Spotify Signs Deal With Warner Bros., DC for Slate of Exclusive Scripted Podcasts

Also Read: 'Mission: Impossible 7,' 'The Batman' and 4 Other Blockbuster Shoots to Resume in UKReeves’ 6th & Idaho currently has a first-look film deal with Netflix and was previously set up with 20th Century Fox Television on the TV side.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVThe Batman director and Felicity co-creator Matt Reeves has signed an exclusive, multi-year overall deal with Warner Bros. The rich pact had quietly closed months ago, and is now being confirmed.Under the overall agreement, Reeves will develop new television programming for all platforms via his 6th & Idaho production company: streaming services, including HBO Max; broadcast, premium and basic cable networks.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The Batman” director Matt Reeves is expanding his relationship with Warner Bros.Reeves and his 6th & Idaho production company have signed an overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Group.

Boz Scaggs in North America. The deal covers Scaggs' catalog from 1968 to the present and all his releases going forward.Scaggs has been releasing music for more than 50 years, with highlights including tracks such as “Lido Shuffle,” “It’s Over,” “What Can I Say” and “Lowdown,” the latter of which won a Grammy for Best R&B song in 1977.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Writer/producer LaToya Morgan (The Walking Dead, Into the Badlands) has signed a major exclusive overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Group.WBTVG landed Morgan in a competitive situation.

Dave McNary Film Reporter“Aquaman” himself, Jason Momoa, is in negotiations to star as Frosty the Snowman in a movie for Warner Bros.Momoa will voice Frosty in the live-action/CG hybrid. Framestore UK will do the animation.Momoa will also produce with Geoff Johns and Stampede’s Greg Silverman and Jon Berg.

Jason Momoa isn’t the type of guy that is bashful about his body. Clearly, the actor works hard to look like a real-life superhero, and he doesn’t mind a film role that requires him to show off those abs.

Brit immersive theater pioneers Punchdrunk, behind the hit New York production Sleep No More, have teamed teamed with U.S.-based augmented reality company Niantic, which developed Nintendo's 2016 smash Pokemon Go. Under the partnership, the two are developing multiple projects they say will "reinvent storytelling for a 21st century audience and further expand the horizon of interactive entertainment," combining both real-world augmented reality and live theatrical performance.

Anna Marie de la Fuente In a landmark deal, Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has inked a multi-project development deal with acclaimed Chilean writer and author Jose Ignacio ‘Chascas’ Valenzuela, a prominent voice in the LGBTQ community.The three-project deal kicks off with “El Filo de Tu Piel,” a gay-themed romance based on Valenzuela’s eponymous novel.“A prolific screenwriter, Chascas’ impeccable storytelling talent is essential to bringing such important LGBTQ representation to the small

LeBron James is getting ready to develop some new shows!

Kim Kardashian, the reality star, just signed a brand new deal with Spotify in which she’ll host a podcast about her efforts in the field of criminal justice reform. Hot New Hip Hop reported today that the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star is coming out with her very own series.

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.

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.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterWarner Chappell Music has entered into a co-publishing deal with the estate of late rapper Pop Smoke, who was killed in February during a home invasion in Los Angeles.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentUTA has signed “The Bachelor” alum and “The Viall Files” host Nick Viall for representation in all areas. The multi-hyphenate personality is best known for starring in the 21st season of ABC’s “The Bachelor,” after participating in three prior seasons of the franchise.

Pop Smoke, the beloved Brooklyn rapper and face of the New York drill movement who was fatally shot in February at age 20.The deal covers all work written by the late artist, including breakthrough hit "Welcome to the Party" and his upcoming debut album, which was largely completed prior to his passing and will be released posthumously this summer by Steven Victor's joint venture with Universal Music Group, Victor Victor Worldwide.“Pop meant so much to so many people across the world," Warner