HBO drops J J Abrams’ sequence ‘Demimonde’ 

By PTI

LOS ANGELES:  “Demimonde”, a science-fiction drama from JJ Abrams, isn’t shifting ahead at HBO owing to budgetary points.

The premium-cable community had snatched the challenge again in 2018 after a bidding battle with Apple Studios and gave it a straight-to-series order.

Sources informed The Hollywood Reporter, Abrams fought onerous to maintain HBO/HBO Max head Casey Bloys from axing the present.

After per week of mulling over it, Bloys determined to half methods with the sequence for which Abrams had sought a price range over USD 200 million. In comparability, the price range for HBO’s upcoming “Game of Thrones” prequel “House of the Dragon” was lower than USD 200 million.

Abrams was additionally slated to direct the pilot for “Demimonde”, which had already modified showrunners because it landed at HBO 4 years in the past.

The sequence will now be shopped round by the producers from Warnermedia, HBO’s mother or father firm, to different streaming providers corresponding to Apple and Netflix, the place Abrams’ different reveals are below growth.

“Star Wars” fame Abrams was additionally connected to the challenge as the author of the pilot and an govt producer, alongside Ben Stephenson, who runs the TV division of Abrams manufacturing firm Bad Robot.

“Demimonde” was described as an epic and intimate sci-fi fantasy drama that offers with the world’s battle towards a monstrous, oppressive drive.