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Upcoming DVD Releases

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COMING ON 10/18:
• Evil – Season 1 (CBS/Paramount)
$39.99 SRP Blu-ray MOD

EXTRAS: Evil Season One: Genesis; Does Evil Exist?; Deleted/Extended Scenes
—–Where does science end and the supernatural begin? That’s the mysterious – and dangerous – line explored by skeptical psychologist Kristen Bouchard (Katja Herbers) when she teams up with priest-in-training David Acosta (Mike Colter) to explore the evil humanity is capable of. Together, they dive into the Catholic Church’s files of occult phenomena to bring them to rational conclusions, or attempt to. Angel sightings, demonic possessions, prophecies and conspiracies will test their faiths and push them to their limits, as they learn that the world’s darkness may run deeper than they ever thought possible. Experience the investigation across 13 thrilling episodes of EVIL Season One in this 3-disc collection.
NOTE: this title has been available on DVD format since June 2020, but is now being offered on Blu-ray Disc for the first time as an MOD (Manufacture On Demand) item

• Evil – Season 2 (CBS/Paramount)
$39.99 SRP Blu-ray MOD

EXTRAS: Deleted Scenes
—–In Season 2 of Evil, Kristin (Katja Herbers) struggles with her darker nature after killing a man, while David (Mike Colter) suffers temptation as he gets closer to his ordination. Meanwhile Ben (Aasif Mandvi) is visited by night terrors that prey on his greatest fears. Includes all 13 episodes! 3-disc set.
NOTE: this title has been available on DVD format since June 2022, but is now being offered on Blu-ray Disc for the first time as an MOD (Manufacture On Demand) item

COMING ON 10/25:
• Tom Swift: The Complete Series (CBS/Paramount)
$19.99 SRP DVD MOD

—–As an exceptionally brilliant inventor with unlimited resources and unimaginable wealth, the devilishly charming Tom Swift (Tian Richards) is a man who many men would kill to be, or be with…a man with the world in the palm of his hand. But that world gets shaken to its core after the shocking disappearance of his father, thrusting Tom into a breathtaking adventure full of mysterious conspiracies and unexplained phenomena. 2-disc set.
NOTE: as of today’s writing, this title has only been announced for DVD format

COMING ON 11/1:
• Euphoria – The Complete Seasons 1 + 2 (HBO/Warner)
$39.99 SRP DVD

EXTRAS: Special Episodes
—–Season 1 of this intense HBO drama focuses on 17-year-old Rue Bennett (multimedia star Zendaya), a drug addict fresh from rehab who is struggling to stay clean. Ahead of the second season, the Emmy-winning series returns with two special episodes set over the Christmas holiday. Season 2 continues to follow Rue’s dynamic group of friends as they enter a new year and question their choices. 5-disc set.
NOTE: as of today’s writing, this title has only been announced for DVD format

• Friends – The One With All The Holidays Collection (Warner)
$19.99 SRP DVD

EXTRAS: Includes Commentaries on Select Episodes
—–Put on the Thanksgiving pants and settle in for holiday laughs! What are holidays but a time to be among Friends? Love might not be in the air, but laughs are when Chandler goes on a blind date with Janice on Valentine’s Day. Christmas is the season for even more laughs when Monica and Rachel give cookies instead of cash to the building’s super, and he neglects to fix the heat during a sweltering holiday party. And Joey’s job selling Christmas trees causes Phoebe to worry for all the leftover trees that aren’t picked. Ross gives a novel interpretation of the season with his “holiday armadillo.” Halloween brings out guest star Sean Penn, and Thanksgiving brings (Jennifer Aniston’s then-husband) Brad Pitt as an old friend who can’t stand Rachel. The gang’s reminiscences about their worst holidays involve Joey getting his head stuck in a turkey and Phoebe losing her arm (twice) in 1862 and 1912! There’s no better way to celebrate the season than with Friends in this 15-disc collection. 2-disc set.

• The Big Bang Theory – Holiday Collection (Warner)
$14.99 SRP DVD

—–GEEK OUT FOR THE HOLIDAYS! Jettison the gingerbread. Nix the Nutcracker. Your yuletide season just got exponentially funnier! We’ve gathered nine beloved holiday-themed episodes of The Big Bang Theory in one prodigious package. Relive all the laughs with Leonard, Sheldon, Penny, Howard, Raj, Bernadette, and Amy as they put their unique spin on the season’s festivities. Flash back to Sheldon’s fanatical gift-giving protocol. Toast the Thanksgiving when a ghost from Penny’s past comes back to haunt her. Gather with the gang as they contemplate where they’d be if they never met Sheldon. And that’s just the start. Sit back and enjoy a new and hilarious holiday tradition with everybody’s favorite phenoms. Single-disc title.

• The Librarians – The Ultimate Collection (Electric Entertainment)
$49.99 SRP DVD

—–Based on TNT’s hit movie franchise, The Librarians centers on an ancient organization dedicated to protecting an unknowing world from the secret, magical reality hidden all around. Rebecca Romijn, Christian Kane, Lindy Booth and John Harlan Kim star in the TV series as protectors of the world’s mystical treasures, with Emmy winner John Larroquette as their reluctant caretaker. The series features Noah Wylie as Flynn Carsen, the character made popular in the original TV movies. This set also includes the following complete Librarian features: Quest for the Spear, Return to King Solomon’s Mines, and Curse of the Judas Chalice. 14-disc set.
NOTE: as of today’s writing, this title has only been announced for DVD format

• Dark Winds – Season 1 (RLJ/Image)
$34.97 SRP DVD; $35.97 SRP Blu-ray

—–On a remote outpost of the Navajo Nation near Monument Valley in 1971, Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn of the Tribal Police is besieged by a series of seemingly unrelated crimes. The closer he digs to the truth, the more he exposes the wounds of his past. He is joined on this journey by his new deputy, Jim Chee, who has his own old scores to settle. Together, the two men battle the forces of evil, each other and their own personal demons on the path to salvation. Zahn McClarnon, Kiowa Gordon, Jessica Matten, Deanna Allison, Rainn Wilson, Noah Emmerich. From Executive Producers George R R Martin and Robert Redford. 2-disc set in either format.

COMING ON 11/15:
• Halo – Season 1 (Showtime/Paramount)
$39.99 SRP DVD; $43.99 SRP Blu-ray; $50.99 SRP 4K UHD; $58.99 SRP 4K UHD Limited Edition Steelbook

EXTRAS: Featuring over 5 hours of EXCLUSIVE Special Features!
—–After years of human civil war and growing political unrest, mankind’s very future is threatened when our outermost colonies intrude upon the sacred worlds of the Covenant…a fanatical powerful alliance of alien species. As the Covenant destroys world after human world, only one soldier slows their advance: a cybernetically enhanced “Spartan” supersoldier, the Master Chief. But as the incredible mystery of the Covenant’s true ambition, and the secrets of his own enigmatic past converge, then he will have to decide if humanity is a cause worth saving. This collection includes every exhilarating episode. 5-disc set in each format.

• Doom Patrol – The Complete 3rd Season (Warner)
$24.98 SRP DVD; $29.98 SRP Blu-ray

EXTRAS: LIFE AFTER DEATH (All-New Featurette – Going inside Season 3 of Doom Patrol with an in-depth look at all the mayhem and madness that follows on the heels of Niles Caulder’s death. Showrunner Jeremy Carver and the cast of the series discuss the loss of Niles, new beginnings, awakenings and new journeys in a unique way); FILTER NOT INCLUDED: ROBOTMAN’S BEST LINES (All-New Featurette – He may be mostly machinery, but one thing Robotman does not have is a filter. As The Doom Patrol’s most foul-mouthed robot/grandfather, Cliff Steele never holds back exactly what he’s thinking); Digging Deep Into Doom Patrol: Introducing Madame Rouge; This Season On – The Doom Patrol
—–DC’s unlikeliest group of Super Heroes are back! The third season of Doom Patrol opens with Niles Caulder’s “super” daughter Dorothy’s confrontation with the Candlemaker, that leads to a devastating loss. The Doom Patrol is at a difficult crossroads, and each member struggles to face who they are and who they want to be. And things get a whole lot more complicated when Madame Rouge (Michelle Gomez) arrives in a time machine with a very specific mission. If only she could remember it. 3-disc set in either format.
NOTE: this title was released in Canada back in May 2022; this is its first USA release

• A Discovery of Witches – The Complete Trilogy (RLJ/Image)
$79.99 SRP DVD; $79.99 SRP Blu-ray

EXTRAS: over 80 minutes of bonus features
—–Adapted from Deborah Harkness’ best-selling trilogy of novels, A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES is a bold and romantic thriller that uncovers a secret underworld of vampires, witches and daemons hiding in plain sight for fear of persecution by humans. Brilliant historian Diana Bishop is a witch denying her own heritage. But when she unexpectedly calls up an ancient, bewitched manuscript from Oxford’s Bodleian Library, she finds herself thrown into the heart of a dangerous mystery – and into the path of the enigmatic geneticist and vampire Matthew Clairmont. Across three distinctive and gripping seasons, Diana and Matthew’s quest to solve the mystery of the book and their own long-prophesied connection to it throws them into the path of dangerous enemies. Season 2 takes them back to the 16th century, crossing paths with historical figures Diana thought she could only dream of meeting, as she comes into her own incredible power. In Season 3, Diana and Matthew must try to make scientific breakthroughs into a terrible disease that affects their own family, deal with huge loss, new beginnings, and old foes, as their journey takes them towards a thrilling and incendiary conclusion. 6-disc set in either format.
NOTE: the attached package art may not be finalized, and could be subject to change

COMING ON 11/22:
• Night Gallery – Season 3 (Kino Lorber)
$49.95 SRP Blu-ray

EXTRAS: NEW Audio Commentary for THE RETURN OF THE SORCERER by Novelist/Critic Kim Newman and Writer/Editor Stephen Jones; UPDATED Audio Commentary for THE RETURN OF THE SORCERER by Night Gallery Authors/Historians Jim Benson and Scott Skelton; NEW Audio Commentary for THE GIRL WITH THE HUNGRY EYES by Night Gallery Author/Historian Scott Skelton; NEW Audio Commentary for THE GIRL WITH THE HUNGRY EYES by Author/Historian David J. Schow; NEW Audio Commentary for RARE OBJECTS by Night Gallery Author/Historian Jim Benson, Featuring Comments by Creator/Writer Rod Serling; Legendary Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro; Actors Mickey Rooney and Raymond Massey; Director Jeannot Szwarc and Night Gallery Artist Tom Wright; NEW Audio Commentary for RARE OBJECTS by Film Historian Craig Beam; NEW Audio Commentary for SPECTRE IN TAP-SHOES by Author/Historian Amanda Reyes; NEW Audio Commentary for YOU CAN COME UP NOW, MRS. MILLIKAN/SMILE, PLEASE by Night Gallery Author/Historian Jim Benson, Featuring Comments by Actors Ozzie Nelson, Lindsay Wagner, Michael Lerner and Roger Davis; Director John Badham and Night Gallery Artist Tom Wright; NEW Audio Commentary for YOU CAN COME UP NOW, MRS. MILLIKAN/SMILE, PLEASE by Novelist/Critic Tim Lucas; NEW Audio Commentary for THE OTHER WAY OUT by Night Gallery Author/Historian Scott Skelton; NEW Audio Commentary for FRIGHT NIGHT by Night Gallery Author/Historian Scott Skelton; NEW Audio Commentary for FRIGHT NIGHT by Author/Historian Amanda Reyes; NEW Audio Commentary for FINNEGAN’S FLIGHT by Night Gallery Author/Historian Jim Benson, Featuring Comments by Creator/Writer Rod Serling; Legendary Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro; Actors Burgess Meredith and Cameron Mitchell; Makeup Artist Leonard Engelman; Barry Sullivan’s Daughter, Actress Jenny Sullivan and Night Gallery Artist Tom Wright; NEW Audio Commentary for FINNEGAN’S FLIGHT by Television Music Historian Dr. Reba Wissner; NEW Audio Commentary for SHE’LL BE COMPANY FOR YOU by Author/Historian Amanda Reyes; NEW Audio Commentary for SHE’LL BE COMPANY FOR YOU by Film Historian Craig Beam; NEW Audio Commentary for THE RING WITH THE RED VELVET ROPES by Night Gallery Author/Historian Jim Benson, Featuring Comments by Creator/Writer Rod Serling; Actors Joan Van Ark and Gary Lockwood; Director Jeannot Szwarc; Makeup Artist Leonard Engelman and Night Gallery Artist Tom Wright; NEW Audio Commentary for THE RING WITH THE RED VELVET ROPES by Television Music Historian Dr. Reba Wissner; NEW Audio Commentary for SOMETHING IN THE WOODWORK by Night Gallery Author/Historian Scott Skelton; NEW Audio Commentary for SOMETHING IN THE WOODWORK by Novelist/Critic Kim Newman and Writer/Editor Stephen Jones; NEW Audio Commentary for DEATH ON A BARGE by Night Gallery Author/Historian Scott Skelton; NEW Audio Commentary for DEATH ON A BARGE by Novelist/Critic Tim Lucas; NEW Audio Commentary for WHISPER by Night Gallery Author/Historian Jim Benson, Featuring Legendary Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, Actors Sally Field and Dean Stockwell; Director Jeannot Szwarc; Writer David Rayfiel; Cinematographer Gerald Perry Finnerman; Associate Producer Burt Astor and Night Gallery Artist Tom Wright; NEW Audio Commentary for THE DOLL OF DEATH by Novelist/Critic Kim Newman and Writer/Editor Stephen Jones; NEW Audio Commentary for HATRED UNTO DEATH/HOW TO CURE THE COMMON VAMPIRE by Screenwriter/Historian Gary Gerani; THE SYNDICATION CONUNDRUM PART 3: A NEW Look at the Show’s Troubled Second Life in Reruns – A Featurette by Film Historian Craig Beam
—–Join the master of the macabre, The Twilight Zone’s Rod Serling, as he invites you into the transfixing world of fantasy, horror and science fiction that lurks within the Night Gallery. In this third and final season of the classic anthology series, Serling once again presents stories that leave an undeniable chill, filled with restless spirits, murderous spouses and unidentified terrors that go bump in the night. Featuring a sensational roster of entertainment legends including John Astin, Bill Bixby, Chuck Connors, Sandra Dee, Sally Field, Burl Ives, Fernando Lamas, Raymond Massey, Burgess Meredith, Dina Merrill, Cameron Mitchell, Leonard Nimoy, Geraldine Page, Joanna Pettet, Vincent Price, Mickey Rooney, Dean Stockwell, Susan Strasberg and many, many more. John Badham (Saturday Night Fever), Leonard Nimoy (Three Men and a Baby) and Jeannot Szwarc (Supergirl) are among the talents behind the bloodcurdling Night Gallery: Season 3, available for the first time in HD, from 2K scans of the interpositives!

COMING ON 12/6:
• Bluey – Season 2 (BBC)
$19.98 SRP DVD

—–51 fun adventures! 2-disc set.
NOTE: this season was previously released on DVD in August 2022 as part of the 4-disc set Bluey – The Complete Seasons 1 & 2; this is the first time the second season is being offered on DVD separately



HBO Renews Drama Series EUPHORIA For A Third Season

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HBO Renews Drama Series EUPHORIA For A Third Season

HBO announced today that the Emmy®-winning drama series EUPHORIA has been renewed for a third season.

Created, written, directed and executive produced by Sam Levinson, starring Emmy® winner Zendaya, and produced in partnership with A24, the eight-episode second season of EUPHORIA debuted on January 9 with episodes airing weekly on HBO and HBO Max. The season two finale airs on February 27.

Season 2 executive producers: Sam Levinson, Kevin Turen, Ravi Nandan, Drake, Adel “Future” Nur, Zendaya, Will Greenfield, Ashley Levinson, Ron Leshem, Daphna Levin, and Hadas Mozes Lichtenstein. Based on the Israeli series of the same name, which was created by Ron Leshem and Daphna Levin, from HOT.

Season 2 series regulars: Emmy®-winner Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Nika King, Eric Dane, Angus Cloud, Jacob Elordi, Algee Smith, Sydney Sweeney, Alexa Demie, Barbie Ferreira, Maude Apatow, Javon Walton, Dominic Fike, Storm Reid and Austin Abrams.

Season 2 logline: Amidst the intertwining lives in the town of East Highland, 17-year-old Rue (Zendaya) must find hope while balancing the pressures of love, loss, and addiction.

NPR heralded the second season of EUPHORIA as “a creative triumph,” calling it “thrilling, daring, disquieting and compelling.” Vulture praised it for an “abundance of artistic confidence that makes it intoxicating to watch.” Mashable hailed the season as “spectacular,” “stupefyingly bold,” and “an electrifying ride,” noting “Zendaya is at a career-best.”

EUPHORIA’s season two premiere episode debuted as the most viewed episode of an HBO series ever on HBO Max, currently with more than 14 million viewers across platforms, more than double the average audience of Season 1 (6.6 million viewers per episode). The season two premiere episode was also the #1 most social premium cable episode since the “Game of Thrones” finale in May 2019.

Francesca Orsi, Executive Vice President, HBO Programming quote: “Sam, Zendaya, and the entire cast and crew of EUPHORIA have taken Season 2 to extraordinary heights, challenging narrative convention and form, while maintaining its heart. We couldn’t be more honored to work with this gifted, wildly talented team or more excited to continue our journey with them into Season 3.“



HBO Max Reveals New Campaign Spot Highlighting Upcoming Originals

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HBO Max Reveals New Campaign Spot Highlighting Upcoming Originals, Warner Bros. Streaming Exclusives, Hit Movies And More Arriving In 2022

Today HBO Max released a new campaign introducing the streamer’s unprecedented line-up for 2022, featuring highly anticipated original programming, Warner Bros. films made exclusively for HBO Max, new content from beloved DC and Wizarding World franchises, hit movies, and more. Following a year marked by groundbreaking hits, the spot signifies HBO Max’s continued commitment to deliver audiences fresh and imaginative content, featuring bold, iconic characters from the world’s best creators—all in one place.

Among the exciting line-up are new Max Original series “Peacemaker,” starring John Cena as the compellingly vainglorious character Peacemaker from “The Suicide Squad” and “Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts,” a capstone event of the holiday season celebrating the anniversary of the franchise’s first film “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” along with Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and other legendary cast members. New HBO Originals in the line-up include “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty,” a fast-break series chronicling the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports’ most revered and dominant dynasties and “House of the Dragon,” telling the story of House Targaryen 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones.”

Viewers can also spot never-before-seen footage from anticipated titles including new Max Original series “Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin,” “Julia,” “Love & Death,” and new HBO Originals “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” “The White House Plumbers,” and “We Own This City.”

First looks are also included from acclaimed returning HBO Originals “Westworld,” “His Dark Materials,” and “The Nevers,” and Max Originals “The Flight Attendant” and “Raised by Wolves.”

Additionally, the spot introduces Warner Bros. Streaming Exclusives, a collaboration that includes a number of films made exclusively for HBO Max. “House Party,” “Father of The Bride,” “Kimi,” “The Fallout,” “Scoob: Holiday Haunt,” and “Moonshot” are among the films set to debut throughout 2022.

For more information about HBO Max, visit HBOMax.com.

Complete list of titles featured in the spot:
*New footage
HBO Originals
Westworld*
Season 4
​​The Emmy®-winning one-hour drama series WESTWORLD is a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the birth of a new form of life on Earth.

The Gilded Age
New Series
From creator Julian Fellowes, the American Gilded Age was a period of immense economic change, of great conflict between the old ways and brand new systems, and of huge fortunes made and lost. Against the backdrop of this transformation, the series follows a young woman who becomes enmeshed in a social war between old and new money in 1880s New York high society.

Euphoria
Season 2
Amidst the intertwining lives in the town of East Highland, 17 year old Rue (Zendaya) must find hope while balancing the pressures of love, loss, and addiction.

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
New Series
A fast-break ten episode series chronicling the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports’ most revered and dominant dynasties — a team that defined an era, both on and off the court.

House of the Dragon
New Series
Based on George R.R. Martin’s “Fire & Blood,” the series, which is set 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones,” tells the story of House Targaryen.

Barry
Season 3
The Emmy® winning dark comedy series starring and co-created by Emmy® winner Bill Hader returns. Desperate to leave his violent past behind in favor of his newfound passion, Barry is attempting to untangle himself from the world of contract killing and fully immerse himself in acting. But getting out is messy. While Barry has eliminated many of the external factors that pushed him towards violence, he soon discovers they weren’t the only forces at play. What is it about his own psyche that led him to become a killer in the first place?

The Time Traveler’s Wife*
New Series
An intricate and magical love story, adapted by Steven Moffat from the much loved novel by Audrey Niffenegger. The series tells the story of Clare (Rose Leslie) and Henry (Theo James), and a marriage with a problem… time travel.

The White House Plumbers*
New Limited Series
The White House Plumbers tells the story of how Nixon’s own political saboteurs and Watergate masterminds, E. Howard Hunt (Woody Harrelson) and G. Gordon Liddy (Justin Theroux), accidentally toppled the Presidency they were zealously trying to protect.

We Own This City*
New Limited Series
From George Pelecanos and David Simon, a six-hour limited series chronicling the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force.

A Black Lady Sketch Show
Season 3
Created by and starring Robin Thede, the Emmy®-winning narrative sketch comedy series features a core cast of Black women living relatable, hilarious experiences in a magical reality that subverts traditional expectations.

His Dark Materials*
Season 3
Adapting Philip Pullman’s award-winning trilogy of the same name, which is considered a modern masterpiece of imaginative fiction, the third season will be based on Pullman’s final novel in the trilogy – The Amber Spyglass – and will see Will (Amir Wilson), the bearer of The Subtle Knife and Lyra (Dafne Keen), the prophesied child, travel through multiple worlds to find and protect each other.

The Nevers*
New Episodes, Season 1, Part 2
Victorian London is rocked to its foundations by a supernatural event which gives certain people – mostly women – abnormal abilities, from the wondrous to the disturbing. But no matter their particular “turns,” all who belong to this new underclass are in grave danger. It falls to mysterious, quick-fisted widow Amalia True (Laura Donnelly) and brilliant young inventor Penance Adair (Ann Skelly) to protect and shelter these gifted “orphans.” To do so, they will have to face the brutal forces determined to annihilate their kind.

The Righteous Gemstones
Season 2
Created, written and executive produced by Danny McBride, and marking his third HBO comedy series from Rough House Pictures, the series tells the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed and charitable work. Season two finds our blessed Gemstone family threatened by outsiders from both the past and present who wish to destroy their empire.

Max Originals
Gossip Girl
Season 2
Developed by showrunner Joshua Safran, a writer and executive producer on the original series, this extension of the pop culture classic takes us back to the Upper East Side, where we find a new generation of New York private school teens who are introduced to social surveillance nine years after the original blogger’s website went dark.

Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin*
New Series
In the dark, coming-of-age, horror-tinged drama PRETTY LITTLE LIARS: ORIGINAL SIN, we find ourselves miles away from Rosewood, but within the existing Pretty Little Liars universe — in a brand-new town, with a new generation of Little Liars.

Julia*
New Series
JULIA, an eight-episode first season, is inspired by Julia Child’s (played by Sarah Lancashire) extraordinary life and her long-running television series, “The French Chef,” which pioneered the now popular genre of cooking shows.

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
New Special
A capstone event of the holiday season celebrating the anniversary of the franchise’s first film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone along with Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and other legendary cast members.

DMZ*
New Limited Series
A four-part limited event series from Emmy® nominee Roberto Patino and Emmy® winner/Academy Award® nominee Ava DuVernay, who also directs the first episode. DMZ is based on the popular DC comic and set in New York City in the not-so-distant future when the country is embroiled in a bitter civil war.

Hacks
Season 2
From creators Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello and Jen Statsky, the Emmy®-winning comedy starring Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder as a legendary Las Vegas comedian and an entitled, outcast 25-year-old, returns for a second season.

Peacemaker
New Series
Written and directed by James Gunn, PEACEMAKER will explore the continuing story of the character that John Cena reprises in the aftermath of James Gunn’s 2021 film “The Suicide Squad” – a compellingly vainglorious man who believes in peace at any cost, no matter how many people he has to kill to get it.

Love & Death*
New Series
Written by David E. Kelley, directed by Lesli Linka Glatter and starring Elizabeth Olsen as Candy Montgomery, the series is based on a true story revolving around two church going couples, enjoying small town family life in Texas, until somebody picks up an axe.

The Staircase*
New Limited Series
An eight-episode limited series based on a true crime docuseries starring Academy Award-Winner® Colin Firth as American novelist Michael Peterson; exploring his life, his sprawling North Carolina family and the suspicious death of his wife, Kathleen Peterson (played by Toni Collette).

Our Flag Means Death*
New Series
The Max Original comedy series is loosely based on the true adventures of Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby), a pampered aristocrat who abandoned his life of privilege to become a pirate. The series is directed by and also stars Academy Award® winner Taika Waititi as “Blackbeard,” history’s most feared and revered pirate.

Sesame Street
Season 52
Season 52 continues a playful problem-solving curriculum, designed to build critical thinking skills in young children and equip them to handle challenges in school and beyond. As characters and kids approach challenges creatively, they repeat the phrase “I Wonder…What if…Let’s Try!” This framework for finding solutions is used in Street Stories, interstitials, and Elmo & Tango’s Mysterious Mysteries segments.

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai*
New Series
In the animated television adaptation, we travel back to 1920s Shanghai to reveal the story of how 10-year-old Sam Wing (future shop owner Mr. Wing in the 1984 movie) met the young Mogwai called Gizmo. Along with a teenage street thief named Elle, Sam and Gizmo take a perilous journey through the Chinese countryside, encountering, and sometimes battling, colorful monsters and spirits from Chinese folklore. On their quest to return Gizmo to his family and uncover a legendary treasure, they are pursued by a power-hungry industrialist and his growing army of evil Gremlins.

Raised By Wolves*
Season 2
In season two of RAISED BY WOLVES, Android partners Mother (Amanda Collin) and Father (Abubakar Salim), along with their brood of six human children, join a newly formed atheistic colony in Kepler 22 b’s mysterious tropical zone. But navigating this strange new society is only the start of their troubles as Mother’s “natural child” threatens to drive what little remains of the human race to extinction.

Legendary
Season 3
The Max Original ballroom competition series will return for a third season. MC Dashaun Wesley, along with judges Leiomy Maldonado, Jameela Jamil, Law Roach and multi-Grammy® winner Megan Thee Stallion will return to crown another “Legendary” house.

The Flight Attendant*
Season 2
Season two finds Cassie Bowden (Kaley Cuoco) living her best sober life in Los Angeles while moonlighting as a CIA asset in her spare time. But when an overseas assignment leads her to inadvertently witness a murder, she becomes entangled in another international intrigue.

2021 Hit Movies
Free Guy
The Last Duel
F9: The Fast Saga

Warner Bros. Streaming Exclusives
House Party
Father of The Bride
Kimi
The Fallout
Scoob: Holiday Haunt
Moonshot



This January Stream “Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts,” “Peacemaker”

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This January Stream “Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts,” “Peacemaker,” “Euphoria,” “The Gilded Age,” “The Fallout” and More on HBO Max
Other highlights include newcomers “Take Out with Lisa Ling” and “My Mom, Your Dad”; the HBO Max debuts of “ER,” “The Mentalist,” “Pennyworth” and “Fringe”; as well as season five of “Gomorrah.”
[via press release from WarnerMedia]
This January Stream “Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts,” “Peacemaker,” “Euphoria,” “The Gilded Age,” “The Fallout” And More On HBO Max

Start your New Year right with a parade of original programming coming to HBO Max all month long!

Join Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and other esteemed cast members and filmmakers across all eight Harry Potter films, as they travel back to Hogwarts for the first time to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the franchise’s first film, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” The retrospective special “Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts” (1/1) will tell an enchanting making-of story through all-new in-depth interviews and cast conversations, inviting fans on a magical first-person journey through one of the most beloved film franchises of all time.

It’s a bird…it’s a plane… it’s our epic lineup of your favorite DC superhero series. “Peacemaker” (1/13) explores the origins of the character that John Cena first portrayed in James Gunn’s 2021 film, “The Suicide Squad” – a compellingly vainglorious man who believes in peace at any cost, no matter how many people he has to kill to get it. To celebrate the debut of the Max Original, the first episodes of DC’s “Harley Quinn,” “Titans,” and “Doom Patrol” will be available to sample for free as part of the “Best of DC” collection on hbomax.com/watch-free.

An incredible collection of original programming arrives this January including the highly anticipated second season of “Euphoria” (1/9). Created, written and directed by Sam Levinson, starring Emmy(R) winner Zendaya, and produced in partnership with A24, the drama series follows 17-year-old Rue as she finds hope while balancing the pressures of love, loss, and addiction. The month also brings new drama series “The Gilded Age” (1/24) from “Downton Abbey” creator Julian Fellowes, the second season of “The Righteous Gemstones” (1/9), the season premiere of the original comedy series “Somebody Somewhere” (1/16), the final season of “Search Party” (1/7), the season premiere of “Take Out with Lisa Ling” (1/27), and the season finale of “Station Eleven” (1/13).

SXSW multiple-award-winning feature “The Fallout,” debuts on HBO Max in January starring Jenna Ortega, Maddie Ziegler and Niles Fitch. The film follows high schooler Vada as she navigates the emotional fallout she experiences in the wake of a school tragedy. Her relationships with her family and friends, as well as her view of the world, are forever altered. The film will be released exclusively on HBO Max where available globally and will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures in the balance of international markets.

TITLES COMING TO HBO MAX IN JANUARY:

Exact Dates to be Announced:
The Fallout, 2021
January 1:

2 Guns, 2013 (HBO)

2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968

17 Again, 2009

300: Rise of an Empire, 2006

Acuitzeramo, 2019 (HBO)

All Star Superman, 2011

The Animatrix, 2003

Annabelle Comes Home, 2009

Amityville 3-D, 1983 (HBO)

Amityville II: The Possession, 1982 (HBO)

Aquaman, 2018

Barry Munday, 2010 (HBO)

Batkid Begins, 2015

Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero, 1998

Batman and Harley Quinn, 2017

Batman Begins, 2005

Batman Beyond: The Return of the Joker, 2000

Batman Ninja, 2018

Batman Unlimited: Animal Instinct, 2015

Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants, 2016

Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem, 2015

Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice, 2016

The Batman vs. Dracula, 2005

Batman vs. Robin, 2015

Batman vs. Two-Face, 2017

Batman: Assault on Arkham, 2014

Batman: Bad Blood, 2016

Batman: Death in the Family, 2020

Batman: Gotham by Gaslight, 2018

Batman: Gotham Knight, 2008

Batman: Hush, 2019

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, 1993

Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman, 2003

Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (Part 1), 2016

Batman: Soul of the Dragon, 2021

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1, 2012

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2, 2013

Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One, 2021

Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two, 2021

Batman: Under The Red Hood, 2010

Batman: Year One, 2011

Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), 2020

Brother Nature, 2016 (HBO)

Blade Runner: The Final Cut, 1982

The Bodyguard, 1992

Bullitt, 1968

Caddyshack, 1980

Caddyshack II, 1988

Capote, 2005 (HBO)

Casablanca, 1942

Catwoman, 2004

Chaplin, 1992 (HBO)

A Cinderella Story, 2004

A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song, 2011

Citizen Kane, 1941

A Clockwork Orange, 1971

Collide, 2016 (HBO)

Constantine: City of Demons, 2018

Cop Land, 1997 (HBO)

Cop Out, 2010

Crazy Rich Asians, 2018

The Curse of La Llorona, 2019

Daddy Day Camp, 2007

Daddy Day Care, 2003

The Dark Crystal, 1982

The Dark Knight, 2008

DC Showcase: Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam, 2010

DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year, 2016

DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games, 2017

DC Super Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis, 2018

The Death of Superman, 2018

Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons, 2020

The Departed, 2006

The Diary of a Teenage Girl, 2015

Dirty Harry, 1971

Dog Day Afternoon, 1975

Dumb And Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd, 2003

Easy A, 2010

Empire of the Sun, 1987

The Enforcer, 1976

Eraser, 1996

The Exorcist, 1973

The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Premiere (HBO)

The Faculty, 1998 (HBO)

Fast & Furious 6, 2013 (HBO)

Fatal Attraction, 1987 (HBO)

Fled, 1996 (HBO)

Four Christmases, 2008

Freedom Fighters: The Ray, 2017

Friday, 1995

The Friday After Next, 2002

Frozen River, 2008

The Fugitive, 1993

Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 2019

Gone Baby Gone, 2007 (HBO)

Gone with the Wind, 1939

Good Neighbours, 2010 (HBO)

The Goonies, 1985

The Gospel According To Andre, 2017 (HBO)

Gravity, 2013

The Green Hornet, 2011

Green Lantern, 2011

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, 2011

Green Lantern: First Flight, 2009

Gremlins 2: The New Batch, 1990

Harlem Nights, 1989 (HBO)

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, Max Original Premiere

​​Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses Season 1

Here Comes The Devil, 2012 (HBO)

The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies, 2014

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, 2013

Hobo With A Shotgun, 2011 (HBO)

House Party 2, 1991

House Party 3, 1994

House Party 4: Down To The Last Minute, 2000

House Party: Tonight’s The Night, 2013

Inception, 2010

It Chapter Two, 2019

JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time, 2014

John Dies At The End, 2012 (HBO)

Joker, 2019

Justice League, 2017

Justice League Dark, 2017

Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, 2020

Justice League vs. Teen Titans, 2016

Justice League vs. The Fatal Five, 2019

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, 2010

Justice League: Doom, 2012

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, 2013

Justice League: Gods & Monsters, 2015

Justice League: The New Frontier, 2008

Justice League: Throne of Atlantis, 2015

Justice League: War, 2014

Justice Society: World War II, 2021

Killing Gunther, 2017 (HBO)

Kiltro, 2006 (HBO)

King Kong, 1933

Kong: Skull Island, 2017

Horrible Bosses, 2011

Horrible Bosses 2, 2014

The Iron Lady, 2011

The Last Five Years, 2014 (HBO)

Last Night, 2010 (HBO)

Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’Hoole, 2010

The LEGO Batman Movie, 2017

LEGO Batman: DC Super Heroes Unite, 2013

LEGO DC Batman: Family Matters, 2019

LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman: Rage of Atlantis, 2018

LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League, 2015

LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom!, 2015

LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash, 2018

LEGO DC Shazam: Magic and Monsters!, 2020

LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Brain Drain, 2017

LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Super-Villain High, 2018

LEGO Justice League: Cosmic Clash, 2015

LEGO Justice League: Gotham City Breakout, 2016

Lethal Weapon, 1989

Little Nicky, 2000

The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring, 2001

The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King, 2003

The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers, 2002

The Losers, 2010

Love and Basketball, 2000

The Lucky One, 2012

Lucky Numbers, 2000 (HBO)

Mad Max: Fury Road, 2015

Magic Mike, 2012

Magnum Force, 1973

Malcolm X, 1992

The Maltese Falcon, 1941

The Mask, 1994

Mean Streets, 1973

Memento, 2000 (HBO)

The Mentalist

Michael Clayton, 2007

Mildred Pierce, 1945

Mimic, 1997 (HBO)

Mimic 2, 2001 (HBO)

Mimic 3: Sentinel, 2003 (HBO)

Mortal Kombat, 2021

Mortal Kombat Annihilation, 1997

Mortal Kombat Conquest

Mortal Kombat Legacy

Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms, 2021

Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge, 2020

Mutiny on the Bounty, 1935

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, 1989

National Lampoon’s European Vacation, 1985

National Lampoon’s Vacation, 1983

Necessary Evil: The Super-Villains of DC Comics, 2013

Next, 2007 (HBO)

Next Friday, 2000

North By Northwest, 1959

The Nun, 2018

Ocean’s 8, 2018

The Outlaw Josey Wales, 1976

Paddington 2, 2017

The Pelican Brief, 1993

The ​​Philadelphia Story, 1940

Pineapple Express, 2008

The Pirates! Band of Misfits, 2012

Practical Magic, 1998

Quigley Down Under, 1990 (HBO)

Racer And The Jailbird, 2017 (HBO)

Ready Player One, 2018

Reign of the Supermen, 2019

The Road Warrior, 1981

Romeo Must Die, 2000

Roots: The Gift, 1988

Roots (Mini Series), 2016

Roots: The Next Generation, 1979

Rumor Has It, 2005

Scooby-Doo, 2002

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, 2004

Ser Bi (Les Tissus Blancs), 2020

The Shawshank Redemption, 1994

Shazam!, 2019

The Shining, 1980

Singin’ in the Rain, 1952

Son of Batman, 2014

The Son of Kong, 1933

Spare Parts, 2015 (HBO)

Stealing Harvard, 2002 (HBO)

A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951

Sudden Impact, 1983

Suicide Squad, 2016

Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay, 2018

Sunset Song, 2015 (HBO)

Super Fly, 1972

Supergirl, 2015

Superman II, 1980

Superman III, 1983

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, 1987

Superman vs. The Elite, 2012

Superman: Brainiac Attacks, 2006

Superman: Doomsday, 2007

Superman: Man of Tomorrow, 2020

Superman: Red Son, 2020

Superman: The Movie, 1978

Superman: Unbound, 2013

Superman/Batman Public Enemies, 2009

Superman/Batman: Apocalypse, 2010

Swordfish, 2001

Teen Titans Go! To The Movies, 2018

Teen Titans Go! Vs. Teen Titans, 2019

Teen Titans Judas Contract, 2017

Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo, 2007

Thor: Tales of Asgard, 2011 (HBO)

Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride, 2005

A Time to Kill, 1996

The Time Traveler’s Wife, 2009

The Two Jakes, 1990 (HBO)

Training Day, 2001

Ultraviolet, 2006

Vegas Vacation, 1997

Venus And Serena, 2012 (HBO)

V for Vendetta, 2005

Vixen, 2017

Watchmen, 2009

Watchmen Motion Comics

Wedding Crashers, 2005

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, 1962

When Harry Met Sally, 1989

Where The Wild Things Are, 2009

The Wizard of Oz, 1939

Wonder Woman, 2017

Wonder Woman (Animated), 2009

Wonder Woman: Bloodlines, 2019

Wrong Turn At Tahoe, 2009 (HBO)

The Yellow Birds, 2017 (HBO)

Yes Man, 2008

Yogi Bear, 2010

Zookeeper, 2011

Zoom, 2006 (HBO)

January 2:

Wipeout Season 1 Part A

January 4:

Impractical Jokers: Inside Jokes (Batch 4)

Snowpiercer Season 2

January 5:

The Bachelor (XXV)

January 7:

Algo Azul, 2021 (HBO)

Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, 2021 (HBO)

Search Party, Max Original Season 5 Premiere

Teenage Euthanasia Season 1

January 9:

Euphoria, Original Season 2 Premiere (HBO)

The Righteous Gemstones, Original Season 2 Premiere (HBO)

January 12:

Joe Pera Talks With You Season 3

Squidbillies Season 13

January 13:

Diego, The Last Goodbye (Diego, el último adiós), Max Original Documentary

My Mom, Your Dad, Max Original Season 1 Premiere

Peacemaker, Max Original Season 1 Premiere

Station Eleven, Max Original Season Finale

January 14:

ER

January 15:

Fringe

January 16:

Somebody Somewhere Season Premiere (HBO)

January 17:

Injustice, 2021

The Murder of Fred Hampton, Documentary

January 19:

​​Last Open Mic at the End of the World, 2021

January 20:

Astral Journey (aka Jornada Astral), Max Original Season 1 Premiere

Looney Tunes Cartoons, Max Original Season 4 Premiere

Moses Storm: Trash White, Max Original Premiere

On The Job, Max Original (Mini Series) Season 1 Premiere

January 21:

Back On The Record with Bob Costas, Season 2 Premiere (HBO)

Chillin Island Season Finale (HBO)

Invisibles, 2020 (HBO)

The Last O.G Season 4

Real Time with Bill Maher, Season 20 Premiere (HBO)

January 24:

The Gilded Age, Season 1 Premiere (HBO)

Pennyworth, Seasons 1 and 2

January 25:

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, 2022 (HBO)

January 27:

Bunker, Max Original Season 1 Premiere

The Cut (aka O Grande Look), Max Original Season 1 Premiere

Gomorrah, Max Original Season 5 Premiere

Malignant, 2021 (HBO)

Take Out with Lisa Ling, Max Original Season 1 Premiere

January 28:

The Hangover Part III, 2013 (HBO)

January 29:

Reminiscence, 2021 (HBO)

TITLES LEAVING HBO MAX IN JANUARY:

January 20:

HBO First Look: Nightmare Alley (HBO)

January 31:

2 Days In The Valley, 1996 (HBO)

A Walk Among The Tombstones, 2014 (HBO)

Director’s Cut: Argo, 2012 (HBO)

Backtrack, 2021 (HBO)

Extended Versions: Battle For The Planet Of The Apes, 1973 (HBO)

Behind Enemy Lines, 1997 (HBO)

Beneath The Planet Of The Apes, 1970 (HBO)

Bio-Dome, 1996 (HBO)

Black Death, 2011 (HBO)

Blue Crush, 2002 (HBO)

Blue Ruin, 2014 (HBO)

Brubaker, 1980 (HBO)

Carmen y Lola, 2018 (HBO)

Chasing Mavericks, 2012 (HBO)

Extended Versions: Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes, 1972 (HBO)

Deep Cover, 1992 (HBO)

Desecho, 2017 (HBO)

Desperately Seeking Susan, 1985 (HBO)

Dirty Work, 1998 (HBO)

Unrated Version: Disaster Movie, 2008 (HBO)

Eight Men Out, 1988 (HBO)

Envy, 2004 (HBO)

Escape From The Planet Of The Apes, 1971 (HBO)

Ghost In The Machine, 1993 (HBO)

Gun Shy, 2021 (HBO)

Hacksaw Ridge, 2016 (HBO)

Hangman, 2021 (HBO)

Harley Davidson And The Marlboro Man, 1991 (HBO)

Heaven Can Wait, 1978 (HBO)

Hercules, 1983 (HBO)

Hitchcock, 2012 (HBO)

Humpday, 2009 (HBO)

Igby Goes Down, 2002 (HBO)

Johnny English Reborn, 2011 (HBO)

Julia, 2009 (HBO)

Kansas, 1988 (HBO)

Laws Of Attraction, 2004 (HBO)

Lincoln, 2012 (HBO)

Love And Death, 1975 (HBO)

Man Down, 2021 (HBO)

Married To The Mob, 1988 (HBO)

Mississippi Burning, 1988 (HBO)

Mystery Date, 1991 (HBO)

Nobody Walks, 2021 (HBO)

No Quiero Ser Tu Hermano, 2019 (HBO)

Planet Of The Apes, 1968 (HBO)

Popeye, 1980 (HBO)

Project X, 1987 (HBO)

Punisher: War Zone, 2008 (HBO)

Rabid, 1977 (HBO)

Director’s Cut: Rambo, 2008 (HBO)

Red, 2008 (HBO)

Romance & Cigarettes, 2007 (HBO)

Semi-Tough, 1977 (HBO)

Separate Tables, 1958 (HBO)

Serving Sara, 2002 (HBO)

Stand And Deliver, 1988 (HBO)

Stardust Memories, 1980 (HBO)

The Banger Sisters, 2002 (HBO)

The Double, 2014 (HBO)

The Hunt, 2020 (HBO)

The Last Of The Finest, 1990 (HBO)

The Man In The Iron Mask, 1998 (HBO)

The Out-Of-Towners, 1999 (HBO)

The Prince, 2014 (HBO)

The Punisher, 2004 (HBO)

The Purple Rose Of Cairo, 1985 (HBO)

The Score, 2001 (HBO)

The Square, 2017 (HBO)

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, 2011 (HBO)

Underwater, 2020 (HBO)

Up In The Air, 2009 (HBO)

Dolittle, 2020 (HBO)

Flipper, 1996 (HBO)

He Got Game, 1998 (HBO)

Snow Dogs, 2002 (HBO)

The Call Of The Wild, 2019 (HBO)

Cap, 2020 (HBO)

Evelyn X Evelyn, 2020 (HBO)

Flight, 2020 (HBO)

The Fisher King, 1991

The Fisherman, 2020 (HBO)

Wednesday, 2020 (HBO)



Emmy Award-Winning HBO Drama Series EUPHORIA Returns January 9

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Emmy Award-Winning HBO Drama Series EUPHORIA Returns January 9

Created, written and directed by Sam Levinson, starring Emmy winner Zendaya, and produced in partnership with A24, the drama series will return for its eight-episode second season SUNDAY, JANUARY 9 (9:00p.m. ET/PT) on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max.

Logline: Amidst the intertwining lives in the town of East Highland, 17 year old Rue (Zendaya) must find hope while balancing the pressures of love, loss, and addiction.

Season 2 Cast (series regulars): Emmy-winner Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Nika King, Eric Dane, Angus Cloud, Jacob Elordi, Algee Smith, Sydney Sweeney, Alexa Demie, Barbie Ferreira, Maude Apatow, Javon Walton, Dominic Fike, Storm Reid and Austin Abrams.

Credits: Created and written by Sam Levinson, who also serves as executive producer; executive producers Ravi Nandan, Kevin Turen, Will Greenfield, Drake, Adel “Future” Nur, Zendaya, Hadas Mozes Lichtenstein, Ron Leshem, Daphna Levin; Kenneth Yu serves as a producer; Ashley Levinson, Harrison Kreiss, and Julio Perez are Co-Producers. Produced in partnership with A24. and based on the Israeli series of the same name, which was created by Ron Leshem and Daphna Levin, from HOT.



New HBO Max Brand Spot Features First Looks At Upcoming Programming

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New HBO Max Brand Spot Features First Looks At Upcoming Programming “And Just Like That…,” “Peacemaker,” New Seasons Of “Euphoria,” “Insecure,” And More

During tonight’s Emmy® broadcast, HBO Max released a new brand spot featuring never-before-seen footage from upcoming Max Originals “And Just Like That…,” “Peacemaker,” and “The Sex Lives of College Girls,” and new seasons of HBO Originals “Euphoria,” “Insecure,” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” all premiering this fall and in early 2022.

The spot also includes scenes from Warner Bros. films debuting in theaters and on HBO Max: the highly anticipated “Dune” in October; “King Richard,” with Will Smith as the father determined to write his daughters, Venus and Serena, into history, in November; and “The Matrix Resurrections,” the latest in the groundbreaking franchise, arriving in December. The films will be available for 31 days from their theatrical release on HBO Max in the U.S. at no additional cost to subscribers, available only on the ad-free plan.

The complete list of titles featured in the spot:

HBO Originals including the third season of HBO’s Emmy®-winning drama series “Succession” (October 17); season eleven of HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (October); the fifth and final season of the Emmy®-winning HBO comedy series “Insecure” (October 24); and the second season of the Emmy® winning drama series “Euphoria.”

New Max Originals including “And Just Like That…,” the new chapter of the groundbreaking HBO series “Sex and the City”; “The Sex Lives of College Girls,” a comedy series from Mindy Kaling following four roommates at the prestigious Essex College in Vermont; and “Gossip Girl,” with the final six episodes of the first season—all debuting this fall.

The spot also features a first look at footage from the upcoming Max Original, “Peacemaker,” the new DC series starring John Cena, from “The Suicide Squad” writer/director James Gunn and producer Peter Safran that will debut in January 2022.

All new and returning HBO Max subscribers can enjoy their favorite HBO programming, Max Originals and more than 13,000 hours of content on the HBO Max ad-free monthly plan at a 50% discount. This new limited time promotion of $7.49 per month for up to six months is available through September 26.



HBO Max Now Offers Access To Select Free Episodes, In-App On Your Favorite Device

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HBO Max Now Offers Access To Select Free Episodes, In-App On Your Favorite Device

Beginning today, HBO Max will offer potential new subscribers in the U.S. the opportunity to watch select episodes of some of the platform’s most popular programming in-app before they sign up. The in-app offering is an extension of the long-standing sampling opportunities available via HBOMax.com and more recently, through Snapchat’s HBO Max Snap Mini, which allows Snapchatters to watch free episodes of HBO Max programming virtually alongside their friends within the Snapchat app.

With the launch of this new feature, viewers will now have the chance to take a sneak peek at the platform’s catalog of iconic and best-in-class programming prior to committing to a subscription, with the flexibility to watch a hand-picked selection of episodes in-app on their favorite supported device. The free experience will initially include 13 episodes of HBO and Max Originals, with new titles being rotated in and out of the collection periodically. The free offering will roll out today across all current HBO Max device partners.

Pilot episodes (Season 1, Episode 1) available in the collection at launch include:
Batwoman
Euphoria
Game of Thrones
Harley Quinn
Lovecraft Country
Love Life
Perry Mason
Raised By Wolves
The Flight Attendant
Titans
Veneno
Warrior
And
Doom Patrol – Season 2, Episode 1

This latest product feature also allows users to browse the entire HBO Max catalog of programming across the service in-app, and offers straightforward distinctions around which episodes can be viewed without a subscription and which ones are available after signing up.

With the recent launch of the advertising-supported subscription tier, HBO Max now provides consumers the flexibility to choose between the ad-free subscription option at $14.99 per month, or one with ads for $9.99 per month. For even further savings, HBO Max is now offering subscribers the option to pre-pay and save more than 15% by signing up for the ad-supported tier of HBO Max for $99.99/year or without ads for $149.99/year.

HBO Max offers consumers award-winning and iconic programming for each member of the household. This August, subscribers can stream a phenomenal new slate of programming, highlights including Season 3 of the popular DC Universe superhero series, “Titans,” HBO Sports and NFL Films’ sports reality series, “Hard Knocks: The Dallas Cowboys,” and Issa Rae’s new unscripted series “Sweet Life: Los Angeles”. August’s film additions include the HBO Documentary Film “Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union,” Warner Bros. Pictures’ superhero action adventure “The Suicide Squad” and action thriller “Reminiscence,” both available in theaters and on HBO Max the same day. Warner Bros. films that premiere in theaters and on HBO Max the same day are only available on the $14.99 per month Ad-Free HBO Max plan for 31 days from their theatrical release.



HBO’s EUPHORIA Second Special Episode To Premiere Early On HBO Max On January 22

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HBO’s EUPHORIA Second Special Episode To Premiere Early On HBO Max On January 22


The second special episode of the Emmy®-winning HBO drama series EUPHORIA will receive an early premiere on HBO Max beginning FRIDAY, JANUARY 22 at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT in advance of its HBO premiere on SUNDAY, JANUARY 24 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.

The second special episode, directed by EUPHORIA creator Sam Levinson and titled “F*ck Anyone Who’s Not A Sea Blob,” follows Jules (played by Hunter Schafer) over the Christmas holiday as she reflects on the year. Schafer serves as co-executive producer on the second special episode, which she co-wrote with Levinson. Both special episodes were produced under COVID-19 guidelines.

The first special episode, “Trouble Don’t Last Always,” debuted December 6 on HBO and had an early streaming premiere on HBO Max starting December 4. It was the #1 most social program on premium cable throughout that weekend (Nielsen Social).

EUPHORIA received three Primetime Emmy® awards this year, including Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series (Zendaya), Outstanding Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) and Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics.

EUPHORIA is created and written by Sam Levinson, who also serves as executive producer; executive producers Kevin Turen, Ravi Nandan, Zendaya, Drake, Future the Prince, Hadas Mozes Lichtenstein, Ron Leshem, Daphna Levin, Tmira Yardeni, Mirit Toovi, Yoram Mokady and Gary Lennon; Will Greenfield serves as a co-executive producer. Produced in partnership with A24 and based on the Israeli series of the same name, which was created by Ron Leshem and Daphna Levin, from HOT.

Follow Euphoria on social and use #Euphoria to join the conversation:
Instagram: @euphoria
Twitter: @euphoriahbo



HBO’s EUPHORIA Second Special Episode Debuts January 24

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HBO’s EUPHORIA Second Special Episode Debuts January 24

Episode Is Co-Written And Co-Executive Produced By Hunter Schafer

The second of two special episodes of the Emmy® winning HBO drama series EUPHORIA will debut SUNDAY, JANUARY 24 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. The episode will air on HBO and be available to stream on HBO Max.

The special episode directed by Sam Levinson, titled “F*ck Anyone Who’s Not A Sea Blob,” follows Jules (played by Hunter Schafer) over the Christmas holiday as she reflects on the year. Schafer serves as co-executive producer on the second special episode, which she co-wrote with EUPHORIA creator Sam Levinson. The first special episode debuted Sunday, December 6 on HBO and had an early streaming premiere on HBO Max starting Friday, December 4. Both special episodes were produced under COVID-19 guidelines.

EUPHORIA received three Primetime Emmy® Awards this year, including Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series (Zendaya), Outstanding Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) and Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics.

EUPHORIA is created and written by Sam Levinson, who also serves as executive producer; executive producers Kevin Turen, Ravi Nandan, Zendaya, Drake, Future the Prince, Hadas Mozes Lichtenstein, Ron Leshem, Daphna Levin, Tmira Yardeni, Mirit Toovi, Yoram Mokady and Gary Lennon; Will Greenfield serves as a co-executive producer. Produced in partnership with A24 and based on the Israeli series of the same name, which was created by Ron Leshem and Daphna Levin, from HOT.



Stream EUPHORIA Special Episode Early On HBO Max

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Stream EUPHORIA Special Episode Early On HBO Max

HBO Max is surprising fans with an early late-night premiere of a new special episode of HBO’s EUPHORIA on THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3 (12:00 a.m. ET/9:00 p.m. PT). The first of two special episodes of the Emmy®-winning HBO drama series will debut on HBO on SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT, as previously announced. Most HBO subscribers in the U.S. have access to the HBO Max app as part of their HBO subscription and can visit HBOMax.com for more details.

In the aftermath of being left by Jules at the train station and relapsing, the first special episode follows Rue (played by Emmy®-winner Zendaya) as she celebrates Christmas. Jules (played by Hunter Schafer) will also appear in the episode. Written and directed by series creator Sam Levinson, the first episode, titled “Trouble Don’t Last Always,” also stars Colman Domingo, who appeared in season one. The title and date of the second episode are forthcoming. Both special episodes were produced under COVID-19 guidelines.

EUPHORIA received three Primetime Emmy® Awards this year, including Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series (Zendaya), Outstanding Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) and Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics.

EUPHORIA is created and written by Sam Levinson, who also serves as executive producer; executive producers Ravi Nandan, Kevin Turen, Drake, Future the Prince, Hadas Mozes Lichtenstein, Ron Leshem, Daphna Levin, Tmira Yardeni, Mirit Toovi, Yoram Mokady and Gary Lennon; Will Greenfield serves as a co-executive producer. Produced in partnership with A24 and based on the Israeli series of the same name, which was created by Ron Leshem and Daphna Levin, from HOT.

Follow Euphoria on social and use #Euphoria to join the conversation:
Instagram: @euphoria
Twitter: @euphoriahbo