Following the launch of HBO Max in the U.S. recently, WarnerMedia has confirmed that a first wave of at least 15 HBO Max Originals will land on HBO GO and channels in Asia in 2020.
Most shows will be available first on HBO GO, such as The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo and Love Life where three episodes of each already dropped on May 27.
Premiere dates for other titles and those across HBO (Astro Ch 411 HD), Warner TV (Astro Ch 712 HD / UnifiTV Ch 451), Cartoon Network (Astro Ch 615 HD) and Boomerang (UnifiTV Ch 555) channels are still to be confirmed.
The programming slate, specially curated to suit the taste of Asian audiences, includes drama series, documentaries, movies and kids shows. The content is sourced from studios and distributors including Lionsgate, Paramount, Warner Bros. and Sesame Workshop.
Talent includes household names like Ridley Scott, Meryl Streep, Kaley Cuoco, Lena Dunham, Anna Kendrick, Steven Soderbergh, Melissa McCarthy, Ray Romano, James Corden and of course Elmo and the Sesame Street gang. The shows include…
COMEDY & DRAMA
Love
Life
Anna Kendrick stars in this anthology romantic comedy series about the journey
from first love to last love, and how the people we’re with along the way make
us into who we are when we finally end up with someone forever.
Raised
by Wolves
From the mind of Ridley Scott, Raised by
Wolves centres upon two androids tasked with raising human children on a
mysterious virgin planet.
Flight
Attendant
Starring Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory), a flight attendant awakens in a Dubai hotel
room to find her one-night-stand dead beside her. Could she have killed him?
And, if not, who did?
Doom
Patrol (S2)
The critically acclaimed DC series features a band of super powered freaks,
part support group, part superhero team, who fight for a world that wants
nothing to do with them.
Made
for Love
A series adaptation based on the tragicomic novel of the same name. Starring
Cristin Milioti and Ray Romano, Made for Love is a dark, absurd and cynically
poignant story of divorce and revenge.
Generation
Executive produced by Lena Dunham and Ben Barnz, Generation is a dark yet playful
half-hour following a group of high school students. It tests deeply entrenched
beliefs about life, love and the nature of family in their conservative
community.
KIDS & FAMILY
The
Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo
Sesame Street’s Elmo is the host of his very own
talk show! He’s going to bring you some (not-too-late) fun with an all-new celeb-studded
series that celebrates bedtime routines. Guests include Lil Nas X, the Jonas
Brothers, Ciara, Blake Lively, Sofia Carson, John Mulaney, Olivia Wilde and
John Oliver.
Looney
Tunes Cartoons
An all-new series featuring the marquee characters in their classic pairings in
simple, gag-driven and visually vibrant stories.
The
Fungies!
A prehistoric comedy cartoon, The Fungies! explores Fungietown through the whimsical quests of
Seth, a young student at Fungietown Elementary.
Adventure
Time: Distant Lands
These four new specials will continue the Adventure Time stories that captured
imaginations and introduced unlikely heroes Finn and Jake, best buds who
traversed the mystical Land of Ooo and encountered its colourful inhabitants.
Sesame
Street
For 50 years, Sesame Street has helped kids grow
smarter, stronger, and kinder, offering preschoolers and their families the
gold standard in educational children’s programming.
Sesame
Street: The Monster at the End of the Book
Starring lovable, furry Grover from Sesame Street, The Monster at the End of This Story is
a new animated special based on the acclaimed children’s picture book.
FILM
UNpregnant
The film tells the story of 17-year-old Veronica, who never thought she’d want
to fail a test – that is, until she finds herself staring at a piece of plastic
with two solid pink lines. The Greg Berlanti-production offers a mix of humour
and grounded human emotion as it tackles complicated friendships and the
difficult road to adulthood…all while in a stolen car.
Let
Them All Talk (wt)
The film is based story of a celebrated author who takes a journey with some
old friends to have some fun and heal old wounds. Her nephew comes along to
wrangle the ladies and finds himself involved with a young literary agent.
Stars Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen, Diane Wiest and directed by Steven
Soderbergh.
Superintelligence
Starring Melissa McCarthy, this film tells the story of Carol Peters, to whom
nothing extraordinary ever happens. But the world’s first superintelligence has selected her for observation, taking over her
life…with a more ominous plan to take over everything.
