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After a few days of mass uncertainty, with folks on social media wondering what is going on at one of the biggest studios in Hollywood, Warner Bros. Discovery has shed some light on the company’s future.

HBO Max and Discovery+ will merge to become one streaming service next year.In a second quarter earnings call on Thursday (August 4), Warner Bros. Discovery’s CEO David Zaslav announced that the merged streamer will launch in the summer of 2023 in the US, with Latin America, Europe and other territories to follow soon after. The combined streaming service will be released with ad-free, ad-light and ad-only options.As reported by Entertainment Weekly, Zaslav addressed concerns that the merger would result in less emphasis on original programmes.

Manori Ravindran International EditorAmazon Prime Video has ordered the Nigerian originals “Gangs of Lagos” and “LOL: Last One Laughing Naija,” and opened up local currency services for the platform in the country.Crime thriller “Gangs of Lagos,” which will launch on the platform later this year, is a high-stakes action-crime thriller that follows a group of friends who each have to navigate their own destiny, growing up on the bustling streets and neighbourhood of Isale Eko, Lagos.The show stars Tobi Bakre, Adesua Etomi-Wellington and Chiké. “Gangs of Lagos” is directed and produced by Jade Osiberu, produced by Kemi Lala Akindoju and co-produced by Akin Omotoso.Meanwhile, “LOL: Last One Laughing Naija” is a local adaptation of the wide-traveling Amazon original.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeAmazon Prime Video is activating its Emmy Phase 2 plans, throwing an “FYC Fest” the weekend of Friday, Aug. 12 through Sunday, Aug. 14 to tout its 30 Emmy nominations.The weekend event will take place in three different locations in the Los Angeles area, including Sherman Oaks, Santa Monica and West Hollywood.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorWarner Bros. Discovery is not going to say how many HBO and HBO Max customers it has.In the second quarter, the media conglomerate said HBO Max, HBO and Discovery+ subscribers combined were 92.1 million, up about 1.6 million from 90.4 million the prior quarter. That’s up 22% 75.8 million on a pro-forma basis versus a year earlier.However, WBD’s streaming businesses lost subscribers domestically in Q2, dropping 300,000 — falling from 53.3 million in the first quarter to 53.0 million as of June 30.For Q1, AT&T — the prior owner of WarnerMedia and HBO Max — had reported 76.8 million total HBO and HBO Max subscribers worldwide, including 48.6 million domestically.

Manori Ravindran International Editor“Poldark’s” Aidan Turner will star as a maverick coach guiding an up-and-coming tennis player (Ella Lily Hyland) to stardom in Amazon Prime Video’s new U.K. drama “Fifteen-Love.”Created by Hania Elkington, “Fifteen-Love” explores the fictional story of Justine Pearce (Hyland), a young sports prodigy, who enjoyed a meteoric rise in the world of Grand Slam Tennis, aided by her coach Glenn Lapthorn (Turner), with whom she shared an intense rapport.Together they reached the semi-final of the French Open but Justine’s dream was cut brutally short by a devastating injury and the end of her professional career.

There are some interesting, somewhat odd things happening over at Warner Bros. Discovery, huh? Obviously, we have yesterday’s news that “Batgirl” and the new “Scoob!” films are both being shelved even though they were seemingly close to being finished.

Amazon Prime Video has announced its first slate of Southeast Asian local-language originals, including a trio of situational comedy improv shows, Comedy Island, across Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines, and projects from local talents including Joko Anwar, Kamila Andini and Banjong Pisanthanakun.

“Any Day” (2015)“Assimilate” (2019)“Baby Boom” (1987)“Backstage” (2021)“Backwoods” (2020)“Bad Frank” (2017)“Bad Therapy” (2020)“Basic” (2003)“Battle Scars” (2020)“Before Midnight” (2013)“Big Brother Volcano” (2017)“Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” (1969)“Clockstoppers” (2002)“Courage Under Fire” (1996)“Crossed the Line” (2014)“Dating My Mother” (2017)“Derek’s Dead” (2020)“Disappearance” (2019)“Don’t Click” (2012)“Downhill Racer” (1969)“Drive Me Crazy” (1999)“Eadweard” (2015)“Escape From Alcatraz” (1979)“Everbody Loves Somebody” (2017)“Evil Dead” (2013)“Face/Off” (1997)“Filth” (2014)“Firewalker” (1986)“Follow the Prophet” (2010)“Fright Night” (2011)“Un Gallo Con Muchos Huevos” (2015)“Getting to Know You” (2020)“Gonzo” (2008)“Goodbye Butterfly” (2021)“Grand Cru” (2018)“Happy Yummy Chicken” (2017)“Hardball” (2001)“Here On Out” (2019)“He’s Way More Famous Than You” (2012)“I Am A Ghost” (2014)“I Like Me” (2019)“I Love You, Beth Cooper” (2009)“Iceland Is Best” (2020)“I’m Still Here” (2010)“Impossible Monsters” (2019) “International Falls” (2019)“I’ve Got Issues” (2020)“Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero” (2016)“King Arthur” (2004)“King Kong” (1976)“King of Knives” (2020)“Kingpin” (1996)“Leaving Las Vegas” (1996)“Letter from Masanjia” (2018)“Line of Descent” (2019)“Lost Bayou” (2020)“Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound” (2019)“Man from Reno” (2015)“McLintock” (1963)“Mermaids” (1990)“Misma Luna (Under the Same Moon)” (2008)“Mr.

Ellise Shafer “The Wilds” has been canceled at Amazon Prime Video after two seasons, Variety has confirmed.The drama series revolves around a group of teenage girls who are left stranded on an island following a plane crash — and soon discover that it is all part of a social experiment. The show’s first season launched on Dec. 11, 2020 and Season 2 premiered on May 6.The series starred Sophia Ali, Shannon Berry, Jenna Clause, Reign Edwards, Mia Healey, Helena Howard, Erana James, Sarah Pidgeon, David Sullivan, Troy Winbush, Rachel Griffiths, Charles Alexander, Zack Calderon, Nicholas Coombe, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Aidan Laprete, Tanner Ray Rook and Reed Shannon.“The Wilds” is created and executive produced by Sarah Streicher alongside showrunner and executive producer Amy B.

Paramount Global/Comcast JV SkyShowtime has snapped up an HBO Max and Walt Disney exec to lead on strategy and legal.

Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin.The upcoming reboot, which drops its first three episodes Thursday on HBO Max, shifts the focus to Millwood, a small town not far from Rosewood. A series of tragic events 20 years ago almost tore the blue-collar town apart and now, in the present day, a disparate group of teen girls — aka the main Liars — find themselves tormented by an unknown assailant, «A,» and made to pay for the secret sins committed by their mothers two decades ago — and their own. Bailee Madison, who plays Imogen, shared that she connected with former star Lucy Hale, who portrayed Aria in the original series, throughout the process of getting cast on In fact, after Madison's casting was announced last July, Hale and fellow alum Shay Mitchell celebrated by leaving comments on her Instagram post. «Lucy's a dear friend of mine and was really with me through the whole process of finding out if I got to be a part of the show or not, and just held my hand through every step of the way, which meant the absolute world to me as a friend,» Madison told ET's Deidre Behar. «And just as someone I respect and have admired her for so many years.

The future of HBO Max’s European originals team has appeared bleak ever since it emerged Warner Bros Discovery was stopping production in the continent, and it now looks to be facing the end.

Peyton List and Michael Cimino are falling in love — with a ghostly twist.The two star in HBO Max's upcoming supernatural teen romance, , which follows a free-spirited ghost, Bea (List), who forms a special friendship with the new boy in town, Cole (Cimino), whose house she's been inhabiting for more than a century. Only ET exclusively premieres the official first photo from the two-part special, which is currently filming in New Jersey and slated to premiere around Valentine's Day next year on the Warner Media streaming service.Directed by Emily Ting () from a script by Black List Nicholl Fellowship winner Cesar Vitale, the teen romance will also star Phoebe Holden () and Andrea Navedo (). Holden plays Lydia, Cole's new friend, who helps him navigate his relationship with Bea. Navedo portrays Catarina, Cole's mom, who has moved to a new town for a fresh start and is getting used to life on her own with a teenage son. follows Bea, an adventurous, funny, curious teenager who also happens to be a ghost from the 1920s trapped in present day.

“Obi-Wan Kenobi” — particularly Hayden Christensen’s part in it.While at the premiere for Jordan Peele’s latest horror film “Nope,” Boyega told TheWrap that he’s been very on top of all the new series, even amidst his own busy schedule. “Of course I’ve watched them! Oh yeah, I watched them first day they came out,” he said. Boyega added that he particularly enjoyed Disney’s latest series, “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” because it brought back Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentSahar Baghery has been appointed head of content for Amazon’s Prime Video in France, succeeding Isabelle Bertrand.The Paris-born executive joined Prime Video in 2018 as head of business development for France and the MENA region. She was then made head of worldwide business development.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefFormer Manchester City and England soccer player Micah Richards fronts “Player Pranks,” a show commissioned by Sky, produced by Zig Zag and Krempelwood. The show sees the Premier League winner team up with his Sky Sports colleague Adam ‘Smithy’ Smith for a top-secret mission to prank the great and good of football.

Manori Ravindran International EditorAmazon Prime Video has greenlit BAFTA-nominated “Hard Stop” director George Amponsah’s feature film debut, action thriller “Gassed Up.”Now in production in London, the movie will launch on Prime Video in the U.K. and Ireland in 2023.