Elaine Low Senior TV WriterHead of Warner Bros. Animation Sam Register is adding Cartoon Network’s productions to his purview with an elevation to president of Warner Bros.
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Television, reporting to Rovner. Warner Horizon’s Leigh London Redman will head up drama development.Adrienne Turner will continue to run comedy development and will oversee the comedy team.
Elaine Low Senior TV WriterHead of Warner Bros. Animation Sam Register is adding Cartoon Network’s productions to his purview with an elevation to president of Warner Bros.
Christopher Vourlias With Nigerian cinemas set to open Aug. 28 for the first time in more than four months, local exhibitors are hoping that Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” will help a reeling box office return to its pre-pandemic heights.Nolan’s mind-bending, time-twisting thriller, which Warner Bros.
Cynthia Littleton Business EditorLongtime Warner Bros. TV executive Susan Rovner has emerged as a top candidate for the job at NBCUniversal overseeing programming for NBC, USA Network, fledgling streamer Peacock and the rest of the company’s entertainment cable networks.
Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterThe DC FanDome event on Saturday was a grand experiment by WarnerMedia to see if DC Comics fans would congregate virtually for what amounted to an eight-hour string of programming about DC’s movies, TV shows and video games.“We really wanted to put together an event that would super-serve the fans,” Warner Bros.
Buzzfeed News story titled “Meet the Women Who Are Building a Better Romance Industry” by Bim Adewunmi.Published in 2018, the story focuses on the Kensington Publishing Corporation and author Alyssa Cole’s Black women-centric “Loyal League” trilogy of romance novels.
Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticA former TMZ production assistant and on-air contributor has filed a discrimination and retaliation complaint with the federal government today against Harvey Levin and Warner Bros Entertainment that could lead to a lawsuit down the line.“Ms.
Robin Thede is putting down roots. The Emmy-nominated creator of HBO's A Black Lady Sketch Show has signed an exclusive multiple-year overall deal with Warner Bros.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterRobin Thede has signed a multi-year overall deal at Warner Bros. Television Group.Under the terms of the deal, Thede will develop new television projects for all platforms, including streaming, premium and basic cable, and broadcast.Thede’s most recent project was “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” the HBO comedy series that Thede created, stars in, and also serves as showrunner and executive producer.
Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThe glow up for Robin Thede continues as the Warner Bros. Television Group (WBTVG) has signed a new exclusive overall deal with the creator/executive producer and star of the Emmy-nominated A Black Lady Sketch Show on HBO.
Also Read: 'The Color Purple' Broadway Musical to Get Movie AdaptationScott Sanders, who produced the Tony-winning Broadway version, will produce the big-screen musical with Oprah Winfrey and Quincy Jones. Steven Spielberg is back as well, as producer.The book was previously adapted as a 1985 feature film directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Whoopi Goldberg in her film debut as Celie.
Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorKiko Washington, Warner Bros Entertainment’s head of global PR since 2009, is retiring at the end of the year after a 35-year run at the company in various roles at WB, Time Warner and HBO.
Elaine Low Senior TV WriterKiko Washington, Warner Bros. Entertainment’s executive vice president of worldwide human resources, is retiring at the end of 2020 after 35 years with the company.“I am so lucky to have spent the last 35 years with HBO and Warner Bros., two very successful companies with incredibly special cultures,” said Washington.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is beginning to look like a cursed franchise. Many of us are wondering how it even made it this far: the second instalment of the Harry Potter prequels was an over-designed mess and a box-office disappointment.Since then, the magic has worn off alarmingly.
DC FanDome.News of the reveal was made public through the DC FanDome schedule, which has slotted the WB Games Montreal announcement for August 22 at 18:30BST.The new game isn’t the first time the developer has worked on a DC property. Back in 2013, the team released Batman: Arkham Origins – a spin-off from the critically acclaimed Arkham trilogy.It’s long been rumoured that the next title the developer is working on will also be a part of the Batman universe.
Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVFormer top Turner and HBO Max PR executive Marie Moore is back in the WarnerMedia fold. She has been named SVP, Communications of Warner Bros.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterMarie Moore has been named senior vice president of communications of Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics division, Variety has learned exclusively.Moore will report jointly to Tom Ascheim, president of the division, and Johanna Fuentes, Warner Bros.
Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros-owned Ricochet and Bandicoot TV, the producer behind The Masked Singer UK, are developing separate dating shows for ITV2 and the BBC respectively.With the UK emerging from lockdown and social distancing rules being relaxed, finding love is back on the agenda —and the two new formats offer new ways into the dating genre.
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Dominic Patten, Tom Tapp UPDATE, 10:56 PM: The tennis rackets and tensions have come down in the lawsuit over Will Smith’s film about the life and legacy of Serena Williams and Venus Williams’ father.Less than two months after TW3 Entertainment and Power Move Multi Media filed a breach of contract complaint against Smith’s loan-out company, Richard Williams, his son and Warner Bros, among others, over King Richard, the parties have reached a deal.“The matter has been resolved informally,” says