J.J. Abrams & Director Angela Robinson Team For DC Comics Series ‘Madame X’ For HBO Max

J.J. Abrams is continuing to expand upon his “Justice League Dark” series plans as he’ll produce a brand new live-action series based on another occult/horror character from the DC Comics lineup. 

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Abrams’ Bad Robot and director Angela Robinson are partnering on a new show at HBO Max based on Madame Xanadu called “Madame X,” according to a new report from Deadline. Known as Nima/Nimune, Madame Xanadu is an unkillable immortal clairvoyant that reads tarot cards to tell the future after a deal with Death. 

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This wouldn’t be the first time the DC Comics character created back in 1978 has appeared in live-action as actress Jeryl Prescott (“The Walking Dead“) had recently played Madame Xanadu in the James Wan-produced “Swamp Thing” series that only lasted a single season. However, Prescott isn’t likely continuing that role as it sounds like it’ll be another reboot as with the other DC Comics projects from Bad Robot.

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Angela Robinson isn’t a stranger to the horror genre as she previously worked on HBO‘s “True Blood” and was tapped by Warner Bros. to write and direct a remake of the visually striking Tony Scott 1983 erotic vampire thriller “The Hunger.” The original starred Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, and Susan Sarandon. Robinson also directed the critically acclaimed drama “Professor Marston and the Wonder Women.”

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WarnerMedia is also flushing out other occult characters connected to “Justice League Dark” with a “Constantine” series reboot from Abrams and writer Guy Bolton and Oscar-winner Emerald Fennell (“Promising Young Woman“) is writing a feature film focusing on fellow magical member “Zatanna.” Guillermo del Toro originally wrote a “Justice League Dark” movie with plans to direct before it was discarded to development hell for years. Abrams ultimately got his hands on the property and clearly seems to be developing an entire strand of that supernatural section of the DC Universe for HBO Max.