It seems like just yesterdaywe were anticipating all the high-profile video game adaptations coming to movie theaters and streaming services in 2023, and one of the biggest is already almost here: HBO MaxsThe Last of Us, based on the 2013 PlayStation post-apocalyptic zombie-adjacent survival adventure…thing.
The series follows two survivors of a fungal apocalypse that has killed most of the worlds population and turned them into mindless cannibals (isnt that always the way).
Joel (The Mandalorians Pedro Pascal) is a smuggler tasked with protecting a young girl, Ellie (Bella Ramsey, the scene-stealing Lyanna Mormont fromGame of Thrones) for unknown but ultimately world-shattering reasons.
From Craig Mazin, creator of HBOsChernyobl,and game developer Naughty Dogs Neil Druckmann, the show looks to capture the originals grim vibes of isolation and survival.
What Im saying is, if you found last years everyone is dead in the future HBO dramaStation Eleventoo uplifting, this is the show youve been waiting for.
Also arriving this month:Velma(Jan. 12), an animated reboot of the nearsighted, orange sweater-loving Scooby-Doo character voiced by Mindy Kaling.
No word yet on whether the series makes the original shows subtext, er, text; for that, you have to watch the recentTrick or Treat Scooby Doo!
Heres everything else coming to (and leaving) HBO Max in January, includingThe Climb(Jan. 12), a Jason Mamoa-hosted reality competition series about competitive rock climbing; just watching the trailer gave me vertigo.
Titles with (HBO) next to them are available on HBO and HBO Max; everything else is exclusive to HBO Max.
Whats coming to HBO Max in January 2023
Date TBA
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel,Season 29 Premiere (HBO)
Arriving Jan. 1
20 Feet From Stardom, 2013 (HBO)
American Hustle, 2013
American Ultra,2015 (HBO)
At Middleton,2013 (HBO)
Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons,2022
Black Butterfly, 2017 (HBO)
Captain Phillips, 2013 (HBO)
Catch a Fire, 2006 (HBO)
Childs Play, 2019 (HBO)
Cold Pursuit, 2019 (HBO)
Cops and Robbersons,1994 (HBO)
Coup de torchon, 1981
Crocodile Dundee,1986 (HBO)
Crocodile Dundee II,1988 (HBO)
Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles,2001 (HBO)
Cruising, 1980 (HBO
)Death Warrant,1990 (HBO)
Dim Sum Funeral, 2008 (HBO)
Dom Hemingway, 2013 (HBO)
Every Secret Thing, 2014 (HBO)
Extortion,2017 (HBO)
Fools Gold,2008 (HBO)
Flashpoint,2007 (HBO)
From Here to Eternity,1953
Gemini,2017 (HBO)
Geronimo: An American Legend,1993
Ghostbusters, 1984
Ghostbusters II,1989
Hereditary, 2018 (HBO)
Hoodlum, 1997 (HBO)
Insidious: Chapter 2, 2013
Jennifer Eight,1992 (HBO)
John Wick, 2014
John Wick: Chapter 2, 2017
John Wick: Chapter 3 Parabellum,2019
Jumping the Broom, 2011
Jury Duty,1995 (HBO)
Kill the Irishman, 2011 (HBO)
Kusama: Infinity, 2018 (HBO)
Law Abiding Citizen, 2009 (HBO)
Lawrence of Arabia,1962
Line of Duty, 2019 (HBO)
Marley & Me,2008 (HBO)
Matilda, 1996Nine, 2009 (HBO)
Oasis: Supersonic,2016 (HBO)
Our Idiot Brother,2011
Piranha 3D,2010 (HBO)
Piranha 3DD, 2012 (HBO)
Planet 51,2009
Precious Cargo, 2016 (HBO)
Quartet,2012 (HBO)
Regression, 2015 (HBO)
Rememory, 2017 (HBO)
Sarahs Key, 2010 (HBO)
Skate Kitchen,2018 (HBO)
Stephen Kings Graveyard Shift,1990 (HBO)
Stephen Kings Silver Bullet,1985 (HBO)
Support the Girls,2018 (HBO)
Teen Wolf,1985 (HBO)
Teen Wolf Too, 1987 (HBO)
The Artist,2011 (HBO)
The Book of Life, 2014 (HBO)
The Brink,2019 (HBO)
The Cabin in the Woods,2012 (HBO)
The Company Men, 2010 (HBO)
The Cookout, 2004
The Crying Game,1992 (HBO)
The Guilty, 2021 (HBO)
The Haunting,1999 (HBO)
The Homesman,2014 (HBO)
The Hunter,2011 (HBO)
The Iron Lady,2011 (HBO)
The Last Face, 2016 (HBO)
The Lobster,2015 (HBO)
The Master, 2012 (HBO)
The Perfect Score,2004 (HBO)
The Promise,2016 (HBO)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three,1974 (HBO)
The Unborn, 2009 (HBO)
The Whole Ten Yards, 2004 (HBO)
This Boys Life,1993 (HBO)
This Ones for the Ladies,2018 (HBO)
Urge,2016 (HBO)
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage,2016 (HBO)
Vendetta, 2022 (HBO)
When We Were Kings, 1996
White Chicks, 2004 (HBO)
Wild Rose,2018 (HBO)
Woman at War,2018 (HBO)
Zero Dark Thirty,2012
Arriving Jan. 3
The Menu,2022 (HBO)
Arriving Jan. 6
DCs Stargirl, Season 3
The Nun,2018 (HBO)
Whos Talking to Chris Wallace?,Season 2
Arriving Jan. 8
We Baby Bears,Season 1F
Arriving Jan. 10
Horrible Bosses 2, 2014 (HBO)
Arriving Jan. 11
In With the Old,Season 3
Arriving Jan. 12
Blended,2014 (HBO)
The Climb,Max Original Series Premiere
Velma, Max Original Series Premiere
Arriving Jan. 13
The Big Soiree (El Gran Sarao),Max Original Premiere
I Dont Like Driving w/t (No Me Gusta Conducir),Max Original Premiere
Arriving Jan. 15
The Last of Us, Series Premiere (HBO)
Arriving Jan. 17
Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons
Sesame Street Mecha Builders, Season 1E
USWNT @ New Zealand #1,Live Sports
Arriving Jan. 20
Game Theory with Bomani Jones,Season 2 Premiere (HBO)
Real Time with Bill Maher,Season 21 Premiere (HBO)
The Cabin Chronicles, Season 3
USWNT @ New Zealand #2,Live Sports
Arriving Jan. 23
YOLO: Silver Destiny,Season 2
Arriving Jan. 25
USMNT vs Serbia,Live Sports
Whats leaving HBO Max in January 2023
Leaving Jan. 3
Bachelor in Paradise,Seasons 4-6
Bachelor Pad, Season 1
The Bachelor Winter Games
The Bachelor, Season 21
The Bachelor,Season 24
The Bachelor,Season 25
The Bachelorette, Season 11
The Bachelorette, Season 14
The Bachelorette, Season 15
The Bachelorette, Season 16
Leaving Jan. 6
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
Elmo Saves Christmas
Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
Leaving Jan. 19
Eve
Leaving Jan. 20
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It,2021 (HBO)
Leaving Jan. 21
Everwood
Leaving Jan. 23
Alvin and the Chipmunks, 2007 (HBO)
Leaving Jan. 25
Babylon 5
What I Like About You, 2002
Leaving Jan. 27
In the Heights,2021 (HBO)
The Hangover Part III,2013 (HBO)
Leaving Jan. 28
Person of Interest
Leaving Jan. 31
12 Years a Slave, 2013 (HBO)
Abduction, 2011 (HBO)
Amityville 3-D, 1983 (HBO)
Amityville II: The Possession,1982 (HBO)
Aquaman(1967)
At Close Range,1986 (HBO)
At First Sight, 1999 (HBO)
Bananas,1971 (HBO)
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Biker Boyz,2003 (HBO)
Boogie, 2021 (HBO)
Borg vs. McEnroe,2018 (HBO)
Care Bears: Unlock the Magic
Cellular, 2004 (HBO)
The Champ,1979
Chinatown, 1974 (HBO)
Chocolate City,2015 (HBO)
Chopped: Holiday
Chopped: Thanksgiving
Code of Silence,1985 (HBO)
Confidence, 2003 (HBO)
Daybreakers, 2010 (HBO)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, 2016
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, 2018
Fools Rush In, 1997
Gang Related, 1997 (HBO)
Good Deeds, 2012 (HBO)
Head of the Class(1986)
Holiday Baking Championship,Season 7
Holiday Baking Championship,Season 8
Horsemen,2009 (HBO)
Hyde Park on the Hudson,2012 (HBO)
I, Robot,2004 (HBO)
Jeff, Who Lives at Home, 2012 (HBO)
John Wick,2014
John Wick: Chapter 2,2017
John Wick: Chapter 3 Parabellum,2017
Jurassic Park, 1993 (HBO)
Jurassic Park III,2001 (HBO)
Justice League
Justice League Unlimited
Kick-Ass 2, 2013 (HBO)
Land,2021 (HBO)
Le Divorce,2003 (HBO)
Life of Pi, 2012 (HBO)
Little Men,2016 (HBO)
Macbeth,2015 (HBO)
Much Ado About Nothing,1993 (HBO)
The New Adventures of Old Christine
The Next Karate Kid,1994
Nostalgia,2018 (HBO)
Rango, 2011 (HBO)
Riddick, 2013 (Directors Cut) (HBO)
Rules of Engagement,2000 (HBO)
Running Scared,1986(HBO)
School Ties, 1992 (HBO)
Solaris,2002(HBO)
Soul Food,1997 (HBO)
Source Code,2011
Suite Francaise, 2014 (HBO)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,2007 (HBO)
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl,2005 (HBO)
The Book Thief,2013 (HBO)
The Care Bears Movie, 1985 (HBO)
The Con Is On,2018 (HBO)
The Core, 2003 (HBO)
The Dead Zone, 1983 (HBO)
The Help,2011 (HBO)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park,1997 (HBO)
The Next Three Days, 2010 (HBO)
The One I Love,2014 (HBO)
The Possession, 2012 (Extended Version) (HBO)
The Untouchables,1987 (HBO)
Thirteen,2003 (HBO)
Transcendence,2014 (HBO)
Two Can Play That Game, 2001
West Side Story,1961 (HBO)
