Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorKiko Washington, Warner Bros Entertainment’s head of global PR since 2009, is retiring at the end of the year after a 35-year run at the company in various roles at WB, Time Warner and HBO.
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Burbank, CA lot has been a ghost town for the last four-and-half-months, with employees working from home in quarantine.But somebody left Annabelle behind, and the below video shows what happens when the evil doll is left to her own devices, all alone, in the New Line offices.Back in late July, during a “work equipment pick-up day,” three New Line employees decided to have some fun with this femme movie prop and made this
.Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorKiko Washington, Warner Bros Entertainment’s head of global PR since 2009, is retiring at the end of the year after a 35-year run at the company in various roles at WB, Time Warner and HBO.
Elaine Low Senior TV WriterKiko Washington, Warner Bros. Entertainment’s executive vice president of worldwide human resources, is retiring at the end of 2020 after 35 years with the company.“I am so lucky to have spent the last 35 years with HBO and Warner Bros., two very successful companies with incredibly special cultures,” said Washington.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is beginning to look like a cursed franchise. Many of us are wondering how it even made it this far: the second instalment of the Harry Potter prequels was an over-designed mess and a box-office disappointment.Since then, the magic has worn off alarmingly.
DC FanDome.News of the reveal was made public through the DC FanDome schedule, which has slotted the WB Games Montreal announcement for August 22 at 18:30BST.The new game isn’t the first time the developer has worked on a DC property. Back in 2013, the team released Batman: Arkham Origins – a spin-off from the critically acclaimed Arkham trilogy.It’s long been rumoured that the next title the developer is working on will also be a part of the Batman universe.
Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVFormer top Turner and HBO Max PR executive Marie Moore is back in the WarnerMedia fold. She has been named SVP, Communications of Warner Bros.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterMarie Moore has been named senior vice president of communications of Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics division, Variety has learned exclusively.Moore will report jointly to Tom Ascheim, president of the division, and Johanna Fuentes, Warner Bros.
Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros-owned Ricochet and Bandicoot TV, the producer behind The Masked Singer UK, are developing separate dating shows for ITV2 and the BBC respectively.With the UK emerging from lockdown and social distancing rules being relaxed, finding love is back on the agenda —and the two new formats offer new ways into the dating genre.
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Dominic Patten, Tom Tapp UPDATE, 10:56 PM: The tennis rackets and tensions have come down in the lawsuit over Will Smith’s film about the life and legacy of Serena Williams and Venus Williams’ father.Less than two months after TW3 Entertainment and Power Move Multi Media filed a breach of contract complaint against Smith’s loan-out company, Richard Williams, his son and Warner Bros, among others, over King Richard, the parties have reached a deal.“The matter has been resolved informally,” says
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Elaine Low Senior TV WriterAmid the greater restructuring happening at AT&T-owned WarnerMedia, Warner Bros. Television Group is realigning its scripted and unscripted TV production operations, merging Warner Bros.
Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVAs part of the broad WarnerMedia restructuring Warner Bros. Television Group Chairman Peter Roth is consolidating the studio’s scripted and unscripted television production operations.
Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVAs part of the broad WarnerMedia restructuring announced by CEO Jason Kilar, Warner Bros. Television Group Chairman Peter Roth is consolidating the studio’s scripted and unscripted television production operations.
Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsIn a competitive situation, Warner Bros. Television has acquired the rights to Diane Cook’s upcoming novel The New Wilderness to develop as a television series.
Andreas Wiseman International EditorThe UK’s DCMS has launched the recruitment process for a new Chair of the BFI.
It's remarkable that an actress who starred in Gone With the Wind, won two Oscars and lived to 104 made her biggest impact on Hollywood by winning a lawsuit. Olivia de Havilland — who died July 26 in Paris — was 20 when on May 5, 1936, she signed a seven-year contract with Warner Bros.
Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show‘s host, Ellen DeGeneres, and studio, Warner Bros., have spoken out about the recent complaints against the workplace environment on the popular daytime syndicated talk show.In a statement on behalf of WB and DeGeneres, the studio confirmed that it has conducted an internal inquiry, interviewing current and former Ellen employees about their experience following a recent BuzzFeed report alleging a toxic work culture on the
The Dark Knight has revealed that the team faced pressure to include a Joker origin story in the critically-acclaimed DC movie.The Christopher Nolan-directed film included a dark and popular portrayal of the Joker performed by the late Heath Ledger.Considered to be one of the best superhero movies to date, the 2008 Batman film sees the Joker arrive on the scene without the expected background story to explain why and how he became the villain.Now, David S.
Before Todd Philips‘ Oscar-winning “Joker” turned the Crown Prince of Crime into a down-on-his-luck Newyorker loner, the villain’s mysterious origin was part of what made him intriguing. “The Dark Knight” gave us one of the best Joker portrayals ever without the need to say where he came from.
pushed “Tenet’s” August 12 release without providing a new premiere date, squashing movie theaters’ hopes for a summer blockbuster.Disney’s live-action version of “Mulan,” set to debut in theaters globally on August 21, also suspended its premiere indefinitely following Warner Bros.’ announcement.The news spurred AMC, the country’s largest movie theater chain to delay its reopening from July 30 until “mid-to-late August.” The chain cited the uptick in the coronavirus, as well as a lack of new