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“Room 104” director Patrick Brice is reteaming with HBO for the upcoming suspense-thriller film, “The Wild.” The film will stream exclusively on HBO Max, developed and produced internally at Warner Max. (Warner Max is the new HBO Max label that will head all feature film development and production for the streaming service.) The film will be based off of Owen Laukkanen’s suspense novel of the same name, and will be adapted, written, and directed by Brice.

The movie making engine of WarnerMedia is getting overhauled. Warner Max, the feature arm of HBO Max that was to be jointly run by HBO Max and Warner Bros., is being phased out, with Warners and its sister division New Line Cinema now becoming the sole producers.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: Creep franchise filmmaker and HBO Room 104 director Patrick Brice has boarded The Wild at HBO Max and Warner Max, a project he’ll direct and adapt from the Owen Laukkanen young female suspense novel.The Wild, from Underlined Paperbacks, centers around Dawn. She’s not a bad person – she’s just made some bad choices: wrong guy, wrong friends, wrong everything.

HBO Max has picked up the 2020 Sundance award winner Charm City Kings from Sony Pictures. The new digital streaming service from WarnerMedia will release the drama under its Warner Max label sometime this year.

Seth Rogen's An American Pickle is moving across town and across media. HBO Max, the new digital streaming service from WarnerMedia, has acquired worldwide rights to the Rogen-starring comedy from Sony Pictures and will release the movie this summer under its Warner Max label.

By Dave McNary

Warner Bros. Pictures and HBO Max have formed a new film production label that will focus on releasing eight to 10 midbudget movies per year via the company's new streaming service, which is set to launch in May in the U.S.The creation of Warner Max is designed to encourage collaboration and the sharing of resources across two titan divisions, it was was announced Wednesday by Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Pictures and HBO Max formed a new film label, titled Warner Max, that will generate eight to 10 mid-budget films per year for WarnerMedia’s new streaming service.

By Anthony D'Alessandro