• [NEWS] HBO Max passes on JJ Abrams' "The Shining" spinoff series

    From Your Name@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 6 13:07:57 2021
    Someone with actual brains in Hollyweird has finally relaised JarJar
    Abrams is just a lazy, talentless hack who ruins everything he
    touches?? Unfortunately that's probably not the reason ... and stupidly
    the cretin still gets paid even if he can't find anyone silly enough to
    buy the series!


    From ComingSoon.net ...

    Overlook: J.J. Abrams' The Shining Spinoff Series
    Seeking New Home After HBO Max Passes
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    J.J. Abrams' The Shining spinoff series Overlook is being
    shopped by producers Warner Bros. Television to other buyers
    after HBO Max decided not to move forward with the project,
    according to The Hollywood Reporter. The outlet reports the
    potential series has interested bidders, with Netflix as the
    front-runner to possibly land the project.

    Overlook would center on "the most famous haunted hotel in
    American fiction," based on the iconic hotel from Stephen
    King's 1977 novel and featured in Stanley Kubrick's 1980
    adaptation.

    The series was reportedly one of the first shows Abrams and
    his Bad Robot production company set up at the streamer
    through their $250 million overall deal with WarnerMedia.
    Overlook intially received "production commitments," meaning
    series pickups, but Overlook has "remained in the development
    stages with a series commitment penalty." Should the series
    not find another home, Bad Robot will be "financially
    compensated as if it had."

    According to the outlet's sources, WarnerMedia has decided to
    focus on Abrams and Bad Robot's IP/franchise efforts for
    HBO Max, such as Justice League Dark, along with other
    projects like the original series Duster, starring Josh
    Holloway, as well as HBO's Demimonde, and HBO Max's Subject
    to Change, both based on original ideas from the filmmaker
    that have series orders. The pilot of the sci-fi drama
    Demimonde will be directed by Abrams.


    <https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/1189987-overlook-j-j-abrams-the-shining-spinoff-series-seeking-new-home-after-hbo-max-passes>

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