‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Helps HBO Max Punch Into Top 10 Most-Downloaded Apps for Q1

Mad Men and The Social Dilemma actor Vincent Kartheiser has joined the cast of HBO Max’s Titans and is set to take on Jonathan Crane, a.k.a. Scarecrow in season three.

At age 69, actress Jean Smart is having a bit of a renaissance moment in her career.

EXCLUSIVE: Riverdale‘s Cole Sprouse will star alongside Lana Condor in New Line’s Max Original feature Moonshot. Chris Winterbauer is attached to direct from a screenplay by Max Taxe. Sprouse’s Riverdale exec producers Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter will produce through Berlanti/Schechter Films along with Jill McElroy and Jenna Sarkin of Entertainment 360.

Michael Che isn’t known as a true actor. He’s a stand-up comedian that is a current writer-cast member on “Saturday Night Live” and is an anchor on the show’s “Weekend Update” segments.

For AT&T CEO John Stankey, it’s just another case of a “rising tide lifting all boats.”

Selena Gomez and her celebrated rainbow-colored knives are gearing up to make some new meals.

At the end of 2020, WarnerMedia decided that it was going to break the industry in two by announcing plans to release all of Warner Bros.’ 2021 film slate in theaters and on HBO Max simultaneously. The strategy was analyzed from every angle, with some saying it was the death of theaters and others saying it was the way of the future.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorAn epic battle between two movie icons has helped provide proof of concept for AT&T’s larger strategy for WarnerMedia.AT&T chief John Stankey, speaking Thursday during the company’s first quarter earnings call with Wall Street analysts, pointed to the performance of Warner Bros.’ “Godzilla vs.

WarnerMedia has named Dutch TV executive Annelies Sitvast its new head of unscripted programming for the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region. The move comes as Warner rolls out its streaming service HBO Max across its territorial footprint in the region.

EXCLUSIVE: Dove Cameron, star of CW’s upcoming live-action Powerpuff series, and Hamilton‘s Jordan Fisher, will star in the HBO Max movie Field Notes on Love based on the Jennifer E. Smith 2019 YA romance Ember novel.

HBO Max is rounding out cast for its comedy pilot OK Boomer. Will Sasso (United We Fall, Mom) and Tim Chiou (I Was a Simple Man, Seal Team) are set as series regulars, along with Zoe Manarel (New Amsterdam, An American Girl: Summer Camp) and Carter Chee in the multi-camera comedy pilot from creator Todd Linden (Happy Endings, Alexa & Katie), the late Jamie Tarses’ Fanfare and Sony Pictures TV. They join previously announced series regulars Patti Lupone, Erinn Hayes and Devere Rogers.

And that’s a wrap!

The “Friends” reunion is finally almost here.

Twenty years after winning a DGA award for The West Wing in the Dramatic Series category, guild president Thomas Schlamme found himself winning again tonight for the Aaron Sorkin series in theVariety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials slot.

A few months ago WarnerMedia shook Hollywood by announcing every movie would screen in both theaters and HBO Max simultaneously in 2021, and now they seem to want to keep some version of that model going forward. READ MORE: ‘Godzilla Vs.

EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max is heading to summer camp. The streaming service has put in development a half-hour comedy series set at a summer camp from Peabody Award-winning writer Lauren Herstik (American Vandal, Pearson) and Adam Goodman’s Invisible Narratives.

Taylor Sheridan is one of the most respected filmmakers working in Hollywood today. His unique brand of storytelling, typically focused on violence amongst everyday people in rural areas, has struck a chord with a ton of film fans, after seeing his writing in projects such as “Hell or High Water,” “Wind River,” and “Yellowstone.” Now, he is set to return with a new feature, “Those Who Wish Me Dead,” which is arriving on HBO Max next month.

Third-party streaming ratings firm Samba TV reports that 3.6 million households watched at least five minutes of Warner Bros./Legendary’s Godzilla vs. Kong on HBO Max in the pic’s first five days from March 31 to April 4.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Godzilla vs. Kong” proved that buzzy new movies can sell tickets, even if they’re already available to watch at home.After months of new releases bringing in lackluster box office ticket sales, “Godzilla vs.

If you just watch the promotional materials being released by WarnerMedia, you would be right to assume Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” will be one of the many WB films released simultaneously on HBO Max and in theaters in 2021. Much like “Wonder Woman 1984,” “Godzilla vs.