HBO Max’s final days are nigh, as it’s becoming the revamped streaming service, Max. At an event earlier this month, Warner Bros. Discovery highlighted tons of new titles coming to the Max service, which merges HBO Max and Discovery Plus’ libraries. Here’s a complete list of shows and films mentioned, from a fresh installment in the Fixer Upper franchise to a new Harry Potter series. Some releases, such as a SmartLess docuseries following the podcast crew, will be available when Max goes live in the US on May 23.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight
Max is the streaming home of HBO, so it isn’t leaving Game of Thrones behind. The April event revealed that HBO has given a series order to GoT prequel A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight. The series will be set 100 years before the events of Game of Thrones, when “two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros… a young, naive but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg,” according to its description.
“Set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne and the memory of the last dragon has not yet passed from living memory, great destinies, powerful foes, and dangerous exploits all await these improbable and incomparable friends,” the log line says.
A Harry Potter live-action series
Harry Potter fans will be able to invest in a new, multi-season show on Max. Casey Bloys, chairman and CEO of HBO and HBO Max content, said “Over the course of the next decade… we will once again enter the wondrous world of Harry Potter as a multi-season live action series for the first time.” The Max original series will adapt the first seven Harry Potter books and star new actors.
A first look at The Penguin and more
- The April event brought a first look trailer for previously announced series The Penguin, starring Colin Farrell in his role from Matt Reeves’ film The Batman. The spin-off will consist of eight episodes and premiere in 2024.
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- A drama series set In The Conjuring universe is in development.
- A comedy series derived from The Big Bang Theory is in development.
- Previously announced comedy series How to Be a Bookie is coming to Max. It’ll reportedly reunite Charlie Sheen and Chuck Lorre.
- More things already on our radar: DC shows Creature Commandos, Waller, Booster Gold, Lanterns and Paradise Lost. Drama series Welcome to Derry, a prequel to 2017’s It and 2019’s It Chapter Two, debuts in 2024.
- Several projects that were initially developed for Discovery Plus will now be Max originals, according to Bloys. They include Shaun White: The Last Run and Downey’s Dream Cars, featuring Robert Downey Jr.
- SmartLess: On the Road dropped a trailer for the new docuseries that follows actors and friends Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes during the North American tour of their popular podcast. It hits Max on May 23.
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- Food competition series Ciao House, which premiered on Food Network, will be on Max.
- Survive the Raft, a reality show from Discovery Channel, hits Max in July.
- Lost Women of Highway 20 will hit Max in 2023. The true crime series features Octavia Spencer.
- Rick and Morty: The Anime will debut on Max along with Adult Swim in 2023.
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