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A HBO<\/a> series from The Weeknd<\/a> and Euphoria<\/em> creator Sam Levinson is undergoing an overhaul, according to reports.<\/p>\n In a statement released on Monday (April 25), HBO said the series, titled The Idol<\/em>, is \u201cadjusting\u201d its cast and crew to serve a new direction.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Idol\u2019s<\/em> creative team continues to build, refine, and evolve their vision for the show and they have aligned on a new creative direction,\u201d a statement reads.<\/p>\n \u201cThe production will be adjusting its cast and crew accordingly to best serve this new approach to the series. We look forward to sharing more information soon.\u201d<\/p>\n According to Variety<\/em><\/a>, director Amy Seimetz (The Killing<\/em>) has departed the project. It\u2019s believed Levinson will take over as director.<\/p>\n As announced in June last year<\/a>, The Idol<\/em> is set to follow a female pop singer who enters into a romantic relationship with an LA club owner who also leads a secret cult.<\/p>\n The Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye) serves as a co-writer and executive producer on the series, alongside Levinson and Reza Fahim. Tesfaye will also star in the series, alongside Lily Rose-Depp, Troye Sivan<\/a>, Suzanna Son and Steve Zissis.<\/p>\n Other cast members announced include Melanie Liburd, Tunde Adebimpe, Elizabeth Berkley Lauren, Nico Hiraga and Anna Heche in recurring roles.<\/p>\n The Weeknd has a few acting credits to his name. He previously played himself in Josh and Benny Safdie\u2019s 2019 thriller film Uncut Gems<\/em> opposite Adam Sandler, and also made guest appearances in American Dad<\/em> and The Simpsons<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n Recently, the singer replaced Kanye West as a headliner of Coachella<\/a> alongside Swedish House Mafia<\/a>, where he debuted songs from his latest album \u2018Dawn FM\u2019 live.<\/p>\n The post The Weeknd’s series with ‘Euphoria’ creator heading in a “new creative direction”<\/a> appeared first on NME<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A HBO series from The Weeknd and Euphoria creator Sam Levinson is undergoing an overhaul, according to reports. READ MORE:\u00a0The Weeknd \u2013 \u2018Dawn FM\u2019 review: soulful star meets a new day with hope and hindsight In a statement released on Monday (April 25), HBO said the series, titled The Idol, is \u201cadjusting\u201d its cast and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1135,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/jurus.net\/musicsynclicense\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Weeknd-main-new.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurus.net\/musicsynclicense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurus.net\/musicsynclicense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurus.net\/musicsynclicense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurus.net\/musicsynclicense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurus.net\/musicsynclicense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jurus.net\/musicsynclicense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurus.net\/musicsynclicense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurus.net\/musicsynclicense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurus.net\/musicsynclicense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurus.net\/musicsynclicense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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