'Harley Quinn' EPs Talk Surprise Renewal at HBO Max and Bane-Centric Episode in Season 4 (Exclusive)

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recent turmoil at HBO Max, especially among DC Universe projects, many, including executive producers Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker, were nervous that the hit adult animated series would be the next to get canceled.

Instead, ahead of its season 3 finale, the series was renewed with Sarah Peters elevated to executive producer and will serve as showrunner for season 4.“We were in the middle of production,” Schumacker tells ET, revealing the new episodes had already been written when they formally got the news about moving forward. “But what was a little touch and go was, you know, with things changing over at Warner Bros.

Discovery. It did feel a little bit unclear what was gonna happen.”“And when we got a call of reassurance not that long ago, we didn’t know the nature of the call initially, just that it was urgent.

And I was like, ‘Oh, no. They’re gonna maybe just scrap it.’ But fortunately it was the opposite,” he continues. “The call we got was all positive vibes and all of that.