Dawn Ostroff, Spotify’s chief content and advertising business officer, said in a statement.Warner Bros. will lead the development and production of the projects in collaboration with Spotify.
03.06.2020 - 21:43 / variety.com
By Will Thorne
Staff Writer
Tricia Melton is joining her former Freeform boss Tom Ascheim at Warner Bros.
The marketing vet has been tapped as the new chief marketing officer of Warner Bros.’ global kids, young adults and classics division. She will once again report to Ascheim, who is joining the company as president to oversee the same departments.
News of Melton’s appointment was announced by Warner Bros. chair and CEO Ann Sarnoff.
“Tricia is creative, strategic and ahead of the curve when
Dawn Ostroff, Spotify’s chief content and advertising business officer, said in a statement.Warner Bros. will lead the development and production of the projects in collaboration with Spotify.
Peter White Television EditorSuperman and Batman could be set to take on the podcast world after Spotify struck a deal with Warner Bros. and DC.The multi-year deal will see the three companies produce and distribute an original slate of narrative scripted podcasts.
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAll-new podcasts starring Batman, Wonder Woman — or Bugs Bunny — could be streaming to your headphones soon.In the latest move to punch up its podcast biz, Spotify inked a multiyear pact with Warner Bros.
Also Read: Peter Roth Promoted to Become First-Ever Chairman of Warner Bros Television GroupCherry will produce any series out of the deal via his company, Cherry Lane Productions, in association with one of WBTVG’s various units — Warner Bros. Television, Warner Horizon Scripted Television, Warner Bros.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterMatthew Cherry has signed a first-look development deal with Warner Bros. Television Group.Cherry is best known for his Academy Award-winning project “Hair Love,” an animated short film about an African-American father attempting to do his daughter’s hair for the first time.Under terms of the multi-year deal, Cherry will develop new television programming for all platforms, including cable and streaming.
Peter White Television EditorThe team behind Oscar-winning animated short Hair Love are in hot demand today after Warner Bros Television Group inked a first-look deal with director Matthew A.
DC Comics superheroes will be able to meet their favorite characters virtually during Warner Bros‘ DC FanDome online event this August (2020).DC FanDome, which will take place on August 22, will celebrate comic book heroes past and present, and feature announcements from the DC Multiverse of video games, films, TV, and comics, and will include the opportunity to hear from their casts and creators.The free event will include new information about upcoming movies The Batman and Wonder Woman 1984,
With the coronavirus pandemic still going stronger than ever, major events have had to take a major backseat with the Oscars being delayed by two months from its original 2021 date. Moreover, Comic-Con, which is a huge event for die-hard fans of comic books, movies and tv shows, will now be migrating online in 2020 as Comic-Con At Home.
Comic-Con may be cancelled this year, but Warner Bros. will convene a 24-hour virtual gathering of the biggest names in the DC Comics universe.
Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterLook, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s DC FanDome! Warner Bros. has set a mega, 24-hour immersive virtual fan experience that will feature anything and everything from the DC Multiverse — and it’s all free.
Chloe x Halle have found a strong system of support in their family.
By Anthony D'Alessandro
The 2019 film “Just Mercy,” which chronicles courtroom struggles against racial injustice and mass incarceration, will be made free on digital platforms throughout June in the wake of George Floyd’s death, Warner Bros. said Tuesday.
Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx‘s recent movie, Just Mercy, is now streaming free for Blackout Tuesday.
By Anthony D'Alessandro
Warner Bros. is offering its film “Just Mercy,” the biopic on civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx, for free rentals in the month of June in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
By William Earl
Henry Cavill may not be done playing Superman after all. After starring as the core hero of the DC Comics universe for three movies, the 37-year-old actor is reportedly in talks to reprise his role for a yet-unknown project that will exist in the same canon as “Justice League,” “Wonder Woman,” “Suicide Squad" and more.