AMC Theatres and Warner Bros. Agree to Shorten Theatrical Window

Courteney Cox is in the midst of filming her new Starz series, “Shining Vale”, which shoots at Warner Bros. Studios, the same facility where she spent a decade shooting “Friends”.

EXCLUSIVE: We hear that In the Heights star Corey Hawkins is getting back into business with Warner Bros. for their feature adaptation of Broadway musical The Color Purple based on the 1985 Steven Spielberg 11x Oscar-nominated movie. The role which Hawkins is being buzzed to play is Harpo.

Keep calm and carry on… that’s the message from Discovery+ chief Lisa Holme to producers as the factual giant goes through the merger process with WarnerMedia.

Robert Marich Taking a low-key approach, Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. came with a huge reveal at their CinemaCon presentation: the trailer for their Village Roadshow co-production Matrix 4. And they also gave us the title too: Matrix Resurrections.

clicking here.) AMC’s Monday move came after the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was given an official stamp of approval from the FDA — becoming the first COVID-19 vaccine to get full approval from the administration. Overall, 73% of American adults have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla DeMane Davis, television director, producer and award-winning filmmaker of projects such as “Queen Sugar” and “Self Made,” has signed an overall creative deal with Warner Bros. Television Group.

Director-producer DeMane Davis (Queen Sugar, Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam CJ Walker) is expanding her relationship with Warner Bros. Television Group with an overall deal. Terms were not disclosed, but WBTVG confirms it is an exclusive, multiyear agreement.

EXCLUSIVE: Podcast studio Wondery has named Nicole Blake to a new role as head of franchise development,  leading the LA-based, Amazon-owned company’s expansion into strategic verticals, including a comprehensive approach to kids and family.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterWarner Bros. Pictures Group has reorganized its worldwide marketing team, Variety has learned exclusively.

K.J. Yossman Warner Bros.

Wyatt Cenac is expanding his relationship with Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios, with an exclusive, multiyear cross-studio overall deal. Under the pact, the Emmy-winning producer, writer and performer will develop and produce original animated programming at both WBA and CNS for a variety of audiences including preschool, kids, adult and family/co-viewing across all WarnerMedia platforms, as well as external outlets and services.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeComedian, producer and writer Wyatt Cenac (“Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas”) has sealed a new multi-year exclusive overall deal spanning across both Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios.Cenac, who got his start in animation as a writer on “King of the Hill,” will develop and produce original animated programming at both shingles for preschool, kids, adult and family.

As many have expected, it appears AMC Theatres has agreed with Warner Bros. to collapse the theatrical window from almost 90 days to 45 days when the studio begins doing exclusive theatrical releases again in 2022.

Adult Swim’s Jason DeMarco has taken on a newly expanded role at Warner Bros. The veteran creative executive has been named SVP Anime & Action Series/Longform for Warner Bros Animation and Cartoon Network Studios.

Among the films set for release by Warner Bros. next year are the DC films “The Batman,” “Black Adam,” “The Flash” and “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.” The studio also plans to release the Baz Luhrmann biopic “Elvis” starring newcomer Austin Butler as Elvis Presley and Tom Hanks as Presley’s manager, Colonel Tom Parker.