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Viewers on the YouTube Live stream will be able to interact in real-time, solving riddles to trigger spells that directly impact the experience.”Īlso Read: 'Lovecraft Country' Star Jurnee Smollett on Leti's 'Lineage of Trauma,' Becoming 'Soul-Tied' to Atticus “In a first-of-its-kind, groundbreaking social VR event series, 100 select influential voices will experience three events consisting of immersive theater, escape rooms, art installations, puzzles and a live concert, via the Oculus Quest headset, all inspired by ‘Lovecraft Country.’ The events will be simultaneously run on the social VR platform VRChat, which allows guests to talk and interact with each other in real time within the environment, and streamed to the world via YouTube Live. Stream “The Idol” on Max starting June 4.HBO is launching a social VR experience tied to its new Misha Green-created sci-fi series “Lovecraft Country,” the pay TV channel said Tuesday.Ĭalled “Lovecraft Country: Sanctum​,” the experience will consist of “a series of exclusive virtual reality events transporting invited guests into a world inspired by the show.” And while not everyone will be able to participate in the VR events, everyone will be able to stream them. If you don’t have a Max account, you can also stream the series by signing up for a seven-day free trial on Prime Video.

“The Idol” is, as Variety critic Peter DeBruge wrote in his review, “a skintastic, dark-side-of-showbiz fable that perpetuates the myth that pop stars are corporate puppets with no say in their own image-making, even as it allows hit-maker the Weeknd to call the shots.” “When my wife read me the article,” he recalled, “I looked at her and I said, ‘I think we’re about to have the biggest show of the summer.’”

The buzz surrounding the show started before it even made its way to the Croisette, though, when a report from Rolling Stone detailed on-set turmoil, including allegations of a toxic work environment, last-minute script rewrites and budgets gone wild.Īt a Cannes press conference the day after the premiere, where it received a five-minute standing ovation, Levinson responded directly to the allegations and denied any behind-the-scenes drama. The series became one of the most talked-about titles at Cannes this year, inspiring thousands of hot takes about the show’s explicit nudity and sexually graphic content.