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The first season of Perry Mason was fantastic. It's one of those shows that a lot of people didn't talk about much.
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YES Perry Mason and White Lotus (first season especially). I think Perry Mason is set to start production soon on their next season. I know it's not an HBO show, but can I please get some love for Severance?
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SO good. The cast is amazing. Then again, nothing is as good as Deadwood...
‘Harry Potter’ Series Adaptation Officially Ordered at HBO Max, Will Feature Entirely New Cast
A “Harry Potter” TV series is officially moving forward at HBO Max.
The announcement was made during Warner Bros. Discovery’s presentation to press and investors on April 12, during which it was announced that HBO Max and Discovery+ are officially being combined into a new service dubbed simply Max.
News of a show based on the megahit J.K. Rowling book series first leaked on April 3, but details have now been confirmed.
Each season of the show will be based on one of the books in the franchise, with Warner Bros. Discovery describing the show as a “decade-long series.” It will feature an entirely new cast from the films.
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This is going to sound silly, but I'm most upset about losing the color purple. When HBO Max launched, the progress bar on the player (at least on the web version), as well as the watched progress bar on the thumbnails for movies and episodes was a cool purple. Now it's a bland white. And now the service itself will lose the now-iconic purple for another blue, like Disney+.Warner Bros. Discovery’s revamped subscription service is just called “Max,” and the company explained why it dropped the HBO branding at a press event on Wednesday. A key reason was to help Warner Bros. Discovery broaden the appeal of the app so that it’s not mostly targeted at content for adults.
“We want [Max] to be welcoming to all and easily recognizable, including to a key customer segment, kids and families,” JB Perrette, president and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery’s global streaming and games, said at the event. “We all love HBO. And it’s a brand that has been built over five decades to be the edgy, groundbreaking trendsetter in entertainment for adults. But it’s not exactly where parents would most eagerly drop off their kids.”
With Max, Warner Bros. Discovery sees an opportunity to better showcase its kids-focused brands like Cartoon Network, Boomerang, the Wizarding World, and Looney Tunes within the app.
But HBO isn’t going away, of course, and you’ll still see it in the app. “HBO is not TV — HBO is HBO,” Perrette said. “It needs to stay that way, which is why we will privilege it in the product experience and also not push it to the breaking point.”
We won’t have long to wait to see exactly how everything will appear in the app, as Max launches on May 23rd. Current HBO Max subscribers will pay the same price they do now when the app updates to Max, and users’ “profiles, settings, watch history, ‘Continue Watching,’ and ‘My List’ items” will transfer to the new experience, Warner Bros. Discovery said in a press release.
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