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The Batman’: Joe Barton Joins HBO Max’s TV Series As Showrunner Following Terence Winter Departure Gotham PD

Joe Barton Talks Being Fired From ‘Batman’ & His “‘The Wire’ Set In Gotham City” Idea

June 10, 2022 12:34 pm

After raking in ~$770 million at the box office on a $200 million budget, it’s safe to say “The Batman” is the wild success Warner Bros wanted it to be. And with that financial success, Matt Reeves’ plans for ...

James Gunn Challenges His Audience With ‘Peacemaker’ [Interview]

Gregory Ellwood

June 7, 2022 10:00 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, Features, Interviews, News, Television

Since his directorial debut with "Slither" over 15 years ago, James Gunn has almost always defied conventions and his fans have loved him for it. He took the Marvel Cinematic Universe in a decidedly new direct...

‘Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes’ Trailer: New Uncovered Footage Will Grab Your Heart

Molly Cottee Tantum

June 5, 2022 9:05 am

News, Television, Trailers

The Russian nuclear reactor meltdown catastrophe known as Chernobyl was a once-in-a-lifetime disaster that shook the world. Craig Mazin explored much of it in a dramatized manner in HBO’s acclaimed “Chernobyl”...

Apple TV+ Order Two More Seasons Of ‘Slow Horses,’ HBO Max Orders Another One For ‘Our Flag Means Death’

Ned Booth

June 2, 2022 11:27 am

News, Television

As 2022 coasts into the summer months, it's time for studios to decide which of their new TV series get axed and which ones live on for another season or more. And it looks like two of this spring's most criti...

‘Irma Vep’ Trailer: Alicia Vikander Is A Movie Star In Olivier Assayas’ Meta-Remake For HBO

Oliver Weir

June 2, 2022 10:55 am

News, Television, Trailers

You’d think it’d be near impossible for Olivier Assayas to add any more meta-textual layers to his 1996 masterpiece, “Irma Vep,” which followed a fictional film crew in their attempts to remake the (real) 1916...

‘Made For Love’ Season 2 Review: Cristin Milioti’s Dystopian Nightmare Continues

Courtney Smith

May 22, 2022 11:21 am

News, Reviews, Television

Given our current scorching discourse on physical female autonomy — or lack thereof — is there anything more bleakly dystopian than the idea of a chip implanted inside a woman’s head so a Silicon Valley douche...

‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’: Steven Moffat & David Nutter Talk Time Travel, ‘Sherlock,’ & More [Bingeworthy Podcast]

Mike DeAngelo

May 19, 2022 12:22 pm

Interviews, Podcasts, Television

Fans of Steven Moffat and David Nutter would be quick to point out that the two are no strangers to a good bit of time travel, being creatives behind great episodes of “Doctor Who” and “The Flash,” but their n...

Warner Bros Discovery Has Canceled DC’s ‘Wonder Twins’ Movie At HBO Max As Company Focuses On Theatrical Releases

Christopher Marc

May 18, 2022 4:03 pm

News

Does the world of DC Films seem a little schizophrenic at times? Well, that happens when you change leadership seemingly dozens of times over a few years and or when a company is acquired by a larger parent co...

‘Hacks’ Season 2 Trailer: HBO Max’s Emmy-Winning Comedy With Jean Smart Returns May 12

Edward Davis

April 26, 2022 1:48 pm

News, Television, Trailers

If you watched the first season of the Emmy-winning and critically-acclaimed HBO Max comedy series “Hacks”—and you probably should if you didn’t, it’s a great conflict between two generations of comedians—you ...

‘Barry’: Anthony Carrigan Talks Becoming Noho Hank & ‘Barry Season 3 [Bingeworthy Podcast]

Mike DeAngelo

April 25, 2022 1:00 pm

Interviews, News, Podcasts, Television

In today’s episode of Bingeworthy, our revitalized TV and streaming podcast, co-hosts Mike DeAngelo and Rodrigo Perez dive into HBO Max’s beloved series, “Barry” from Bill Hader and Alec Berg. T...

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