How should you kick off the new year: get back to the gym, learn how to play the ukulele, or catch all the new movies and TV shows on HBO Max? The answer seems obvious to us, streamers!
Leading us off in 2023, HBO Max will release the highly anticipated zombie video game turned live-action series The Last of Us, starring Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Storm Reid, and Nick Offerman. HBO Max will also launch the dark comedy thriller The Menu, featuring Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, and Ralph Fiennes at a dinner party you’ll never forget. Don’t miss the other great TV shows available on the streaming platform this month, such as the 21st season of the political talk show Real Time with Bill Maher and the first season of Jason Momoa’s rock climbing competition series The Climb.
Are you ready for a whole new year of streaming? Turn on your awesome 4K Roku TV, and check out what’s new on HBO Max in January.
Top TV series releases on HBO Max in January
- The Last of Us – Based on the critically acclaimed video game of the same name, the story takes place twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year- old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.
- Velma – Adult animated comedy series telling the origin story of Velma Dinkley (Scooby Doo). EP by Mindy Kaling.
- The Climb – Jason Momoa is producing and appearing in a show that is visually-arresting and life-changing adventure that represents the foundations of rock climbing and the exploration of the human spirit. In this all-encompassing competition, amateur climbers are put through a rigorous series of mental and physical challenges, utilizing the most intimidating ascents in the world to crown the world’s best amateur climber.”
- Real Time with Bill Maher – Comedian and political satirist Bill Maher discusses topical events with guests from various backgrounds.
- Game Theory with Bomani Jones – Features Bomani Jones, one of the most unique journalists working today, as he breaks down timely issues playing out in the world of sports.
- Prisoner of the Prophet – Briell, the 65th wife of prophet Warren Jeffs, details her time living — and surviving — in the FLDS Church. Briell’s story exposes the darkest secrets of the polygamist cult.
- US Soccer Federation – HBO Max will be exclusively streaming a number of US Men’s, Women’s and friendly matches. These teams — colloquially called the USMNT and USWNT — are comprised of the country’s best players. These high-profile athletes are among the most recognized stars in the world and play club soccer year-round for top teams in England, Spain, Italy, and beyond, as well as the country’s domestic MLS and NWSL leagues.
- Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace — Longtime Fox News host Chris Wallace moves to anchor a weekday series talking to the biggest names in news and entertainment.
- The Price of the Glee — This premium limited three-part series reveals how GLEE became such a phenomenon and how an absolute perfect storm of people, timing, and technology came together to form a killer cocktail that exacerbated the worst aspects of fame. We’ll unpack the seemingly endless scandals that continue to plague what was supposed to be the happiest show on television.
- Gold, Lies & Videotape — In the 1930’s the Noss Family discovered what could be the largest treasure horde of the American Southwest, located at the base of Victorio Peak in New Mexico. But when Victoirio Peak was included as part of the White Sands Missile base, all excavation work stopped, and the location of the treasure was lost to the passage of time. Now with unique access via the Department of Defense to excavate the site and unique access to hundreds of hours of archival film and video; photographs.
- The Cabin Chronicles — Exploring the architecture, design and human connection behind beautiful cabins and their surrounding landscapes.
Top movie releases on HBO Max in January
- The Menu – A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
Scheduled releases coming to HBO Max in January 2023:
January 01
- Insidious
- 20 Feet from Stardom
- American Hustle
- American Ultra
- At Middleton
- Back to School
- Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons
- Black Butterfly
- Captain Phillips
- Catch a Fire
- Child’s Play
- Cold Pursuit
- Cops and Robbersons
- Coup de torchon
- Crocodile Dundee
- Crocodile Dundee II
- Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
- Cruising
- Death Warrant
- Dim Sum Funeral
- Dom Hemingway
- Every Secret Thing
- Extortion
- Fool’s Gold
- Flashpoint
- From Here to Eternity
- Gemini
- Geronimo: An American Legend
- Ghostbusters
- Ghostbusters II
- Hereditary
- Hoodlum
- Insidious: Chapter 2
- Jennifer Eight
- John Wick
- John Wick: Chapter 2
- John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
- Jumping the Broom
- Jury Duty
- Kill The Irishman
- Kusama: Infinity
- Law Abiding Citizen
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Line of Duty
- Marley & Me
- Matilda
- Nine
- Oasis: Supersonic
- Our Idiot Brother
- Piranha 3D
- Piranha 3DD
- Planet 51
- Precious Cargo
- Quartet
- Regression
- Rememory
- Sarah’s Key
- Skate Kitchen
- Stephen King’s Graveyard Shift
- Stephen King’s Silver Bullet
- Support the Girls
- Teen Wolf
- Teen Wolf Too
- The Artist
- The Book of Life
- The Brink
- The Cabin in the Woods
- The Company Men
- The Cookout
- The Crying Game
- The Guilty
- The Haunting
- The Homesman
- The Hunter
- The Iron Lady
- The Last Face
- The Lobster
- The Master
- The Perfect Score
- The Promise
- The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
- The Unborn
- The Whole Ten Yards
- This Boy’s Life
- This One’s for the Ladies
- Urge
- USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
- Vendetta
- When We Were Kings
- White Chicks
- Wild Rose
- Woman at War
- Zero Dark Thirty
January 03
- The Menu
January 06
- DC’s Stargirl (Season 3)
- The Nun
- Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace? (Season 2)
January 08
- We Baby Bear (Season 1F)
January 10
- Horrible Bosses 2
January 11
- In with the Old (Season 3)
January 12
- Blended
- The Climb (Season 1)
- Velma (Season 1)
January 13
- Gold, Lies & Videotape
January 15
- The Last of Us (Season 1)
January 16
- The Price of the Glee
January 17
- Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons
- Sesame Street Mecha Builders (Season 1E)
January 20
- Game Theory with Bomani Jones (Season 2)
- Real Time with Bill Maher (Season 21)
- The Cabin Chronicles (Season 3)
January 23
- YOLO: Silver Destiny (Season 2)
January 30
- Prisoner of the Prophet
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