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Exclusive: The Eastern Gate will open again on Max.

The Warner Bros. Discovery (Wbd) streamer has ordered a second season of the drama, which stars Lena Góra and Karol Pocheć, with a script already in development.

The news came during a wide-ranging interview with Dorota Eberhardt, VP Programming at Wbd in Poland, during which she discussed content spend for 2025 that we understand is in the eight figure range, addressed local competition and talked about the impact of shows such as Netflix’s Adolescence.

The Eastern Gate‘s recommission should come as no surprise, given its outsized impact for Wbd streamer Max, where it has set several records.

Tapping into concerns around the precarious political environment in Europe, the series is billed as “a modern espionage game amid brewing international conflict and rising tensions.” It is set in the spring of 2021 and follows the story of Polish spy Ewa Oginiec (Góra...

The Hooligans, or Kibic, is a brand-new Netflix Poland show about men and their love for toxic fandoms and masculinity. There are people who take the extreme route, especially young men and women, just to make some quick cash. Bring these subjects together, and you have this show. The Hooligans has many people who are morally dubious while many others featured could perfectly fit in the gray areas. They directly and indirectly influence the lead and thus form the central plot of the show.

Cuba

Grzegorz Palkowski portrays the role of Kuba, a young seventeen-year-old boy who is fascinated by his father’s ex-friend, Zyga, who runs a gang named the Wolves. Just like his father, Michal, Kuba is a big fan of the Gladius football club, but he chooses to go down the path of extreme fandom, ganging up with the Wolves and becoming violent over a period of one game.

"You have to find the mole in our embassy." Max has revealed an official trailer for a new Polish political thriller spy series called The Eastern Gate, ready for streaming (with episodes weekly) on Max later this month. This is a Polish production in the Polish language about events in Poland, but it's produced as a Max Original Series with episodes launching weekly. After losing her pregnancy while in action, Ewa, a Polish spy, wants to withdraw from the secret service to start a normal life. When her lover is exposed by Russian intelligence & disappears, she goes on a rescue mission. The suspense thriller series explores the high stakes battle between intelligence agencies on the global stage during an emerging conflict. The narrative unfolds during the spring of 2021 – in Belarus (Minsk), Poland, and Russia. The title (aka The Easterngate) refers to the Suwałki Gap, which is a critical spot just...