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HBO has announced the debut of a remarkable line up of brand new original series and movies, coming soon to viewers in Asia same time as the US.
Leading the network’s 2016 slate of titles is VINYL, an HBO Original drama series from Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and Terence Winter. Other new HBO Original series include DIVORCE, the highly anticipated WESTWORLD, and HBO Original movies, ALL THE WAY and CONFIRMATION. Details of these titles can be found below.
New seasons of TOGETHERNESS (February 22 at 11.30am / 11.30pm), GAME OF THRONES (April), SILICON VALLEY, VEEP, BALLERS and THE LEFTOVERS will return to HBO in 2016. BANSHEE will also return to CINEMAX in 2016.
Also on HBO in 2016 is the live simulcast of the 88th Annual Academy Awards nominee announcement, red carpet arrivals and the 2016 Oscars® awards show, broadcast direct from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
VINYL
Premieres Monday, February 15 at 10pm on HBO / HBO HD (Astro Ch 411 / 431)
From Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and Terence Winter, this new HBO Original drama series directed by Martin Scorsese kicks off its ten-episode season with a two-hour premiere, on Monday, February 15 at 10pm on HBO. Set in 1970s New York City, VINYL is a ride through the sex- and drug-addled music business at the dawn of punk, disco, and hip-hop, seen through the eyes of a record label president (played by Bobby Cannavale), who is trying to save his company and his soul without destroying everyone in his path.
Additional series regulars include Olivia Wilde, Ray Romano, Ato Essandoh, Max Casella, P.J. Byrne, J.C. MacKenzie, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Juno Temple, Jack Quaid, James Jagger and Paul Ben-Victor. Executive produced by Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger, Terence Winter, Rick Yorn, Victoria Pearman, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, John Melfi and Allen Coulter. Winter serves as showrunner.
THE 88TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS ‘LIVE’
Live simulcast on HBO this February 29 at 9.30am
Same night primetime encore at 8pm
HBO brings the complete Oscars® experience on-air and online direct from Hollywood, starting with the LIVE NOMINEE ANNOUNCEMENT on January 14, and culminating with the 88TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS, broadcast live on HBO this February 29 at 9.30am, with a primetime encore on the same night.
For the week leading up to the 88th Annual Academy Awards, celebrate cinematic excellence with 2015 Oscar-winning movies airing every night at 9pm on HBO, with titles like the American Sniper, Boyhood and The Theory of Everything.
WESTWORLD
Coming soon to HBO
WESTWORLD is a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the future of sin. This one-hour drama features actors Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, Evan Rachel Wood, James Marsden, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, Rodrigo Santoro, Shannon Woodward, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Angela Sarafyan, and Simon Quarterman.
Jonathan Nolan serves as executive producer/writer/director; Lisa Joy as executive producer/writer; executive producers are J.J. Abrams, Jerry Weintraub, and Bryan Burk; co-executive producer Kathy Lingg; producer Athena Wickham; and co-producer Susie Ekins. The series is produced by Bad Robot Productions, Jerry Weintraub Productions and Kilter Films in association with Warner Bros. Television
WESTWORLD is inspired by the film of the same name, written and directed by Michael Crichton.
DIVORCE
Coming soon to HBO
Sarah Jessica Parker returns to HBO in this new comedy series about a very, very long divorce. Here, she stars as Frances, a woman who suddenly begins to reassess her life and her marriage, and finds that making a clean break and a fresh start is harder than she thought.
Other series regulars include Thomas Haden Church, Molly Shannon, Talia Balsam and Tracy Letts. DIVORCE, currently in production in New York, was created by Sharon Horgan, and executive produced by Horgan, Paul Simms, Sarah Jessica Parker, Alison Benson and Aaron Kaplan.
ALL THE WAY
Coming soon to HBO
Bryan Cranston reprises his Tony Award-winning role as the US President Lyndon B. Johnson in this HBO Original movie adapted by Robert Schenkkan from his Tony Award-winning play of the same name.
Directed by Jay Roach, ALL THE WAY offers a riveting behind-the-scenes look at President Lyndon B. Johnson’s tumultuous first year in office as he takes the oath in the wake of President Kennedy’s assassination, navigates the escalation of the Vietnam War and balances opposing interests to launch his landmark civil rights bill and win election to his first full presidential term.
ALL THE WAY also stars Anthony Mackie, Melissa Leo, Bradley Whitford, Stephen Root, Marque Richardson, Aisha Hinds, Todd Weeks, Mo McRae, Spencer Garrett and Frank Langella. Produced by Amblin Television, Tale Told Productions and Moonshot Entertainment, with Steven Spielberg, Robert Schenkkan, Jay Roach, Bryan Cranston, Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey executive producing. James Degus co-executive produces.
ABOUT HBO ASIA
Singapore-based HBO Asia brings the best of Hollywood to Asia first through its exclusive licensing deals with major Hollywood and independent studios, including Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Universal Studios, Warner Bros. and Lionsgate. HBO Asia has proprietary and award-winning HBO and HBO Asia Original programmes that are produced exclusively for HBO viewers. Wholly owned by HBO (a Time Warner company), HBO Asia reaches 23 territories across Asia and offers a bouquet of channels and services including 24-hour commercial-free subscription movie channels in standard-definition and high-definition – HBO, HBO SIGNATURE, HBO FAMILY, HBO HITS, CINEMAX and RED by HBO – as well as HBO GO and HBO ON DEMAND. HBO Asia is also the exclusive distributor of BabyFirst and the DreamWorks channel in Asia. Log on to www.hboasia.com for more information.
