Chaos takes control again.
Westworld has been renewed for season 4 at HBO nearly two weeks before the finale of the third season.
Of the news, President of HBO programming Casey Bloys said: ‘From the western theme park to the technocratic metropolis of the near future, we’ve thoroughly enjoyed every twist and turn from the minds of master storytellers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy.
Chaos takes control: Westworld has been renewed for season 4 at HBO nearly two weeks before the finale of the third season, Thandie Newton pictured
‘We can’t wait to see where their inspired vision takes us next.’
It is interesting to note that the husband and wife co-creators of the show, Nolan and Joy, signed a massive overall deal worth a reported $150million with Amazon in April of last year according to Variety.
They have remained writers and producers of Westworld which is produced by Warner Bros.
Complicated: The highly popular series is set at the intersection of the near future and re-imagined past as visitors to an American Old West-theme world where one can indulge in anything they would like without consequence or so they think, Evan Rachel Wood pictured
Season three of the sci-fi series debuted on March 15 as the eighth episode and season finale is set to air on May 3.
It is based on the 1973 film of the same name which was written and directed by author of Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton.
The highly popular series is set at the intersection of the near future and re-imagined past as visitors to an American Old West-theme world where one can indulge in anything they would like without consequence or so they think.
Money moves: It is interesting to note that the husband and wife co-creators of the show, Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan (pictured in March), signed a massive overall deal worth a reported $150million with Amazon in April of last year according to Variety
This comes just a day after the news that HBO Max has an official launch date: May 27, 2020.
The forthcoming WarnerMedia streaming service will also cost $14.99 per month, the same amount as its sister platform HBO Now, according to Variety.
However, just days ago it was revealed the planned Friends reunion special, originally due to be filmed in March, would not be ready in time for the service’s debut.
Coming soon! This comes just a day after the news that HBO Max has an official launch date: May 27, 2020
While the reunion special -which was to feature Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer and Matt LeBlanc- is reportedly still in the works, HBO Max will instead offer up the full 10-season series for streaming upon its launch next month.
The availability of all 236 episodes of the Emmy Award-winning series and cultural phenomenon which ran from 1994 to 2004 will be somewhat of a balm for viewers, who learned last month that the special – which took around six months and labor-intensive negotiations to make happen – was being postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
It was crushing but expected news, as all television and film productions have ground to a halt amid efforts everywhere to stem the spread of the highly contagious virus.
Whoops: The news comes just days after it was revealed the planned Friends reunion special, originally due to be filmed in March, would not be ready in time for the service’s debut
While rumors of the potential reunion had been bandied about since as early as last fall, the delay in making the Friends special a reality was reportedly due to feverish contract negotiations between each of the actors, who all wanted more money to appear in the one-hour, unscripted special.
However in better news, the streaming service has just handed out straight-to-series orders for three new one-hour programs from producer J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot Productions company.
Abrams’ Bad Robot currently produces the aforementioned Westworld, along with Hulu’s Castle Rock.
Shot down: It was crushing but expected news, as all television and film productions have ground to a halt amid efforts everywhere to stem the spread of the highly contagious virus
The first series is based on the iconic DC Comics title Justice League Dark, while the second is entitled Overlook, a spin-off of Stephen King’s The Shining.
The third series is an original project entitled Duster, which Abrams is co-writing himself alongside LaToya Morgan (The Walking Dead, Into the Badlands), according to an HBO press release.
While no further details were given for Justice League Dark, it will feature on the DC Comics title which debuted in 2011, and featured more supernatural superheroes.
Busy JJ: WarnerMedia’s new HBO Max streaming service has just handed out straight-to-series orders for three new one-hour programs from producer J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot Productions company.
The original team was comprised of John Constantine, Madame Xanadu, Deadman, Shade, the Changing Man and Zatanna.
These characters were called upon to handle situations that fell outside of the scope of the traditional Justice League, which featured iconic heroes like Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.
There had been numerous attempts to get a Justice League Dark movie off the ground, with directors such as Guillermo del Toro (Pacific Rim) and Doug Liman (American Made) attached, but the movie never made it into production.
There is no indication yet as to who is writing the Justice League Dark series at this time, or what characters from the comics will be involved.
Justice League Dark: The first series is based on the iconic DC Comics title Justice League Dark, while the second is entitled Overlook, a spin-off of Stephen King’s The Shining