THE first review of Game of Thrones season 8 promises that the show’s conclusion will be both dramatic and emotionally charged. Fans of the HBO fantasy series have watched the characters battle for the Iron Throne for eight years with plenty of heartbreak from brutal deaths along the way. HBO president Casey Blows has seen the final series and although his opinion may be a little biased, he is confident fans will be satisfied with the ending. “Everything I have seen makes me very, very confident that this is a [season] fans are going to be very happy with,” HBO president Casey Bloys told TVLine. “It is a dramatically and emotionally thrilling way to end the series. I believe it will live up to the very high expectations.” The plot of the final series has been kept almost completely under wraps but fans have noticed major clues in this newest batch of pictures that establish who the 13 major characters are - and what their fates might be before the … [Read more...] about Game of Thrones ending is ‘dramatically and emotionally thrilling’ claims HBO boss in first review of series 8
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HBO Adapting They Both Die at the End with J.J. Abrams
bad robot productions comedy jj abrams Sci-Fi they both die at the end westworld By Jeff Ames ON February 14, 2019 HBO adapting They Both Die at the End with J.J. Abrams HBO and J.J. Abrams are teaming up once more to adapt Adam Silvera’s 2017 New York Times best-selling novel They Both Die at the End, according to Deadline. Set in the near-future in which people are given a phone call to alert them of their last day on Earth, They Both Die at the End follows two boys who join a number of people as they live out their final day via a number of “scary, funny, weird, hopeful, [and] romantic” situations. RELATED: Exclusive Overlord Head Explosion Clips Go Behind-the-Scenes! The Other Two co-creator Chris Kelly will aid in the production. Kelly also wrote and directed Other People, which made its debut at the Sundance film Festival in 2016, and served as a writer for SNL. They Both Die at the End marks the latest HBO venture for Abrams and his Bad Robot … [Read more...] about HBO Adapting They Both Die at the End with J.J. Abrams
‘Veep’ actor Matt Walsh talks end of HBO series and playing the ‘Beauty’ in a rom-com at a French vineyard
By Peter Larsen | [email protected] | Orange County RegisterPUBLISHED: February 13, 2019 at 1:46 pm | UPDATED: February 13, 2019 at 1:46 pm When HBO’s “Veep” went on hiatus, actor Matt Walsh had a chance to swap his role as communications director to Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s Vice President Selina Meyer to play a rumpled romantic lead in a rom-com filmed in France. So off he went. The seventh and final season of “Veep” arrives this spring, having wrapped up shooting in December just before the film “Under The Eiffel Tower” arrived in theaters and digital services this month. “The ride has been tremendous,” Walsh said of the time he’s spent on the HBO show that twice earned him Emmy nominations for best supporting actor in a comedy series. “I always say I’ve done good quality shows before, but nothing with the same penetration and appreciation that ‘Veep’ has. Judith Godrèche and Matt Walsh star … [Read more...] about ‘Veep’ actor Matt Walsh talks end of HBO series and playing the ‘Beauty’ in a rom-com at a French vineyard
J.J. Abrams, ‘The Other Two’ Creator Set Sci-Fi Comedy at HBO
As he fields offers for massive overall deals, J.J. Abrams continues to expand his TV empire. Abrams' Bad Robot is teaming with HBO for half-hour sci-fi comedy They Both Die at the End. The comedy, which is in development, is based on the book of the same name by Adam Silvera. Set in the near-future where everyone receives a bureaucratic phone call notifying them at the start of their last day on Earth, They Both Die at the End follows a seemingly disparate group of people as they live their scary, funny, weird, hopeful, romantic, and unexpected final hours, all connected through the two teenage boys at the heart of the New York Times best-selling novel on which it is based. Chris Kelly (The Other Two) will pen the script and exec produce alongside Bad Robot's Abrams and head of television Ben Stephenson. The company's Rachel Rusch will co-exec produce. The potential series hails from Warner Bros. TV, where Bad Robot is currently under an overall deal. Warners is but one of … [Read more...] about J.J. Abrams, ‘The Other Two’ Creator Set Sci-Fi Comedy at HBO
Rolling in the deep: HBO film looks at roller skate culture
NEW YORK — First-time documentary filmmakers Tina Brown and Dyana Winkler lugged their cameras to Central Park in New York one day to capture the last few people still passionate about roller skating. Rinks across the country were gone. The activity seemed dead. The two women may have come for a funeral but they found something else entirely. Two young African-American skaters told them skating wasn't dead — it just went underground. Winkler and Brown decided to go find it. Five years and 500 hours of footage later, they've emerged with the HBO film "United Skates," a fascinating look at the rich African-American subculture of roller skating, which is in danger of dying out. … [Read more...] about Rolling in the deep: HBO film looks at roller skate culture