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Several new details about upcoming streaming service HBO Max have been revealed during a WarnerMedia investor call. We now know that the new service will debut in May 2020 with over 10,000 hours of content, including a continuation of Adventure Time and a brand new Green Lantern series. Prior to this we learned that the new service would have exclusive rights to Friends, and will allow you to stream the films of Studio Ghibli for the first time ever.

The new app was shown off during the investor call, giving us our first glimpse of what HBO Max will look like. Below are screengrabs taken during the call, showing off the app’s UI and features.

The app will open to a Netflix-style user selection screen, which will allow you to differentiate between adult and child accounts easily as you add them.

The front page shows off the curation lists that will be a prominent part of HBO Max–if you want to follow Regina King or Bill Hader, or anyone else featured, you’ll be able to receive recommendations from them.

The web app looks, unsurprisingly, a lot like Netflix when you move into the selection screens, except with all the HBO content that Netflix is missing.

The Max Hubs page lets you easily access the major franchises and licenses that HBO Max has. It’ll be easy to view the Studio Ghibli catalog, or look over the library of Cartoon Network, or binge through all of their DC shows and movies.

We also got a look at the mobile app, and how it’ll scale for a smaller screen and portrait orientation.

Here’s a peek at one of the curation videos on a mobile device. This one is from Zac Efron recommending The Exorcist, his “go-to scary movie.”

Each celebrity curator will have a page for you to follow, listing their choices and providing a personal statement.

We were also given a glimpse at the parental controls available in the new app, showing how easy it will be to make sure that your children aren’t watching Game of Thrones. HBO Max will feature every season of Sesame Street, among other things.

HBO has also today announced a new Game of Thrones prequel series, Fire & Blood, while also cancelling a different prequel series that was to star Naomi Watts.

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It’s been a wild day for Game of Thrones, with one prequel show getting the ax and another one getting the greenlight. Revealed during the WarnerMedia investor event, which mainly covered the upcoming streaming service HBO Max, the Game of Thrones prequel series, House of the Dragon, will getting a 10-episode series.

The story will be based on George R.R. Martin’s book Fire & Blood and take place 300 years prior to the events of Game of Thrones. The series will tell the story of House Targaryen.

“The Game of Thrones universe is so rich with stories,” explained Casey Bloys, president of HBO programming. “We look forward to exploring the origins of House Targaryen and the earlier days of Westeros along with Miguel, Ryan and George.”

Miguel Sapochnik (Game of Thrones, House) will direct the pilot and additional episodes for the series. Saopchnik will serve as showrunner alongside House of the Dragon writer Ryan Condal (Rampage).

No news as to when House of the Dragon will debut on HBO.

HBO Max is coming soon, and the next big streaming service is combining all the content from WarnerMedia. There is a lot coming to the service, and we now know when HBO Max is launching.

During the WarnerMedia investor call, it was revealed that the new streaming service, HBO Max, will be arriving in May 2020. Originally, the street date was simply Spring 2020.

Chairman of WarnerMedia and Entertainment, Bob Greenblatt explained that HBO Max will host the entire HBO service, original content–which includes whatever JJ Abrams is working on, along with a Gremlins animated series–selections from the Warner Bros. library, and more.

HBO Max will have 10,000 hours of content and Greenblatt explained that they’ve removed what he considered “filler” so users wouldn’t spend so much time searching for something to watch. This will be a curated library, which also includes human curation as well.

Every episode of The Big Bang Theory, Friends, and 50 seasons of Sesame Street will be available on the service, along with every Warner Bros. Batman and Superman movie. Additionally, Joker will be on HBO Max at launch. Over 300 episodes of South Park will be available shortly after launch, as HBO Max dives into more adult animated series, this includes anime, as HBO Max is partnering with Crunchy Roll for curated lists.

As for original series, HBO Max will have 31 originals in 2020, and the service will up that number to 50 in 2021.

More is developing with information on HBO Max, so stay tuned for updates.