Participant Media’s Elaine Chin Joins Warner Bros’ Stage 13 To Oversee Scripted Content

Rebecca Davis editorChina has this week imposed its tightest restrictions to date on the publication of original content online via short video and “self-media” accounts, in the latest escalation of its ongoing crackdown on public discourse that strays from the party line.The country’s internet watchdog, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), has issued new regulations requiring bloggers, influencers and content creators on public social media accounts, known as “self-media,” to possess

UPDATED EXCLUSIVE: As we first told you last month, former Warner Bros. International Marketing EVP Julien Noble is headed to Universal, and will start as the studio’s new President of International Marketing on March 15 in Los Angeles.

Warner Bros. has set a Sept.

Haley Bosselman editorLongtime Disney executive Jenny Cohen has been named head of social responsibility for the company.Cohen, a veteran brand management executive, will report to CEO Bob Chapek in her role as executive VP of social responsibility.“Consumers, employees and investors are increasingly looking to companies to drive positive, impactful change in the world, and at Disney, our goal is to be as admired for our values and contributions to society as we are for the superb entertainment

As more and more allegations of misconduct from Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum and controversy surround Joss Whedon, the Justice League director and some of Warner Bros.’ top brass are once again in Ray Fisher’s social media spotlight.

Melissa Benoist will have her schedule filled after Supergirl wraps up for the final season.

Elaine Low Senior TV Writer“Supergirl” star Melissa Benoist has formed a new production company, Three Things Productions, and inked an exclusive, multiyear overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Group.Through Three Things — inspired by the Mary Oliver poem “Three Things to Remember” — Benoist and her team will develop and produce original TV programming for all platforms.

Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, Warner Bros. announces several local versions of Nippon TV’s “Mute It!”, “Ugly Betty” gets a Ukrainian makeover, Twickenham Film Studios plans a facelift of its own, Australia’s Stan hires Amanda Duthie and beIN Sports gets Ligue 2 soccer in France.Warner Bros. International Television Production has struck a deal with Japan’s Nippon TV to produce multiple local versions of Nippon TV’s studio-based comedy show “Mute it!”.

Danny Barton has joined UTA in the newly created position of sports content executive. Based in the Los Angeles office, he’ll be tasked with building out the company’s original sports programming division by working with UTA and Klutch Sports to develop and package content spanning all platforms.

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. new take on the classic story Father of the Bride is gaining momentum as Club de Cuervos director Gaz Alazraki to helm the studio’s new reboot. This latest reboot will revolve around a Latinx family with Matt Lopez penning the script.

Elaine Chin, formerly the senior vice president of narrative film at Participant, has joined Warner Bros.’ studio Stage 13 as its head of scripted content, TheWrap has exclusively learned.In the role, Chin will lead the Stage 13 scripted creative team and its slate of development projects and original productions in short-form, half-hour and one-hour episodic, and feature formats.Stage 13 launched in late 2017. Its scripted series have received six Emmy nominations.

all of its 2021 films will be made available to stream exclusively on HBO Max at the same time as they are released in cinemas.Aside from featuring footage of Dune, The Suicide Squad, King Richard, the Space Jam remake with Lebron James, the trailer also shares a glimpse of the much anticipated Sopranos prequel, The Many Saints Of Newark.Donning a denim sherpa jacket on the streets of Newark, New Jersey, the late James Gandolfini’s real-life son, Michael, can be seen in the role of a young Tony

2021 is shaping up to be a big year for movies.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAT&T said “Wonder Woman 1984” helped HBO Max double activations — to 17.2 million — in the fourth quarter of 2020. But a 21% decline in Warner Bros.

Did you just finish redoing your movie release date calendar for 2021? Sorry, guess again. The latest changes come from Warner Bros.

This just in: James Wan’s upcoming horror movie Malignant is opening on Sept. 10 this year per Warner Bros. Again, this is part of their theatrical and HBO Max release plan. The movie, scheduled in the hot post Labor Day corridor that Warners created at the box office, fills the place for an untitled horror movie they had on the schedule.

Kevin Clifton won't be back on Strictly Come Dancing later this year as bosses keep faith with the dancers who worked through the pandemic. He stepped away from the BBC show last March to try and break the West End – days before the Covid-19 hit.

Sonic Boom: The Impossible Rise of Warner Bros. Records, From Hendrix to Fleetwood Mac to Madonna to Prince” (Henry Holt and Company), out now, chronicles how the company did just that and became the most successful record label in “the history of rock and roll.” Warner Bros.

entire slate of 2021 movies simultaneously in cinemas and on HBO Max.Now, in a new article in the Wall Street Journal, a source reportedly “connected to the matter” has claimed Nolan is said to be so disappointed with their “hybrid distribution strategy” that he looks set to bring their 18 years of collaborating together to a close.The Wall Street Journal wrote: “After spending years as a top Warner Bros.