Greg Berlanti’s DC Series ‘Strange Adventures’ Scrapped at HBO Max
thewrap.comFirst announced in 2019, “Strange Adventures,” was going to be a DC Super Hero anthology series executive produced by Berlanti, that was supposed to feature characters from across the DC canon.
The one-hour drama series would have explored close-ended morality tales about the intersecting lives of mortals and superhumans.Filmmaker Kevin Smith, who was set to direct and co-write an episode of the series with “Supergirl” writer Eric Carrasco, broke the news on his Hollywood Babble-On podcast.“I got a call the other day from Eric before all of this story broke and he was just like, ‘”Strange Adventures” is officially dead.’ And I was like, ‘What the f—, are you serious?!’” Smith said.Smith added: “I thought ‘Strange Adventures’ being a casualty kind of made sense to me.
Nobody necessarily knows these characters; it sounded like an expensive show.”The news comes on the heels of the cancellation of another DC project, “Batgirl.” Last week, during an earnings call, Warner Bros.
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