Warner Bros. Discovery is adding some new commercial concepts to ad-supported Max that could turn the streaming hub into a shopping mall or a microscope. Using artificial intelligence, the company can create an advertising unit that identifies items within television shows and films and pairs them with related products from an advertiser and then sets up a QR code […]

Max and HBO have announced a multi-year deal extension with The Criterion Collection to continue bringing its catalog of films to streaming. As part of the deal extension, a handful of films will also be newly available on Max, including Isabella Rossellini’s “Green Porno” (2008), Héctor Babenco’s “Kiss of the Spiderwoman” (1985), Mira Nair’s “Mississippi […]

After the success of director Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” and “Dune: Part Two,” Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures produced a spinoff series surrounding the Bene Gesserit, which serves as a prequel to the first “Dune” reboot. If you want to watch it online, “Dune: Prophecy” airs on HBO and streams on Max (via Prime Video) starting […]

After a strategic launch in Japan in September and an end-of October debut in the much smaller New Zealand market, Warner Bros, Discovery’s Max streaming platform gets a much bigger rollout in seven more East Asian territories from Tuesday. “Asia Pacific is probably our single biggest region in terms of opportunity for growth, largely because […]

SPOILER ALERT: This story includes major plot details from the finale of HBO’s “The Penguin,” now streaming on Max. It was a dark night on set. At a Q&A following a screening of “The Penguin” finale at the Saban Media Center on Nov. 10, Colin Farrell described the somber tone felt by the collective cast […]

HBO and Max head Casey Bloys has responded to the estate of Michael Crichton, and its lawsuit arguing that the upcoming Max series “The Pitt” is an unauthorized reboot of “ER,” telling reporters he doesn’t expect it to have an impact on the show’s early 2025 rollout. “I’m sure I’m not supposed to talk about active […]

HBO and Max unveiled a slew of never-before-seen footage in a teaser for its 2025 slate on Sunday night, debuting first looks at “The White Lotus” Season 3, “It: Welcome to Derry” and more. “Welcome to the White Lotus in Thailand,” Blackpink singer Lisa says in a clip from the new season, which also shows […]

A Locarno world premiere this August, “Rita,” the directorial debut of Spanish star Paz Vega (“Spanglish,” “Lucia & Sex”), has clinched first key market sales, rolling off the American Film Market. Sales company Filmax has closed the U.K. and Ireland with Signature Entertainment, whose recent and upcoming releases include “The New Boy,” “Unicorns” and Viggo […]

Ridley Scott had one directive for production designer Arthur Max on “Gladiator II”: “I want to go big. I want to imply the grandeur of the Roman Empire,” he told the veteran artisan. Max, who has been Scott’s go-to production designer for over two decades, delivered a concept that he calls “‘Gladiator’ on steroids.” For […]

One fast-consolidating industry lore, compounded by Toronto dealing – or lack of it – has it that non-English-language dramas don’t sell. Try telling that, however, to Filmax. “The Teacher Who Promised the Sea,” chronicling the tragedy of barbaric slaughter  in the Spanish Civil War, has not only sold but opened in Italy and Australia to boffo […]

Warner Bros. Discovery reported its third-quarter 2024 earnings results Thursday. The July 1-Sept. 30 period concluded with WBD’s HBO, Max and Discovery+ boasting more than 110 million global subscribers, while box office sales fell 40% when compared to last summer’s blockbuster “Barbie.” Direct-to-consumer sales rose 9% to $2.6 billion. Distribution was up 8%, ad sales 51% and content […]

Spanish production-sales-distribution house Filmax has boarded “Dismantling an Elephant,” the latest film from Barcelona-based Arcadia Motion Pictures, producer of Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s foreign-language Cesar winner “The Beasts” and Academy Award-nominated animated feature “Robot Dreams.” Sold outside Spain by Filmax, “Dismantling an Elephant” toplines Emma Suárez, the triple Goya-winning star of Pedro Almodovar’s “Julieta,” and Natalia de […]

Looking to IP and the resilient market for live action family fare, Filmax has swooped on kids adventure caper “The Footballest II,” the second big-screen adaptation tapping into the children’s book saga created by Spain’s Roberto Santiago which has sold over 5 million copies worldwide. “The Footballest and the Mystery of the Pirate Treasure” will […]