohen (Riverdale, A Millio...
Colin Farrell to Reprise His Role as The Penguin in The Batman Spinoff Series
With Matt Reeves’ The Batman set to arrive in a matter of months, Colin Farrell has signed on for an HBO Max spinoff series based on his character The Penguin. According to Variety, he has been tapped to both star in and executive produce the show. While the series will reportedly dive into Penguin’s rise to power in the Gotham criminal underworld, it’s not clear if it will be a direct follow-up or a prequel. We’ll have to wait until The Batman hits theaters on March 4th, 2022 to see if the character is already a villain or just beginning his descent. One of the most infamous members of Batman’s Rogues Gallery, the Penguin, aka Oswald Cobblepot, has a rich history of live-action portrayals. On the TV side, Burgess Meredith played the top-hat-and-monocle wearing baddie in the 1960...
Sex and the City Does A Victory Lap in And Just Like That Trailer: Watch
Carrie Bradshaw and company seem to have it all figured out in their 50s — at least that’s what the trailer for And Just Like That, HBO Max’s upcoming Sex and the City sequel series, will have you believe. The streaming platform shared the official trailer for the show today ahead of its premiere on December 9th. “The more I live, the more I find that if you have good friends in your corner, anything’s possible,” Sarah Jessica Parker says as Bradshaw at the beginning of the trailer. Soon enough, she’s joined by her own good friends, Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte York Goldenblatt (Kristin Davis), and the inspirational quotes keep coming. “And just like that, after all the years and all the changes, you’re still you.” According to HBO Max, across 10 half-hour ep...
HBO’s DMX Doc Provides a Turbulent Snapshot Into Late Rapper’s Final Year on the Road
About 45 minutes into HBO’s DMX: Don’t Try to Understand documentary, Dark Man X lets his life’s purpose be known, “To be an inspiration to someone that I don’t know.” Seventy-four million records later and even following his tragic passing at the age of 50 on April 9, DMX is still a beacon of hope to those he doesn’t know. Explore Explore DMX See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Director Christopher Frierson and a film crew followed DMX — born Earl Simmons — for about a year from the second he stepped out of a West Virginia prison on a snowy day in January 2019 after serving a year behind bars on federal tax evasion charges. The COVID-19 pandemic halted the film’s momentum once the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival was postponed. It wasn’t until around Christmas ...
And Just Like That… Teaser Reveals Next Chapter of Sex and the City: Watch
Today is a good day for Sex and the City fans who’ve been waiting with bated breath to catch the next chapter of their favorite series. HBO Max has shared the teaser trailer for And Just Like That… and revealed the sequel will be premiering in less than a month. “They say some things never change, but the truth is life is full of surprises,” narrates Sarah Jessica Parker’s Carrie Bradshaw during the clip. “And as your story unfolds, the city reinvents itself. And just like that, a new chapter begins.” The teaser shows Carrie reuniting with Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte York Goldenblatt (Kristin Davis), while providing brief glimpses at their new lives, 20 years later. Fans get a shot of Carrie with Big while Charlotte is shown at her child’s recital. We also see the lat...
Billie Eilish is “Happier Than Ever” Singing on Sesame Street: Watch
Billie Eilish recently took a break from stadiums and festivals to sing on the more humble soundstage of Sesame Street. The artist swung by the beloved children’s show to perform a new version of her hit “Happier Than Ever” with The Count meant to help kids count to two. Watch the performance below. “When I’m counting with you, I’m happier than ever,” the singer tells the vampire in this stoop serenade. “Numbers sound so much better,” the puppet replies. Eilish also helps a shivering Burt count his sweaters, and adds up the noggins on the Two-Headed Monster. Even Elmo lends a hand. Big Bird, meanwhile, just looks on in awe. Maybe he was starstruck. Eilish is one of many stars joining the Muppets for Sesame Street’s 52nd season, debuting November 11th on HBO Max. Musicians Kacey Musgraves, ...
Brendan Fraser Cast as Villain Firefly in Batgirl Movie
The DC Extended Universe is at the forefront of the Fraserssance. Already with a starring role on Doom Patrol, Brendan Fraser has now joined the cast of Batgirl as the villainous Firefly (via Deadline). Fraser will face off against Leslie Grace as the title heroine in the upcoming HBO Max feature. Firefly, aka Garfield Lynns, is one of the most enduring members of the Bat-Family’s Rogues Gallery. He’s also a pretty straightforward bad guy, as far as the typical Gotham psychopaths are concerned: He’s a pyromaniac who uses a fireproof flight suit to zip around setting blazes with the attached flamethrower, napalm bombs, and in some instances even a superheated plasma sword. Batgirl is coming from Bad Boys for Life directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, with a script fr...
John Cena’s Peacemaker Is the Hero We Don’t Need in First Trailer for HBO Max Show: Watch
He’s not the hero we need, but maybe he’s the hero we deserve. Peacemaker is here in the first trailer for John Cena’s The Suicide Squad spin-off series coming to HBO Max on January, 13th 2022. Picking up where the hit DC Extended Universe movie left off, Cena’s Peacemaker is brought back from the brink of death by Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) “just to save the fucking world, that’s all.” Now under the charge of his handlers (Danielle Brooks’ Leota Adebayo, Chukwudi Iwuji’s Clemson Murn, Steve Agee’s John Economos, and Jennifer Holland’s Emilia Harcourt), it’s up to Peacemaker to bring peace to the country — no matter who he has to kill to get it. The teaser trailer also introduces Freddie Stroma as Adrian Chase/Vigilante, another wacky anti-hero who kills for the greater good. We als...
Trailer for HBO Max’s What Happened, Brittany Murphy? Sits in Simon Monjack’s Shadow: Watch
In 2009, shortly after an ambulance arrived at her Los Angeles home, Brittany Murphy died of what the coroner said was pneumonia. Pneumonia is a serious illness, but it isn’t usually fatal for 32-year-olds, and can often be easily treated at the hospital, so questions have swirled ever since. The upcoming HBO Max documentary What Happened, Brittany Murphy? seeks to figure out just that: What happened? And in the first trailer, the strange behavior of her husband Simon Monjack casts a long shadow. “Simon took her away,” one interviewee notes in the preview. “He made sure no one could get to her.” We see footage of her life from as early as middle school, and track her progress from someone who was already skinny to a big star who had “lost an inordinate amount of weight.” The...
Halsey’s If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power Film to Premiere on HBO Max
Halsey‘s musical film If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power is officially set to premiere this Thursday (October 7th) on HBO Max. The news comes after the streamer acquired the film — which will debut as a MAX ORIGINAL — following its limited run in IMAX theaters ahead of the release of Halsey’s album of the same name. At the time, If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power raked in nearly a million dollars at the box office over just two days of limited showing in 43 select major cities across the US and Canada. According to its official description, the hour-long cinematic experience “introduces a young pregnant Queen, Lila, as she wrestles with the manipulative chokehold of love to ultimately discover that the ability to create life (and end it) unlocks the paranormal power within her.” Advertisem...
EXCLUSIVE: The Guys from Issa Rae’s ‘Sweet Life: Los Angeles’ Use Their Platform to Promote Healing
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Courtesy of HBO Max / P’Jae Compton On the surface, it’s another reality show. A handful of beautiful women and handsome men getting into clashes, dating and partaking in drama. But, there are some twists to HBO Max’s Sweet Life Los Angeles. The seven main characters: Tylynn Burns, Jerrold Smith II, Briana Jones, Cheryl Des Vignes, P’Jae Compton, Amanda Scott, Jordan Bentley are all ambitious and focused on success and a quality of life. The young stars heard about the show through a mutual friend and who suggested their friend group be featured. The crew is about 20 young men and women who make appearances on the show, but the storylines are about the seven main cast members. The three main male stars: P’Jae Compton, Jerrold Smith II, and Jordan Bentley ...
Dickie Moltisanti Commits Some “Good Deeds” in The Many Saints of Newark Trailer: Watch
An empire of crime is built on “good deeds” in the newest trailer for The Many Saints of Newark. This cinematic prequel to The Sopranos will air on HBO Max on October 1st. The first trailer for The Many Saints of Newark shined a spotlight on young Anthony Soprano as played by Michael Gandolfini, the son of the role’s originator, James Gandolfini. That sneak peek hinted at the teenage bruiser’s relationship with his uncle Dickie Moltisanti (Alessandro Nivola), but if this latest preview is any guide, Moltisanti is less a supporting part than the main player. The second trailer opens with Moltisanti visiting a prison and sitting down opposite Aldo ‘Hollywood Dick’ Moltisanti (Ray Liotta). “What do you want, Richard?” Liotta sneers. “I’ll be honest with you,...
