Alissa Grayson Joins Warner Bros as EVP of Global Publicity

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EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros has set a remake The Hunger, the 1983 steamy vampire film that started the rise of the late Top Gun director Tony Scott. Angela Robinson is in final talks to direct, with Jessica Sharzer writing the script.

Warner Bros. Games is reportedly being split up due to the recently announced merger between WarnerMedia and Discovery, Inc.AT&T, the parent company of WarnerMedia, announced on Monday (May 17) that it would spin off the multimedia company and merge it with Discovery, Inc.

Warner Bros. Pictures has reversed its decision on Dune.

Zack Snyder has been keeping himself busy during the pandemic between “The Snyder Cut” of “Justice League” and his new action flick “Army Of The Dead”, but the writer-director is now revealing he also wrote a script for a third and final chapter in his “300” series.

Zack Snyder is getting candid about another 300 movie.

Earlier today, we recapped what had been a very hectic weekend for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which is the governing body behind the Golden Globes. The avalanche of negative press came after the HFPA announced plans to help add diversity to its group (which consists of less than 100 people, with no Black members) over the next year.

Zack Snyder‘s 4-hour behemoth version of “Justice League” was released back in March on HBO Max, and the filmmaker can now focus on promoting his Netflix zombie franchise starter “Army of The Dead,” releasing later this month in both theaters and on streaming.

Warner Bros International Television Production has appointed Bruno Henriquet to lead its operations in France. Henriquet will be based in Paris, joining the company on June 1 and will report into Ronald Goes, EVP and Head of WBITVP.

Updated: Westworld co-creator Lisa Joy’s feature directorial debut Reminiscence is going a week earlier on Aug. 20. Why? Essentially it prevents the film from playing right into Disney/Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings which should dominate Labor Day weekend (that is if that film stays theatrical). Reminiscence is also going day and date in theaters and on HBO Max.

EXCLUSIVE: Even in a business well-acquainted with comebacks, HBO Max has become a fairly remarkable turnaround story.

A contemporary re-imaging of the 1973 action feature Cleopatra Jones is in the works at Warner Bros and Charles D. King’s Macro, with Lovecraft Country and Snowfall writer Ihuoma Ofordire writing.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterWarner Bros. Pictures Group has named Alissa Grayson as executive vice president of global publicity.Grayson will join the studio from STX Films, where she’s served as co-president of marketing since 2017.

EXCLUSIVE: This just in: former STX co-president of marketing Alissa Grayson is heading to Warner Bros. as their new EVP of Global Publicity.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The Flintstones” sequel series from Warner Bros. Animation is officially in development at Fox with Elizabeth Banks attached to star and executive produce.The animated series, titled “Bedrock,” is set 20 years after the events of the original series.

Chuck Lorre unveiled his custom vanity card No. 669 at the end of each of his four comedies on CBS’ Thursday night lineup, with a tribute to former Warner Bros. Television Group chairman Peter Roth.

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. and Plan B’s Cuban-American Father Of The Bride reboot looks to have landed one of the most famous Cuban-American entertainers of our lifetime.

Adria Arjona is ready to walk down the aisle with Andy Garcia. She has been tapped to play Garcia’s daughter and the bride-to-be in Warner Bros and Plan B’s reboot of Father of the Bride. Gaz Alazraki has been set to helm the studio’s new reboot, which will revolve around a Cuban-American family, with Matt Lopez penning the script.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFive-time Grammy-winning rapper Lil Wayne has joined UTA, the company announced, for worldwide representation in all areas. With a catalog reaching back to the 1990s, Wayne is one of the most influential and successful rappers of all time.