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Jenkins told us, just a few weeks ago, that the show’s fate was still very much in the air but he was emboldened by the fan response, particularly on Twitter, which has embraced the show, which also stars Nathan Foad, Samson Kayo, Vico Ortiz, Ewen Bremner, Joel Fry, Matt Maher, Kristian Nairn, Con O’Neill, Guz Khan, David Fane, Rory Kinnear, Samba Schutte, Nat Faxon, Fred Armisen and Leslie Jones, so wholeheartedly.A return date for “Our Flag Means Death” has yet to be set.

Max is not moving forward with a third season of its period comedy series Our Flag Means Death. Deadline understands that the first two seasons will not be removed from the streaming service.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Our Flag Means Death” has been canceled at Max. The pirate comedy aired two seasons at the streamer. The series originally debuted in March 2022, with the second season launching in October 2023.

Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Set sail for the high seas! Max‘s swashbuckling romantic comedy “Our Flag Means Death” returns for season 2 on Oct. 5, a year-and-a-half after season 1 wrapped.

New images from Kristin Scott Thomas’ North Star (formally My Mother’s Wedding), have dropped. The film will have its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and is the directorial debut for British actress Kristen Scott Thomas. Thomas also co-wrote the screenplay with John Micklethwait.

Max has announced that the second season of original series “Our Flag Means Death,” starring Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi, will be released on Oct. 5. The streamer also released a teaser for the new season of the pirate-y, period rom-com series.

HBO Max‘s Our Flag Means Death is officially returning for its second season this year – watch the first teaser trailer below.The first teaser trailer for Our Flag Means Death‘s second season was unveiled by HBO Max last night (August 30), and confirms its release date of October 5 on the streaming service.The teaser trailer for season two sees Taika Waititi return as Blackbeard (aka Ed Teach) and Rhys Darby return as Stede Bonnet for HBO’s loose retelling of real-life English pirate Bonnet’s adventures with a comedic twist.Watch the teaser trailer for HBO Max’s Our Flag Means Death season two below.Season one of Our Flag Means Death ended on a bitter note as Bonnet and Teach were separated, leading Teach to believe he had been abandoned by Bonnet. The teaser for season two sees Bonnet embark on a quest to reunite with Teach, who has begun plotting his revenge against Bonnet for his perceived act of betrayal.Aside from Darby and Waititi, Samson Kayo, Vico Ortiz, Ewen Bremner, Joel Fry, Matthew Maher, Kristian Nairn, Con O’Neill, David Fane, Samba Schutte, Nat Faxon and Leslie Jones also star in the series.For its premiere on October 5, HBO Max will release three new episodes, with the rest of the season being released weekly until its conclusion on October 26.In other HBO news, the streaming service announced earlier this week that it has cancelled Sam Levinson and The Weeknd’s controversial series The Idol after just one season.

Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s Puss In Boots: The Last Wish has secured a China release date on December 23, two days after its North American bow. Apart from Avatar: The Way of Water, this currently appears to be the only other Hollywood title dated through the end of the year in the PRC.

DreamWorks Animation on Friday unveiled a new, 32-second curtain raiser that will open its films going forward. 

Fans praised Katie Piper's natural TV presenting skills as she headed up ITV's Katie Piper Breakfast Show on Sunday morning.

Black Widow star Scarlett Johansson's next lead movie role in My Mother's Wedding has been released. The movie follows three "romantically dysfunctional" sisters who return to their childhood home for their mother's (played by Kristin Scott Thomas) third wedding.

Black Widow star Scarlett Johansson's next lead movie role in My Mother's Wedding has been released. The movie follows three "romantically dysfunctional" sisters who return to their childhood home for their mother's (played by Kristin Scott Thomas) third wedding. Johansson will play Katherine, one of the three sisters and a Royal Navy Captain.

Wilson Chapman editorThe crew of the Revenge are setting sail once again. Comedy series “Our Flag Means Death” has been renewed for Season 2, HBO Max has announced.

Our Flag Means Death is coming back for a second season on HBO Max.

Channel 4’s Stath Lets Flats star Jamie Demetriou has beaten new Doctor Who lead Ncuti Gatwa to Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme at the BAFTA TV Awards.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has unveiled a new mockumentary about the making of Cliff Beasts 6: Battle for Everest: Memories of a Requiem, the movie at the center of Judd Apatow’s recently-released comedy, The Bubble.

Puss In Boots is living every adventure like it’s his last in the new trailer for the upcoming “Shrek” spinoff movie.

More than ten years after the first movie debuted, Puss in Boots is back.“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” is headed to theaters and the trailer just dropped (watch it above). And looks fun and colorful, like the somewhat more sophisticated brand extension that it always was.Universal describes the plot of this new “Puss in Boots” as following the character (once again voiced by Antonio Banderas) as “he embarks on an epic journey into the Black Forest to find the mythical Wishing Star and restore his lost lives.

The Apatows are stepping out to promote their new Netflix movie!

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticA few episodes into “Our Flag Means Death,” aristocrat turned pirate ship captain Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby) admires his spoils with a frisson of glee. “Why can’t one be a gentleman and a pirate?” he muses aloud to no one in particular, before deciding to embrace that inherent contradiction as his new moniker.

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Ethan Shanfeld Judd Apatow’s upcoming, star-studded Netflix film “The Bubble” follows a group of actors stuck inside a pandemic bubble while shooting a movie at a hotel. That movie — “Cliff Beasts 6: The Battle for Everest: Memories of a Requiem” — just got its own official teaser.“The Bubble” stars Karen Gillan, Fred Armisen, Maria Bakalova, Keegan-Michael Key, David Duchovny, Leslie Mann, Pedro Pascal, Peter Serafinowicz, Vir Das, Rob Delaney and Apatow’s daughter, Iris Apatow.Apatow directs, produces and co-wrote the script for “The Bubble” with Pam Brady, who executive produces alongside Donald Sabourin and Apatow’s longtime partner Barry Mendel.

Pirate comedy Our Flag Means Death, starring Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi, will land at HBO Max in March.

Netflix has confirmed that it will release Death To 2021, a TV special from Charlie Brooker’s production company, later in December.The follow-up to last year’s Death To 2020 will mix archival footage of real events from across the past year with commentary from fictitious characters.Returning cast members from last year’s special include Hugh Grant, Tracey Ullman, Samson Kayo and Diane Morgan.

Katie Song Netflix announced the comedy event “Death to 2021” will premiere Dec.

Ben Caudell.“Death to 2021,” which will debut Dec. 27, stars Hugh Grant, Lucy Liu, Tracey Ullman, Samson Kayo, Joe Keery, William Jackson Harper, Stockard Channing, Cristin Milioti, Diane Morgan, Nick Mohammed and others.

Ethan Shanfeld Leslie Jones and Nat Faxon have joined “Our Flag Means Death” as recurring guest stars.The HBO Max original comedy series is loosely based on the true adventures of Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby), a pampered aristocrat who abandoned his cushy lifestyle to become a pirate.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla The HBO Max pirate comedy series “Our Flag Means Death” has five new additions to its cast: Ewen Bremner, David Fane, Guz Khan, Matt Maher and Joel Fry, most recently seen in Disney’s “Cruella.” They will be joined alongside previously announced members Kristian Nairn, Nathan Foad, Samson Kayo, Rory Kinnear, Con O’Neill Vico Ortiz, and “Flight of the Conchords” alum and series lead Rhys Darby.“Our Flag Means Death” is loosely based on the true adventures of Stede Bonnet

Game of Thrones star Kristian Nairn has landed a new role in the new HBO Max pirate comedy series Our Flag Means Death. No Time To Die's Rory Kinnear is also appearing in the series, as well as Nathan Foad, Samson Kayo, Con O'Neill, Vico Ortiz and the previously announced Thor: Love and Thunder's Taika Waititi, who is set to play the "demented pirate" Blackbeard.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe HBO Max pirate comedy series “Our Flag Means Death” is rounding out its cast with six new additions.Kristian Nairn, Nathan Foad, Samson Kayo, Rory Kinnear, Con O’Neill and Vico Ortiz will all join the show alongside previously announced series lead Rhys Darby.