News

Warner Bros. Discovery has announced the movies, TV shows, and live sports that will be available on the Max streaming service in May. The Max May 2025 lineup includes the drama series Duster, the film Mountainhead, and the two-part documentary Pee-wee as Himself.

The schedule also includes new seasons of And Just Like That…, Conan O’Brien Must Go, and 100 Foot Wave. A24’s Academy Award-winning The Brutalist will begin streaming as well.

And Just Like That… Season 3 Featured Programming

Series

Conan O’Brien Must Go Season 2 (Max Original Unscripted Series)

The three-episode season premieres on May 8, and episodes debut weekly

In this riotously funny travel series, Conan O’Brien experiences local cultures and connects with fans he previously met on his podcast.

Conaco produces the series. Conan O’Brien and Jeff Ross are the executive producers.

Conan O’Brien Must Go Season 2

Duster (Max Original Drama Series)

The eight-episode series premieres on May...

Gravitas Ventures has picked up the U.S. and Canadian rights from Visit Films for Delaney Buffett’s upcoming movie “Adult Best Friends.”

“Adult Best Friends,” which premiered at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival, tells the story of a woman who goes on a weekend trip with her co-dependent best friend, where she intends to break the news that she is getting married. The two friends find their paths diverging in their 30s and the trip takes some unexpected turns, including a chance encounter with a classmate and a bachelor party.

Buffett co-wrote “Adult Best Friends” with her real-life best friend Katie Corwin. The two also star in the film alongside Zachary Quinto (“Brilliant Minds”), Mason Gooding (“Scream”) and Cazzie David (“The Umbrella Academy”).

“Gravitas is thrilled to be releasing Delaney Buffett’s ‘Adult Best Friends’ to North American audiences,” stated Bill Guentzler, Senior VP of Acquisitions and Operations at Gravitas Ventures.

Tribeca-selected short film “Bite,” written and directed by filmmaker Jorey Worb, is a reclamation of sorts. The 15-minute short is lush, well-acted by breakout lead Troian Bellisario, and captures a story known all too well by too many people, including writer/director Worb.

“Bite” centers on a woman who seeks treatment for jaw pain, or Tmj, and is assaulted by her dentist (Evan Arnold). The encounter leads to a reexamination of lingering Ptsd and a faux Marie Antoinette-esque courtroom scene that plays out as she debates whether or not to go to the authorities. With its poppy set design, reminiscent of “Promising Young Woman,” mixed with a “Girls” kind of millennial dialogue and Wes Anderson-inspired production design, “Bite” tells a #MeToo tale in a completely new and fresh way. The film is one of the many star-studded shorts premiering at Tribeca Festival.

“Having ‘bite’ means standing up for oneself,...

Exclusive: Fresh off completing shooting in New Mexico, the Taika Waititi executive produced feature Frybread Face and Me now has some heavy hitters on board to see the Billy Luther-directed film over the finish line.

Charles D King’s Macro, along with River Road and Rei Co-op Studios, have teamed with Chad Burris’ Indion Entertainment to finance the Indigenous coming-of-age tale.

“We cannot measure our gratitude for the support and encouragement the film has received from our partners,” Burris told Deadline. “Equally immeasurable is the value these dynamic partners bring collectively through their commitment to uplifting underrepresented voices and perspectives. Their shared enthusiasm is apparent in the projects they choose to champion and the reason they are great partners for this film.”

Waititi and Luther, who also penned the film, will serve as EPs along with Macro’s King, Poppy Hanks and Greta Talia Fuentes as well as Rei...

Exclusive: On the cusp of starting filming next month, the Taika Waititi executive produced Frybread Face and Me has added MorningStar Angeline and Martin Sensmeier to the Billy Luther penned and directed drama.

A graduate of the 2020 Sundance Institute Directors and Screenwriters Labs, the semi-autobiographical feature from the acclaimed Miss Navajo helmer focuses on a 12-year old city kid who is sent under protest to live on his grandmother’s ranch. The experience on the Navajo reservation opens young Benny’s eyes to his own family and history, as well as that of his Indigenous culture.

Yellowstone alum Angeline will portray Ann, Benny’s aunt in Frybread Face and Me. Fresh off Netflix’s The Liberator and soon to be seen in the streamer’s The Ice Road with Liam Neeson and Lawrence Fishburne, Sensmeier will play Marvin, an uncle to Benny.

Produced by Indion Entertainment’s Chad Burris and with an full Native cast,...

In today’s film news roundup, “A Hidden Life” is shown at the Vatican, “Limerence” finds a home, Dave Baustista’s “My Spy” moves, and the DGA honors two veteran members.

Vatican Screening

Terrence Malick’s “A Hidden Life” received a rare private screening at the Vatican Film Library this week.

The movie centers on Austrian farmer and conscientious objector Franz Jägerstätter, who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II due to his religious beliefs. He was executed for treason in 1943 and beatified in 2007 in Linz, Austria by Pope Benedict XVI.

“A Hidden Life” stars August Diehl and Valerie Pachner with Maria Simon, Bruno Ganz, Karin Neuhäuser, Tobias Moretti, Matthias Schoenaerts and Ulrich Matthes rounding out the cast.

Fox Searchlight opens “A Hidden Life” in select theaters in North America on Friday. It was recently nominated as best feature contender at the Independent Spirit Awards.

Acquisition

Gravitas Ventures...

Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner called the famous 1971 "Hilltop" Coke ad, which closed out the beloved AMC series, "the best ad ever made," during a chat with author A.M. Homes at the New York Public Library, The New York Times reports. "That ad is so much of its time, so beautiful — I don't think it's as villainous as the snark of today thinks it is."

Juxtaposed with a final shot of Don Draper/Dick Whitman seemingly at peace on the California coast, the "Hilltop" TV spot proved to be an apt,...

Due to both lack of sleep from reviewing the finale, and the sheer weight of the show being over, it's been hard for me to think about anything but "Mad Men" today. I put most of my thoughts about "Person to Person" into last night's review, and we can all continue to debate over there about the meaning of the final scene in terms of what Don did and didn't write, and what that says about his character arc after the series is over. Today, though, rather than dive into screeners of another '60s drama with Manson references ("Aquarius") or another AMC drama about a mysterious man in a suit ("Halt and Catch Fire"), I wanted to write about some odds and ends that didn't make their way into the finale review. That's all coming up just as soon as I find a way to communicate, without words, how...

The Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour continued this weekend at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills and ABC trotted out their new dramas and sitcoms that will air this fall as well as give some love to a long-running daytime serial that no longer appears to be on the chopping block.

Bristol Palin loves the gays. Really. She does. Really.

During the Dancing With The Stars: All Stars panel, newly announced returning contestants Bristol Palin and Pam Anderson were asked together what they thought of the gays. Anderson, still stunning in trademark combo of tight dress, great hair and big boobs, said simply “I love them.” Palin, however, raised her ire when she was also asked what she’ll do if paired with a gay dancer, and exclaimed, “You know what? I like gays. I’m not a homophobic, and I’m so sick of people saying that.

Title: Punching the Clown Directed By: Gregori Viens Starring: Henry Phillips, Ellen Ratner, Matthew Walker, Audrey Siegel, Guilford Adams, Evan Arnold, Mark Cohen, Mik Scriba Punching the Clown grew from a documentary director and writer Gregori Viens made with co-writer and star Henry Phillips back in 1997. The plan was to turn it into a fictionalized narrative feature and while they did find a super chic production company to fly them to London and Paris to secure financing, that’s about as far as they got. From there it was a typical indie filmmaking experience resulting in maxed out credit cards and the entire thing being shot on a semi-professional Panasonic Hpx [...]...