Paris-based film and television studio SND, part of French media group M6, has picked up world sales on the high-end period drama “Alice: Pioneer of Cinema,” in which Oscar-nominee Bérénice Bejo (“The Artist”) stars as Alice Guy, the very first female fiction filmmaker. The six-parter, ordered by HBO Max and France Télévisions, is due to world
HBO Max will launch on Prime Video and Hulu Japan in October, giving subscribers access to the streamer’s slate of HBO, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Television, DC Studios and Max originals programming, including a new HBO original “Harry Potter” series debuting at Christmas. The rollout stems from a global partnership between Warner Bros. Discovery
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Despite HBO Max hiking prices again last fall, the streamer is hoping to win over some new customers, with a 7-day free trial through Prime Video, just in time for the buzzy premiere of
HBO Max is officially moving forward with their DC Studios mockumentary series, now titled “The People v. Gorilla Grodd.” The show was first reported to be in the works in November 2025. As reported at the time, Skyler Gisondo will reprise the role of Jimmy Olsen, whom he first played in the 2025 “Superman” movie.
HBO Max is the latest streaming service to add TikTok-like short-form video to its platform to help users find something to watch. The service is also launching an experimental AI-powered conversational search experience, Warner Bros. announced Tuesday. HBO Max, like other streaming platforms, is rethinking content discovery as large libraries make it harder for viewers
Warner Bros. Discovery has acquired the revenge thriller “Kill Jackie,” starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, for HBO Max in Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, France and Belgium. The deal covers two of HBO’s most established streaming markets, the Nordics and Spain, where SVOD services HBO Nordics and HBO Spain launched in 2012 and 2016 and
