HBO Max is the latest television company to ramp up its push into podcasts.<\/p>\n
The WarnerMedia streamer has made a number of moves in the audio space and is bringing together a number of projects under the HBO Max banner and platform.<\/p>\n
The company is launching Batman: The Audio Adventures,<\/em> a scripted original starring Jeffrey Wright as Batman, Rosario Dawson as Catwoman and John Leguizamo as the Riddler.<\/p>\n This is separate from DC Comics’ own Batman podcast that it is making with Spotify. It comes as rivals such as Netflix also step up their plans in the audio space.<\/p>\n HBO Max is also launching its first look-back audio series, centered around Band of Brothers,<\/em> prepping a new Insecure<\/em> spin-off podcast and expanding its deal with podcast firm Audacy.<\/p>\n This comes as the HBO Max Podcast Program has grown from four podcasts to over 25 including companion series based on shows such as Chernobyl<\/em> and Lovecraft Country<\/em>. The moves were announced by Michael Gluckstadt and Becky Rho, Co-Directors of the HBO Max Podcast Program at the Podcast Movement festival in Nashville.<\/p>\n Batman: The Audio Adventures<\/em> will be released exclusively on HBO Max in the fall. Drawing inspiration from the 1960s Batman series and Batman: The Animated Series<\/em>, the series is produced in partnership with Warner Bros. and DC and is written and directed by Dennis McNicholas.<\/p>\n A Band of Brothers<\/em> series, hosted by Roger Bennett, will launch on September 9 and will feature interviews with cast and exec producer Tom Hanks.<\/p>\n Issa Rae’s Insecure is getting a sequel to its Looking for Latoya<\/em> series. We Stay Looking<\/em> will explore topics such as prison labor in America, racism in school systems, the alarming mortality rate of Black women during hospital stays and childbirth.<\/p>\n It is expanding its partnership with Audacy to include HBO Max and HBO Documentary titles. Audacy’s Pineapple Street Studios has produces such as Lovecraft Country Radio <\/em>and The Chernobyl Podcast<\/em> and will now launch Trade Secrets<\/em>, featuring conversations between actors, writers, and directors, as well as a series around documentaries.<\/p>\nWatch on Deadline<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n