{"id":264586,"date":"2026-02-02T23:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/264586\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T23:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:42:08","slug":"hbo-maxs-new-costume-drama-tv-show-out-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/264586\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Max\u2019s New Costume Drama TV Show Out Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first five episodes of HBO Max<\/a>\u2018s newest original TV show from Brazil finally debuted today. Titled Madam Beja<\/a>, the period Brazilian telenovela will consist of 40 episodes inspired by the life of Ana Jacinta de S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9, a historical figure from Minas Gerais.<\/p>\n

What do we know about HBO Max\u2019s Madam Beja?<\/p>\n

HBO Max\u2019s Madam Beja is a remake of an iconic telenovela that originally aired during the 1980s. The adaptation is led by Grazi Massafera, David Junior, Andr\u00e9 Luiz Miranda, Bianca Bin, and Nikolas Antunes. The show is written by Daniel Berlinsky and Ant\u00f3nio Barreira, with collaborations from Maria Clara Mattos, Cec\u00edlia Giannetti, Clara Anast\u00e1cia, and Ceci Alves. The production is based on the synopsis developed by Renata Jhin, Ant\u00f3nio Barreira, and Daniel Berlinsky, in a reinterpretation of the original work created by Wilson Aguiar Filho.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new show follows a woman who challenges the social norms of her time in a context marked by restrictions and inequalities. Throughout the plot, themes such as desire, freedom, power, and revenge intertwine to shape a complex character, whose intelligence and independence place her in constant conflict,\u201d reads the official logline. <\/p>\n

The creative team built a 1,710m\u00b2 set and crafted over 3,000 costume pieces to bring the remake to life. The directing line-up includes Hugo de Sousa, with direction by Bia Coelho, Jo\u00e3o Boltshauser, Rogerio Sagui, Thiago Teitelroit, and Ana Angel. It is executive-produced by Adriana Silva (Dida), Roberta Guzzon, and Tayane Saad for Floresta, with Mariano C\u00e9sar and Anouk Aaron overseeing the production on behalf of Warner Bros. Discovery. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first five episodes of HBO Max\u2018s newest original TV show from Brazil finally debuted today. Titled Madam…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[575,156,3484,151116,111,139,69,437,14857],"class_list":{"0":"post-264586","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-brazil","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-hbo-max","11":"tag-madam-beja","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nz","15":"tag-tv","16":"tag-tv-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}