Cinemax Quietly Changes Its Soft-Core Reputation
LatestAfter being known—and ridiculed—for years as “Skinemax,” due to its late-night adult programming of soft-core series like Co-ed Confidential and Bikini Frankenstein, HBO has been rehabbing the rep of its sister channel Cinemax in an effort to make it more profitable. The 30-year-old channel will now shift its focus away from what it’s best known for (smut sans penetration) and onto creating its first-ever lineup of prime-time series: A shoot-em-up called Strike Back and a serialized-version of The Transporter, with the film’s original star Jason Statham. The network is reportedly in talks with several other big-name movie producers to create original action series.