The Weeknd's HBO The Idol drama series is being shaken up with a new creative direction after filming several episodes

Variety

Variety reports that The Idol is "being reworked with changes to its cast and crew," adding: "production was already completed on multiple episodes of the six-episode series, which will now be redone due to a change in creative directions." Abel Tesfaye (AKA The Weeknd)'s The Idol, which he created with Sam Levison and Reza Fahim, is "set against the backdrop of the music industry, centers on a self-help guru and leader of a modern-day cult, who develops a complicated relationship with an up-and-coming pop idol."