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What the “Major Changes” to the Cast and Crew Means for The Weeknd’s Upcoming HBO Show, ‘The Idol’ · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. HBOS announced major changes
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  Speaker 1: are being made to the Weekend's upcoming series, The Idol,
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  Speaker 1: though what that means remains unclear. The scripted drama was
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  Speaker 1: originally set to see him Right, produce and star as
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  Speaker 1: a cult leader in a relationship with a female pop star,
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  Speaker 1: and is already months in a production, but HBO told
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  Speaker 1: Deadline The Idol's creative team continues to build, refine, and
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  Speaker 1: evolve their vision for the show and have aligned on
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  Speaker 1: a new creative direction. The production will be adjusting its
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  Speaker 1: cast and crew accordingly to best serve this new approach
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  Speaker 1: to the series, so we would afford to sharing more
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  Speaker 1: information soon. The question now is what will that change be.
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  Speaker 1: Who will be departing? Lily ro'se Dat was cast as
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  Speaker 1: the pop star, and Euphoria creator Sam Levinson was in
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  Speaker 1: place as a major force behind the scenes. Several episodes
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  Speaker 1: of the show have already been shot, and it's an
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  Speaker 1: extremely unusual decision for a network to make this far in,
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  Speaker 1: but not unheard of. In fact, HBO has famously made
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  Speaker 1: similar decisions before when they believe in a property like
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  Speaker 1: Game of Thrones, but they think there's a real chance
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  Speaker 1: they can make it better. That's direct from Hollywood.