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EXCLUSIVE: Actor-turned-executive Ella Wahlestedt on Wednesday announced the launch of Quarterlife Pictures, an L.A.-based production company dedicated to developing and producing women-centric and impactful narratives across film and TV.

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International The inside story behind the ascent of Finland’s outgoing prime minister, Sanna Marin, is the subject of a new three-part docuseries from HBO Max. The streamer has unveiled the Finnish original “First Five,” which is billed as an “intimate” portrait of Marin and her headline-grabbing female cabinet. The project comes just weeks after Marin and her centre-left Social Democratic Party was defeated by the conservative National Coalition Party. Marin was sworn in as prime minister in December 2019. At just 34 years old, she was the country’s youngest PM, and formed a cabinet with four other women — a number of whom were also under 35. Mere months later, the group was thrown into an unprecedented challenge when the COVID crisis hit Finland.

EXCLUSIVE: Veronica Falcón (Perry Mason, Ozark), Yvette Monreal (DC’s Stargirl), Georgie Flores (Famous in Love), and Ceci Fernandez (WeCrashed) have been cast in series regular roles in the HBO Max Original drama pilot More, from executive producer/writer/co-showrunner Amy Chozick, Berlanti Productions, and Warner Bros. Television.

John Cena's superhero series, has a premiere date and an official trailer. After HBO Max previously announced during Saturday's virtual DC FanDome event that the upcoming drama will launch Thursday, Jan.

EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max has set the full cast for its lifeguard drama pilot Ke Nui Road. Robbie Magasiva (Spreadsheet, Wentworth), Andrew Creer (Lethal Weapon, You), Tessa de Josselin (Mr. Inbetween, Paper Champions), Kekoa Scott Kekumano (The White Lotus, Aquaman), Koa Tom, Rachel Ogechi Kanu (My Best Friend’s Exorcism), Z’aree Pu’ukani Loganbill, Ethan Rich (Hawaiian Vacation, Last of the Grads), and George Mason (The Power of the Dog) are set as series regulars in the Max Original pilot from John Wells, Animal Kingdom writer Matt Kester, and Warner Bros. Television.

to be Carrie Bradshaw for a day, now’s your chance.For just $23 a night, Airbnb is offering guests a chance to stay at a re-creation of the iconic “Sex and the City” character’s brownstone apartment — walk-in closet included.While Sarah Jessica Parker’s Bradshaw notoriously lived on a writer’s salary in a spacious Upper East Side one-bedroom — that would cost at least $3,000 a month today — this nostalgic sojourn will instead be in the tony Chelsea neighborhood for the cost of a Cosmopolitan.The Airbnb stay — the first of its kind for two lucky parties — is in celebration of the upcoming release of the HBO Max Original, “And Just Like That.” Parker, 56, personally helped craft the reproduction of the famous residence, which will offer

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentHBO Max has ordered the daring Swedish comedy series “Lust” from Fremantle-owned banner Miso Film, ahead of its launch in Sweden. The new Max Original half-hour series will be headlined by Sofia Helin (“The Bridge”), Anja Lundqvist, Julia Dufvenius and Elin Klinga as four middle-aged women in Stockholm who have been friends since school and are struggling to keep their libidos alive.The series starts with one of them, Anette, getting commissioned to conduct a government survey dubiously dubbed ‘Make Sweden Sexy Again.’ She starts looking into the sex lives of Swedish women over 40 who have to juggle their careers, kids, marriages, divorces, and physical shape.

WarnerMedia has picked up the intimate, sexually themed New Zealand-made documentary There is No I in Threesome. The film will have its world premiere at the WarnerMedia Lodge at the Sundance Film Festival this weekend, followed by a streaming release on Feb.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefWarnerMedia has acquired “There Is No I in Threesome,” a New Zealand-made documentary about a couple exploring an open relationship, and set is as an HBO Max Original.It will have its world premiere at the WarnerMedia Lodge at the Sundance Film Festival and begin streaming on Feb. 11, shortly before Valentine’s Day.

HBO Max, the streaming-video hub of WarnerMedia, has acquired anticipated Studiocanal title “Possessions,” a psychological thriller series created by Shachar Magen (“Sirens”) and directed by BAFTA-nominated Thomas Vincent (“Bodyguard”).As an international Max Original, the series will be made available on the U.S. streaming platform in December.Commissioned for Canal Plus’s Creation Original and Israel’s Yes TV, the series was shot in Israel in French, Hebrew and English.