HBO Max’s big merger with Discovery + has come uncertainty for many shows and creators as the company pivots in a new direction.
The first Afro-Latina Batgirl has already become a casualty, with Warner Brothers permanently shelving the near-completed superhero project indefinitely, and also quietly pulling 6 other films produced as HBO Max original films, including The Witches starring Octavia Spencer and Chris Rock, Charm City Kings starring Jahi Di’Allo Winston, William Catlett, and Meek Mill, and Locked Down starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Ann Hathaway.
Now, reports say that all original scripted HBO Max series have been paused indefinitely, with major staff cuts on the way as the streaming platform moves into its next chapter.ScreenRant reports that, under the leadership of new Warner Brothers CEO David Zaslav, HBO Max is no longer producing scripted TV shows moving forward.
Current HBO MAX original scripted programming includes titles such as Issa Rae’s comedy Rap Sh!t, the romantic comedy-drama Love Life, Sex and the City spinoff series And Just Like That, and the recently premiered Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin among others.
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