In the wake of the release of “Doctor Sleep,” a direct sequel to Stanley Kubrick‘s iconic haunted house flick “The Shining” starring Ewan McGregor (“Obi-Wan Kenobi,” “Trainspotting“) as an adult, Danny Torrance facing an evil outside of the hotel, J.J. Abrams was looking to developing a spinoff series “Overlook” (the haunted hotel at the center of “The Shining”). 

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With COVID-19 causing a disaster for the film and TV industry, many have assumed the intended spring launch of HBO Max has gone off course. Well, that’s not the case and the streaming platform is apparently still intending to debut next month. Moreover, in another show of confidence, HBO MAX announced three new one-hour dramas from J.J. Abrams and Katie McGrath’s Bad Robot Productions and Warner Bros.

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