Warner Bros. Responds After Facing Backlash From Disability Community Over ‘The Witches’

Peter White Television EditorDee Harris-Lawrence, who is co-showrunner of CBS legal drama All Rise, is staying in the Warner Bros. family after striking an overall deal with the studio.Harris-Lawrence, who is also showrunner of OWN’s David Makes Man, has closed an exclusive multi-year deal with the company – first studio overall pact.She came on board All Rise, which is produced by Warner Bros.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterDee Harris-Lawrence has signed a multi-year overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Group.Harris-Lawrence is currently an executive producer and showrunner on the OWN series “David Makes Man” as well as executive producer and co-showrunner on the CBS legal drama “All Rise,” both of which are produced by Warner Bros.“I am thrilled to be continuing my relationship with Warner Bros,” Harris-Lawrence said.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Human rights activist and author Kimberly Latrice Jones is moving into television after striking an overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Group.Jones is the co-author of I’m Not Dying With You Tonight, alongside attorney Gilly Segal, a YA novel that focuses on prejudice and the racial tension in America.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVPaul McGuire, a respected veteran PR executive, is leaving the world of corporate communications after 33 years. Known for his professionalism, honesty and sense of humor, McGuire is not retiring and says he plans to open his own shop, aptly named Last Resort PR.For the past 10 years, McGuire was at Warner Bros, serving as SVP Worldwide Corporate Communications.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeNo More Heroes: The Stranglers superfan and PR guru Paul McGuire is departing Warner Bros. after a lengthy run at the company, including the past ten years as senior VP, worldwide corporate communications.McGuire plans to open his own communications shingle, Last Resort PR, when not blasting The Cramps (R.I.P.

Lana Del Rey is setting the record straight about those mesh mask photos.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVScott Rowe is leaving Warner Bros. Television after 27 years, most recently as SVP, Communications & Domestic Marketing, for Warner Bros.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorScott Rowe, a longtime communications executive for Warner Bros. TV Group, is exiting the studio after nearly 30 years.Rowe’s post as senior VP of communications and domestic market has been eliminated as part of the broader restructuring and downsizing that has transformed the storied studio and its WarnerMedia parent company.

Eva Longoria has apologized after comments made during an interview about the U.S. presidential election results.

Also Read: 'The Witches' Sparks Backlash From Disability Community - and a Warner Bros. ApologyHathaway’s villainous character in the film is at times seen with three webbed fingers on each hand, something that can happen naturally and is often referred to as “split hand,” or clinically as ectrodactyly or symbrachydactyly.

Johnny Depp is resigning from the “Fantastic Beasts” movie franchise after being requested to do so by Warner Bros.

Anne Hathaway is issuing an apology for her character’s hands in HBO Max’s The Witches revival.

apology from Warner Bros studio, the Academy Award-winning actress promised to ‘do better’ in a statement on Instagram and said ‘I owe you all an apology for the pain caused’.The recent adaptation of the 1983 Roald Dahl book stars Anne Hathaway as the Grand High Witch.In the film, the GHW is portrayed with three fingers on each hand, with many people with disabilities saying that she appears to have Ectrodactyly, a limb abnormality that’s commonly referred to as ‘split hand.’British Para swimmer

The Witches film. The film, based on the Roald Dahl classic, features evil characters who have distinct hand and feet abnormalities.

Warner Bros. has issued a statement saying the studios regrets "any offense caused" by a character design seen in recent release The Witches after online backlash from the disability community.

statement: ‘In adapting the original story, we worked with designers and artists to come up with a new interpretation of the cat-like claws that are described in the book.‘It was never the intention for viewers to feel that the fantastical, non-human creatures were meant to represent them.‘This film is about the power of kindness and friendship.

has received when it comes to Anne Hathaway’s character, the Grand High Witch.Hathaway plays the iconic villain in the latest adaptation of Roald Dahl's beloved 1983 children's book, and her character is missing fingers. Some pointed out that the hands are similar to those with the limb abnormality ectrodactyly, also known as «split hand,» which involves the deficiency or absence of one or more central digits of the hand or foot.

Anne Hathaway’s character in the HBO Max remake of The Witches.A Warner Bros.