Mitzi Miller & Jonathan Harris Join Warner Bros. Television As VPs, Drama Development

Warner Bros. Television has hired former ABC exec Vicki Dummer as EVP & head of current series programming as part of a restructure of its team.

Channing Dungey has hired Vicki Dummer, one of her former top lieutenants at ABC, as head of current programming for Warner Bros. Television Group.In her new role, Dummer will be responsible for managing creative affairs for all current scripted series produced by WBTV across all platforms, including HBO Max, external streaming services, premium and basic cable channels, and the five U.S.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterVicki Dummer has been hired at Warner Bros. Television to serve as executive vice president and head of current programming.Dummer will report to WBTV Group Chairman Channing Dungey, with whom she previously worked during their respective tenures at ABC.

HBO Max in 2022.WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar revealed the development yesterday (July 22) and said distribution plans for the studio’s 2022 slate will be taken on a film-by-film basis, reports Variety.Kilar claims the studio is leaning towards the 45-day window plan for movies that debut first in cinemas while at the same time Warner Bros.

There’s big HBO Max news!

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorThe movies have done their job for HBO Max.The steady stream of new Warner Bros.

Asked during this morning’s AT&T quarterly earnings call about his current view of movie release strategy, WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar declared, “The motion picture format absolutely matters.”

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorWarner Bros. will produce 10 or more movies exclusively for HBO Max in 2022, WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar said Thursday as he declared “motion pictures matter and will continue to matter.”Kilar spoke as part of AT&T’s second quarter earnings call in which he was asked about the company’s distribution strategy for Warner Bros.

Good in the ‘Wood?I just got back from seeing Space Jam: A New Legacy, one of the many new movie releases out now in movie theaters.I took a look at movie theaters near me to compare movie showtimes. I wanted to see the film the day it came out but found that the earliest showing was at 12:50 p.m.

According to AWA, the Chariot was a Cold War-era secret government project to provide its star agent with a weapon unlike any other in the form of a supercharged muscle car. It sank into the ocean decades ago, and the agent along with it.

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Brothers won an auction for Chariot, a feature pitch package that has Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski directing an adaptation of the graphic novel that was recently published by Artists, Writers, and Artisans (AWA).

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe loony-tunes world of digital collectibles known as NFTs is now getting actual Looney Tunes.Warner Bros., in the biggest drop of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) for a film to date, is releasing collection of 91,000 limited-edition NFTs featuring characters from “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” including Bugs Bunny, Tweety, Porky Pig — and the pic’s star, LeBron James.NFTs certify the ownership of a unique digital content asset, based on blockchain technology, though they

Warner Bros. TV will have panels for their DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and Roswell, New Mexico during San Diego Comic-Con@Home which runs July 23-25.

EXCLUSIVE: Nothing beats trotting out your theatrical film slate with stars before a live-audience of 6,5K roaring attendees at the San Diego Convention Center’s Hall H. As such, it shouldn’t come as a shock to hear that Disney’s Marvel Studios films and MCU series won’t be putting in an appearance during the virtual edition of Comic-Con, nor will Warner Bros.’ DC films.

EXCLUSIVE:  Get Lifted Film Co. and Mandalay Pictures have a new feature drama in the works based on the life of cycling champion Marshall Walter “Major” Taylor, entitled The Black Cyclone.

Naman Ramachandran Warner Bros. Studios at Leavesden (WBSL), U.K., has expanded its facilities with the launch of three new sound stages and V Stage, a virtual production stage.“House of the Dragon,” HBO’s “Game of Thrones” prequel, is confirmed as the first production to use the new facilities.

Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden is launching three new sound stages, including a state-of-the-art new virtual production facility.

Tons of new photos from inside the Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood have been revealed following last week’s grand reopening!

Jordan Moreau The wait for “Dune” just got a bit longer.Warner Bros. has delayed the sci-fi epic by three weeks, putting it at Oct.

With the fall and early winter corridor being fiercely competitive, Warner Bros. is changing a trio of release dates in order to best position their movies. All of them will still go day-and-date on HBO Max (for first 31 days) with theatrical.