[quote]Making its first acquisition, HBO Max has picked up Let Them All Talk, an original comedy starring Meryl Streep and Gemma Chan that is being directed by Steven Soderbergh. Dianne Wiest, Candice Bergen and Lucas Hedges are also starring in the project, whose name is a working title and which quietly began shooting last week in New York. It will also shoot on the Queen Mary 2 and in the UK.
[quote]MacArthur Fellow and PEN/Faulkner award-winning author Deborah Eisenberg wrote the script that centers on a celebrated author (Streep) who takes a journey on a cruise ship with some old friends (Bergen, Wiest) to have some fun and heal old wounds. Her nephew (Hedges) comes along to wrangle the ladies and finds himself involved with a young literary agent (Chan).
[quote]HBO Max is due to launch in spring 2020 and is in the process of building a slate as well as a circle of talent as suppliers. Reese Witherspoon and Greg Berlanti have signed production deals for the service.