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J.K. Rowling still remains “fairly involved” in the forthcoming Harry Potter TV series, it has been confirmed.HBO CEO Casey Bloys gave an update on the author’s involvement during a press preview event for the company’s upcoming 2025 slate.

Euphoria‘s long-awaited third season isn’t in jeopardy despite recent rumours, the boss of HBO has revealed.This past weekend, rumours began circulating that the hit drama’s third season had quietly been cancelled at HBO, prompting a short retort from a representative that confirmed the show will be moving ahead as planned.Now, HBO boss Casey Bloys has expanded on the company’s stance for Euphoria season three. Ahead of the show’s production beginning in January, Bloys said to members of the press at an HBO event yesterday (November 12) per Variety: “We are shooting Euphoria. I think we have a start date, mid to late January.

The Penguin’s high ratings have opened the door to a potential season two.Set in the same universe as 2022’s The Batman, the DC crime drama follows Oz Cobb’s rise to power in Gotham City’s criminal underworld.Colin Farrell, who reprises his role from The Batman, takes the lead, alongside Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz, Deirdre O’Connell, Clancy Brown, Carmen Ejogo and Michael Zegen.The show is developed by Lauren LeFranc, while The Batman director Matt Reeves serves as an executive producer.HBO has not officially announced whether The Penguin will return for a second season. The show was originally billed as a miniseries, setting up events for the upcoming sequel to The Batman, but the positive reception appears to have made a follow-up possible.If HBO does go ahead with a second season, it likely won’t be released for a few years yet.

Mark Rylance is reportedly the frontrunner for the role of Dumbledore in HBO‘s upcoming Harry Potter series – find out more below.According to a report from Variety, the Wolf Hall and Bridge Of Spies actor sits atop the casting director’s wishlist, though it also confirms that HBO and Warner Bros. have yet to enter negotiations with the prolific film and stage actor. However, they have reached out to Rylance to gauge his interest in the iconic role.In a statement to Variety, reps for HBO said: “We appreciate that such a high profile series will draw a lot of rumour and speculation.

Game Of Thrones spinoff series A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms has been shared – check it out below.The upcoming show is expected to consist of six episodes and will air in 2025 on HBO. It will be an adaptation of George R.R.

*Warning: spoilers ahead*The eighth and final episode of The Penguin aired on HBO on Sunday (November 10) and many fans have been left reeling by its conclusion.The series is set one week after the 2022 film The Batman and explores Penguin’s rise to power in Gotham City’s criminal underworld. It sees an unrecognisable Colin Farrell reprise his role as Oswald Cobb from the film, alongside Mark Strong, Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz and Michael Kelly.The show debuted on September 20 on Sky Atlantic in the UK and with the season now complete, fans have been sharing their strong reactions to its climactic moments on social media.The final episode sees Oz decide that Victor (Feliz), the homeless teenager that has become his enforcer, has seen too much and he decides to brutally strangle him to death.

The Independent.“Euphoria is going in to production in 2025,” a rep for the network said.“Nothing has changed,” they added.The Post has reached out to HBO for comment.“Euphoria” has been on a long-hiatus since its second season finished airing in February 2022. The series originally debuted in 2019.The show faced initial delays due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists strikes in Hollywood.There was also scheduling conflicts among the star-studded cast which, in addition to Zendaya, includes Jacob Elordi, Sydney Sweeney, Hunter Schafer, Alexa Demie, Maude Apatow, Eric Dane, Storm Reid and Colman Domingo.During the show’s hiatus, star Angus Cloud died in July 2023 at the age of 25.

Succession star Kieran Culkin has revealed that he still hasn’t seen the hit show’s final episode.Culkin – who stars in the series as Roman Roy – won a Golden Globe and an Emmy award earlier this year for his performance in season four of the acclaimed HBO black comedy drama.However, despite his star-making performance over the course of its four seasons, Culkin has revealed that he still hasn’t seen the show’s tense finale.Speaking to Stephen Colbert on The Late Show, he opened up about not watching the last episode: “I was in Poland shooting this movie when the last three episodes were airing, and I couldn’t log into my Max account. So my wife actually went on Instagram and said hey, if there’s anyone who can give your sign-in so Kieran can watch the last couple episodes? And people did! Everyone just gave over their email and password and stuff.“I was able to watch the eighth and ninth episode, but then before the last one I had to move to a different hotel that didn’t have a smart TV, so I just couldn’t watch it then.”He added that he “then went home, did a vacation, blah blah blah.

Megan Thee Stallion is a recent convert to Sex And The City and she needs the world to know that she is now a superfan. The rapper shared her latest obsession during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday (October 23), complaining that she had taken so long to immerse herself in the world of Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda. “Nobody told me Sex and the City was this good!” she said.

Harry Potter TV series will be “more in-depth” than the movies, studio boss Channing Dungey has confirmed.The head of Warner Bros. Television Group gave an update on the HBO series, to Variety after she was asked about it yesterday (October 21).She said: “There’s not a lot to talk about at this moment.

HBO Max‘s upcoming series Dune: Prophecy has been released – watch it below.Last night (October 17), Max shared the first official trailer for its upcoming Dune prequel series, which is set 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet), as a gathering of Harkonnen women plot to establish a new covenant known as the Bene Gesserit.Along with the epic new trailer comes a release date for Dune: Prophecy, which is now confirmed to premiere on the streaming platform on November 17. The season will consist of six episodes, and will be released every Sunday on a weekly basis.In the new trailer for Dune: Prophecy, we get a new look at a pair of sisters played by Emily Watson and Olivia Williams, who conspire to form the Bene Gesserit in order to combat an unknown force that threatens the demise of the universe, and to keep the Harkonnens and the other Great Houses in check.Watch the trailer for Dune: Prophecy below.Dune: Prophecy serves as a prequel series to the Denis Villeneuve films, and is based on the novel Sisterhood Of Dune, written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J.

HBO‘s hit fantasy series Game Of Thrones has fetched a whopping US$1.49million at an auction – find out more below.On October 12, a plastic replica of the coveted Iron Throne was sold at a Game Of Thrones auction hosted by Heritage Auctions. According to reports from CBS News, it sold for a jaw-dropping US$1.4million, equating to around £1,070,930.On the official Heritage Auctions site, the replica is dubbed a “touring” Iron Throne, and “was crafted exclusively for promotional events and tours, such as Comic-Con, Hollywood premieres, and the Game of Thrones Touring Exhibition, which visited major cities worldwide, including New York, London, Paris, Madrid, Berlin and Sydney.”According to CBS News, the Iron Throne replica was sold after a six-minute bidding war.

Succession“fucked me up” and said he has no desire to return to the show.The HBO series, which explored the travails of the Roy family, the megalomaniacal owners of a global media empire, ended last year after four seasons.Strong, who played Kendall Roy, said in a new interview with The Sunday Times, that he does not miss playing the character and that Kendall’s fractured life and confused psyche took its toll on him.“That show was an incalculable gift. The material a banquet.

Industry season three has finally arrived in the UK, but which songs are included in the new episodes? Read on for the full list.All eight episodes of the drama’s latest season landed on BBC iPlayer on October 1, after having begun airing on HBO in the United States back in August.The show, a co-production between the two networks, follows a group of young graduates competing in the dog-eat-dog world of London’s investment banking world.Since its return, UK fans of Industry have been hailing it as one of the “best dramas in years”, while US fans praised the final episode as “one of the greatest season finales I’ve ever watched”.Game of Thrones star Kit Harington also joined the cast of this third season, taking on the role of the British aristocrat Lord Henry Muck, described by a press release as “the embodiment of ‘old money’ privilege”.A controversial death scene in the new season was reportedly nearly cut by HBO, who were nervous about the show taking a darker turn. The broadcaster was eventually won over, however, when they saw the whole episode.Star Marisa Abela also criticised the BBC’s decision to cut an image of an erect penis from their broadcast of the new season’s opening episode.A fourth season of the hit show was confirmed by HBO last month.The show’s soundtrack is bulging with an array of popular music, both from contemporary artists such as 070 Shake and Algiers, alongside classic cuts from the likes of Duran Duran and the Pet Shop Boys.

Industry star Marisa Abela has criticised the BBC’s decision to cut an image of an erect penis from its broadcast of the show.The drama, a co-production by HBO and the BBC, follows a group of young graduates competing in the dog-eat-dog world of London’s investment banking world, and stars Abela as Yasmin Kara-Hanani, the privileged daughter of a publishing billionaire.The show debuted to critical acclaim in 2020, and has this month returned to UK screens for its third season, with all eight episodes landing on BBC iPlayer on October 1. The season has already been broadcast in the US.The first episode contains a fleeting image of the erect penis of Yasmin’s father Charles Hanani (Adam Levy) amid a sexual encounter with a pregnant member of his staff, but for its BBC broadcast, that image has been cut.Speaking to The Times, Abela has questioned the corporation’s decision.

Industry‘s creators have revealed that the show’s unexpected season three death scene was nearly cut by HBO.The recent finale sees things take a downward turn for Rishi Ramdani (Sagar Radia), whose gambling problem has tragic consequences when debt collector Vinay (Asim Chaudhry) turns up at his home, Rishi owing him £500,000.Things escalate and in a shocking twist, Vinay shoots Rishi’s wife Diana (Emily Barber) in the head.Opening up about the narrative choice, co-creator Mickey Down told Rolling Stone: “We thought: ‘What if we actually started to show what the consequences of someone’s actions are in this world?’ Because Rishi, like a lot of the characters, has never had to face any.”However, US broadcaster HBO were hesitant to include the scene, the showrunner recalling: “We wrote it into the script, and HBO said: ‘What the hell?!’ And they very rarely say that.

Industry season three finally reached UK TV yesterday (October 1) and many fans are hailing it as one of the “best dramas in years”.The HBO and BBC’s investment bank drama follows the lives of a group of bankers working in the London office of the fictional company Pierpoint & Co, focusing on a group of recent graduates as well as their mentors.The third season of the drama series was officially commissioned in October 2022, just weeks after the premiere of season two.Season three has already aired in the US and it was highly praised by fans. Now, viewers in the UK have given their verdict with one writing: “Great to see ‘Industry’ back on BBC for a new season. One of their best dramas in years.”Great to see ‘Industry’ back on BBC for a new season.One of their best dramas in years.Well worth catching up on iPlayer if you’re not yet on board.— mark smith (@markismith50) October 1, 2024#IndustryHBO #bbc #drama #tv Great to see the brilliant drama Industry back for a 3rd series.

Euphoria season three.Back in July, the third season of the show was confirmed to start filming in January 2025, with its entire main cast – including Zendaya and Sydney Sweeney – to return.In a statement issued on July 12, HBO’s head of drama, Francesca Orsi, said she was “thrilled” to reveal that the show will begin shooting this coming January.“We could not be happier with our creative partnership with Sam [Levinson] and this incredible cast. We look forward to bringing this new season of Euphoria to life for the fans,” the statement read.Now, Abrams has been asked about the show and his return, saying that while he’s “not tired” of being asked about it, he doesn’t have much information about it at all – like if he is even in season three, or when it will shoot.He told IndieWire, “I just don’t have anything to say about it simply because I don’t know.

Industry season three aired last night (September 30) and fans are calling it one of the “best ever” episodes of television.The HBO and BBC’s investment bank drama follows the lives of a group of bankers working in the London office of the fictional company Pierpoint & Co, focusing on a group of recent graduates as well as their mentors.The third season of the drama series was officially commissioned in October 2022, just weeks after the premiere of season two. A statement from HBO vice president of programming Kathleen McCaffrey said at the time: “Industry reached new heights in season two, cementing its status as a buzzy hit with addictive storytelling, layered characters, a breakneck pace, and keen observations about contemporary workplace dynamics.”On social media, fans heaped praise on the last episode.

The Last Of Us, with Joel and Ellie being reunited after the traumatic events of the first season. Watch it below.The first run of HBO’s critically acclaimed adaptation of the Naughty Dog video game franchise was released in January last year and followed Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey), two survivors of the collapse of society, 20 years after a fungal outbreak caused a pandemic that transformed humans into zombie-like killers.The second season was confirmed before the third episode of the first season aired, with the very first glimpse of the new footage being released in a teaser clip last month.

Harry Potter TV series.Richard Harris played the character in 2001’s Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone movie and he reprised the role in Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets the following year.But he died in October 2002 and Michael Gambon took over the role for the rest of the film franchise.When asked about playing Dumbledore in the forthcoming series, Jared Harris said: “No thank you. Also, I mean, why do it? I don’t understand.