{"id":15081,"date":"2020-11-24T15:23:15","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T20:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=15081"},"modified":"2020-11-24T15:23:15","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T20:23:15","slug":"hbo-max-debuts-official-trailer-for-max-original-heavens-gate-the-cult-of-cults-premiering-december-3-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/24\/hbo-max-debuts-official-trailer-for-max-original-heavens-gate-the-cult-of-cults-premiering-december-3-video\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Max Debuts Official Trailer for Max Original &#8220;Heaven&#8217;s Gate: The Cult of Cults,&#8221; Premiering December 3 [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yp_5pDOa-o0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>All four episodes of the Max Original &#8220;<strong><em>Heaven&#8217;s Gate: The Cult of Cults<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; will launch on Thursday, December 3 on HBO Max. 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