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HBO’s ‘Mare of Easttown’ Follow-Up ‘Task’, Starring Mark Ruffalo, Is a Riveting Cat-and-Mouse Chase: TV Review  Variety ‘Task’ Review: Mark Ruffalo Leads Unrelentingly Glum HBO Crime Drama From ‘Mare of Easttown’ Creator  The Hollywood Reporter ‘Task’ Is Heavy and Grim — But Will Reward You in the End  Rolling Stone Dave Nemetz Reviews Task: HBO Delivers Another Beautifully Tragic Crime Drama From Mare …

Chris Columbus has more to say about HBO’s Harry Potter remake. The director — who helmed the first two Warner Bros. films that launched the hit cinematic franchise — recently made headlines for saying he wanted nothing to do with HBO’s multi-season remake of J.K. Rowling‘s novels. But on a new podcast, Columbus made more pointed remarks about the project, …

Richard Gadd has revealed a first look at his upcoming HBO and BBC series “Half Man,” the follow-up to his Emmy-winning Netflix breakout “Baby Reindeer.” In the images, Gadd sports a bulked-up physique alongside co-star Jamie Bell (“All of Us Strangers,” “Rocket Man”). “Half Man” stars Gadd and Bell as “brothers” Ruben and Niall, who “reunite after years of estrangement, …

Kumail Nanjiani, the 47-year-old star of HBO’s acclaimed comedy Silicon Valley, which ran from 2014 to 2019, recently revealed he has met many people from the real-world Silicon Valley, and not everyone was a fan of the show’s depiction of startup culture. Chief among those people, he said, was Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and world’s richest man. Speaking on …

Cameras started rolling for HBO’s new Harry Potter series last month and many cast members have already been announced, including Harry, Ron, Hermione, Hargid, Dumbledore and more. Nevertheless, many more cast members still remain and are yet to be revealed. Today we can reveal one more. Aaron Zhao cast as Terry Boot in Harry Potter Aaron Zhao We’ve learned that young actor …

John Oliver may delight in biting the corporate hand that feeds him — “there’s no tastier hand,” he insists — but he is deeply grateful for his perch. With his pal Stephen Colbert’s Late Show recently canceled amid financial losses to the tune of tens of millions a year and a pending multibillion-dollar merger at its parent company, Oliver’s Last Week …

It was quite a fine morning for Casey Bloys, the HBO and Max content chairman/CEO who saw his combined platform pull off 142 Emmy nominations — a new best for the company. Bloys said he had been prepped by his head of awards, Austin O’Malia, for several different outcomes, “and he was feeling good. So if he feels good, I …

Today brings our first look at Nick Frost as Hagrid in HBO’s new Harry Potter TV series. The Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz star is pictured in a behind-the-scenes photo taken at Warner Bros. Studios in Leavesden, UK, where production officially began this week. As with our first look at the young actor now playing Harry Potter in …

“Yer a wizard, Harry!” HBO has released a first look at Nick Frost as Hogwarts gamekeeper Rubeus Hagrid (below). The move comes a day after the production released a first look at Dominic McLaughlin as young Harry Potter and announced a few more castmembers playing key roles: Rory Wilmot as Neville Longbottom, Amos Kitson as Dudley Dursley, Louise Brealey as Madam …

Nick Frost is Rubeus Hagrid in the latest first-look image from HBO’s highly-anticipated Harry Potter series. Frost can be seen as the cuddly gamekeeper in his robes, made famous by the late Robbie Coltrane’s depiction of Hagrid in the iconic noughties movies. The image comes a day after audiences were treated to a first picture of Dominic McLaughlin as Harry …