{"id":10190,"date":"2020-08-16T22:56:04","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T02:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/?p=10190"},"modified":"2020-08-16T22:56:04","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T02:56:04","slug":"hbo-exec-sets-green-lantern-as-fun-for-younger-audiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/hbo-exec-sets-green-lantern-as-fun-for-younger-audiences\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Exec Sets &#8220;Green Lantern&#8221; as Fun for Younger Audiences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/assets\/hbomax-1-1024x576-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10115\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/assets\/hbomax-1-1024x576-1.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/assets\/hbomax-1-1024x576-1-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/assets\/hbomax-1-1024x576-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The New York Times has interesting article on the supposed change of how things are being done in Hollywood. Apparently the new ways are here to stay and the old guard can go kick rocks. That&#8217;s the gist. More importantly, it touches on all the drama surrounding AT&amp;T and by proxy, HBO Max. Even more important? The executive behind bringing hit shows like <em>Euphoria<\/em>, <em>Veep<\/em>, <em>Big Little Lies<\/em> and <em>Chernobyl<\/em> is now tasked with making sure HBO Max continues that recent hot streak. And that&#8217;s where <em>Green Lantern<\/em> comes in&#8230;and <em>Gossip Girl<\/em> too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the juicy bit from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/08\/16\/business\/media\/hollywood-studios-firings-streaming.html#click=https:\/\/t.co\/XMnqjY7GZi\">NY Times article<\/a> pertaining to Bloys and his aim for GL:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> <br>With the purge of top creative executives completed, the responsibility for what\u2019s inside HBO Max and the cable TV channels\u00a0will fall largely on Casey Bloys, an HBO veteran who is now overseeing all of WarnerMedia\u2019s entertainment content. He has, he said in a telephone interview, told his new team that he wants programming on the streaming service that will complement the buzzy, complex adult shows like \u201cWatchmen\u201d and \u201cSuccession\u201d that HBO is best known for. He is pointed to straightforwardly fun titles that appeal to younger audiences like \u201cGreen Lantern\u201d and \u201cGossip Girl&#8221; as models for broadening out the service.\u00a0 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Some interesting buzz words used there that you&#8217;ll undoubtedly see in the same million headlines over the next 48hrs of attention span&#8230;Its the younger bit that will have fans in a tizzy. Fans of the CW shows probably shouldn&#8217;t care because that&#8217;s the base level of young HBO is willing to go. However, if you&#8217;re like me and not a fan of that kind of content then you&#8217;re probably hedging your bets\/hopes\/prayers on that last juicy quote from inside the HBO offices which framed <em>Green Lantern <\/em>as a <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2X3pW2C\">&#8220;step up&#8221;<\/a> from that CW model. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll leave you with another tiny morsel from that article that might be interesting to those with a keener eye on all things WB and Hollywood:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> <br>His success will depend, in part, on the company\u2019s ability to clearly market its streaming service and perhaps more on whether AT&amp;T is really willing to keep spending on TV like Netflix and Disney. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>YIKES.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times has interesting article on the supposed change of how things are being done in Hollywood. Apparently the new ways are here to stay and the old guard can go kick rocks. That&#8217;s the gist. More importantly, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/hbo-exec-sets-green-lantern-as-fun-for-younger-audiences\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[967],"class_list":["post-10190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-hbo-max"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}