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Acclaimed filmmaker Steven Soderbergh has extended his relationship with WarnerMedia by signing a 3-year overall deal with HBO and HBO Max, while the latter has lined up new shows including a climate change anthology series.

WarnerMedia’s deal with Soderbergh builds on the previously announced Meryl Streep-starring HBO Max original film Let Them All Talk (working title), which he is making for the soon-to-launch streamer.

It will see the Sex, Lies & Videotape director work exclusively for HBO Max and HBO in all forms of television and give the WarnerMedia-owned companies a first look at his features.

“Steven is a groundbreaking filmmaker who not only tells unique, irresistible stories but is also a master of so many genres. In many ways he is the anti-algorithm, constantly surprising, never predictable and his career is living proof that one gifted filmmaker can impact our culture again and again”, said Sarah Aubrey, head of original content at HBO Max, which launches in May.

Writer, director, producer, cinematographer and editor Soderbergh most recently directed the films The Laundromat and High Flying Bird, both of which debuted on Netflix in 2019. He earned an Academy Award in 2000 for directing Traffic, the same year he was nominated for Erin Brockovich. Among his other credits are the HBO limited series Mosaic, television series The Knick for Cinemax and the films Unsane, Logan Lucky, Side Effects, Magic Mike, Che and the Ocean’s trilogy.