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Game Of Thrones prequel House Of The Dragon, has announced he’s leaving the series.The director, who previously helmed some of the biggest episodes of Game Of Thrones including ‘Battle Of The Bastards’, served as a showrunner on the first season of the prequel series alongside Ryan Condal.Following the show’s debut last month, Sapochnik announced he’s stepping down as showrunner after signing a first-look deal with HBO to develop new projects. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Condal will serve as the sole showrunner on the second season, while Sapochnik will continue to be credited as an executive producer.Alan Taylor, who previously directed a number of Game Of Thrones episodes, has been hired as an executive producer and to helm multiple episodes in season two.In a statement, Sapochnik said: “Working within the Thrones universe for the past few years has been an honour and a privilege, especially spending the last two with the amazing cast and crew of House Of The Dragon.“I am so proud of what we accomplished with season one and overjoyed by the enthusiastic reaction of our viewers.

“House of the Dragon” co-showrunner Miguel Sapochnik has stepped down from the new HBO series. The network told The Post on Wednesday that Sapochnik — who also worked on “Games of Thrones — has “entered into a first-look deal with HBO to develop new projects.”He will remain as executive director on “Dragon” — which just got the green light for a second season.

House of the Dragon is making a change within its showrunning ranks.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “House of the Dragon” co-showrunner, executive producer, and director Miguel Sapochnik is exiting the HBO series ahead of its second season, Variety has confirmed. The show, a prequel to HBO’s megahit “Game of Thrones,” was renewed for Season 2 shortly after it premiered. Sapochnik will continue to be credited as an executive producer on the hit prequel series, but his fellow co-showrunner Ryan Condal will now be the sole showrunner. In addition, Sapochnik has entered into a first-look deal with HBO to develop new projects with the premium cabler. Sapochnik directed multiple acclaimed episodes of “Game of Thrones” prior to joining “House of the Dragon,” including “Hardhome” and “The Battle of the Bastards” before helping to develop “House of the Dragon.” Fellow “Game of Thrones” alum Alan Taylor has now boarded the prequel to work as a director and executive producer for the second season.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe team behind AMC’s “Interview With the Vampire” series weighed in on the use of intimacy coordinators on set during a panel for the Television Critics Association summer press tour.“We worked with an intimacy coordinator quite extensively,” series star Sam Reid said. “I think it’s really important working with an intimacy coordinator.

Interview With The Vampire has just been released – scroll down to watch.AMC shared the first teaser at Comic-Con over the weekend (July 23), seeing Game of Thrones‘ Jacob Anderson play businessman Louis in the 1910s in New Orleans.Rolin Jones (Friday Night Lights) is creating, showrunning, and writing the series (per Bloody Disgusting), which is expected to air on AMC and AMC+ later this year. Alan Taylor is directing the first two of seven total first season episodes.Take a look at the trailer here:Based upon Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles novels, the 1994 film of the same name starred Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise as the leading members of an ancient vampire order.Elsewhere at Comic-Con, Marvel announced its next slate of films officially dubbed the Multiverse Saga.Phase Five will kick off Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantamania in February, and will include six films and six series, ending with The Thunderbolts on July 26, 2024.While the entirety of Phase Six has yet to be revealed, Marvel boss Kevin Feige has confirmed that the slate will include a total of 11 entries.

Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise, who? The new cast of Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire took over Ballroom 20 at San Diego Comic-Con Saturday to share the first official teaser for the AMC series set for Oct. 20.

Wilson Chapman editorThe vampire still has a lot to talk about. AMC has released the full trailer for “Interview With the Vampire,” out of the show’s Comic-Con panel on Tuesday.

Ray Liotta’s death announcement shocked the film industry, with many actors and directors publicly sharing emotional messages remembering the star.It was announced that Liotta died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic at 67. He was on location filming the movie ‘Dangerous Waters’ and accompanied by his fiancee Jacy Nittolo.“We were deeply saddened to learn of Ray’s passing, it’s a tremendous loss and our heartfelt condolences go out to his family, fiancé Jacy and daughter Karsen,” producers of the film shared to The Hollywood Reporter.The actor was known for his iconic roles throughout his successful career in Hollywood, from playing Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas (1990), Shoeless Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams (1989), to Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story (2019), Steven Soderbergh’s No Sudden Move (2021) and Alan Taylor’s The Many Saints of Newark (2021).“He was so uniquely gifted, so adventurous, so courageous as an actor,” Martin Scorsese stated, sharing his experience working with him, “Playing Henry Hill in Goodfellas was a tall order, because the character had so many different facets, so many complicated layers, and Ray was in almost every scene of a long, tough shoot.”“He absolutely amazed me, and I’ll always be proud of the work we did together on that picture,” the acclaimed director declared.“My heart goes out to his loved ones, and it aches for his loss, way too early.” Robert De Niro stated, “I was very saddened to learn of Ray’s passing.

EXCLUSIVE: Crazy Rich Asians-backer Peter Luo’s Stars Collective has signed Google engineer-turned-viral-YouTuber Jonathan Ma aka Joma to a managing, development and production deal, and he has set first project: a dark comedy/drama about the birth of Bitcoin and the true identity of mysterious founder Satoshi.

Somebody get Eric Bogosian a fedora: The Talk Radio alum has been cast in the upcoming series Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire as an investigative journalist.

Assad Zaman (Hotel Portofino, Small Axe) has joined the cast of AMC’s Interview With The Vampire, its series adaptation of Anne Rice’s book. Zaman will play Rashid, joining previously cast Sam Reid as Lestat, Jacob Anderson as Louis and Bailey Bass as Claudia. The seven-episode first season is set to premiere on AMC+ and AMC later this year.

Angelique Jackson Clifton Collins Jr., Michael Gandolfini, Josh Hamilton & Brooklynn MacKinzie have joined the cast of Cory Finley’s “Landscape With Invisible Hand.”The quartet join previously announced stars Asante Blackk, Tiffany Haddish and Kylie Rogers in the film adaptation from MGM, Plan B Entertainment & Annapurna Pictures.Based on National Book Award winner M.T. Anderson’s novel of the same name, “Landscape With Invisible Hand” is described as a “heightened comedy set in a deeply stratified, alien future.”Production on the film begins the week, marking writer-director Finley’s third movie, following the critically-acclaimed “Thoroughbreds” and “Bad Education.” Plan B’s Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner are producing the project with Annapurna’s Megan Ellison and Sue Naegle.

, David Chase’s prequel to his critically acclaimed HBO show,, arrived today to screens both big and small. In, James Gandolfini’s son, Michael, portrays Tony Soprano in his young life, years prior to the events of the Emmy-winning show. Also stepping back into the world of are frequent episode director Alan Taylor and former Sopranos writer Lawrence Konner.

Glencoe a rea. Officers believe his car may have been parked in The Three Sisters lay-by for weeks before it was discovered.

Fans of The Sopranos will learn how the iconic Tony Soprano grew up in the upcoming movie The Many Saints of Newark, which takes place years before the events of the HBO series.Many fans have been wondering if any cast members from The Sopranos will be reprising their roles, though director Alan Taylor revealed that Edie Falco did film a scene as Carmela Soprano, the wife of James Gandolfini's iconic Tony Soprano.Sadly, fans won't get to see this scene in the theatrical cut of the movie, with Taylor revealing in an interview with NME that the scene was cut.

Fans shouldn’t expect to see Edie Falco reprising her role as Carmela Soprano for The Many Saints of Newark.

Edie Falco will not be appearing in the upcoming “Sopranos” prequel movie after a scene she shot for the film was cut. 

James Gandolfini's son Michael Gandolfini brought tears to the eyes of cast and crew in bringing up his late father's name during the making of The Many Saints Of Newark, The Sopranos prequel film due out this fall.Michael, 22, is set to play the younger incarnation of his father's character Tony Soprano in the movie, and according to the film's director Alan Taylor, 62, the second-generation actor brought up his late father - who died of a heart attack when Michael was 14 - during a dinner during production.'We all had dinner one night,' Taylor told Empire.'At one point, [Michael] stood up and said, "I want to thank everyone for doing this because it was a chance to say hello to my father … and goodbye again."' The latest:James

With the fall and early winter corridor being fiercely competitive, Warner Bros. is changing a trio of release dates in order to best position their movies. All of them will still go day-and-date on HBO Max (for first 31 days) with theatrical.

For the unversed, before Patty Jenkins made us fall head over heels in adoration, once again, with Wonder Woman, the acclaimed filmmaker was set to direct Thor: The Dark World. However, because of creative differences, Jenkins opted out of the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) movie and Alan Taylor ended up directing Thor 2, which opened to a poor reaction.