WarnerMedia News & Sports Chief Jeff Zucker Taps Brakes On HBO Max NHL Streaming: “It’s Not Imminent”

reported, citing an unnamed close associate of Zucker’s. Axios and the Los Angeles Times both noted that Zucker has long been friendly with Discovery CEO David Zazlav, who is set to take over the new company when the merger is completed in mid-2022.

EXCLUSIVE: Sky is in pole position to secure the UK rights to HBO Max’s highly-anticipated Friends reunion, sources have told Deadline.

“It was something I was passionate about because in many ways, things don’t change and it’s not as if our society is completely sorted,” It’s a Sin creator Russell T Davies said of the HBO Max miniseries that focusing on the fatal devastation of AIDS in the UK in the 1980s.

EXCLUSIVE: New Line and HBO Max and producer Laura Bickford have teamed up to frame a movie around fact-based modern government investigations into UFO’s. Bryce Kass has penned the script.

WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar said the company’s day-and-date movie release strategy has boosted the fortunes of HBO Max but also helped movie theaters eager for new titles during their emergence from Covid-19.

Angelina Jolie is taking you into the fire with her new thriller,, the latest release from Warner Bros. to arrive in movie theaters and be available to watch at home on the same day.

“The Prince” — which stars Orlando Bloom voicing Prince Harry — showed the then-ailing 99-year-old Philip ashen-faced and bent over in a drawing with other royals outside Buckingham Palace.But the series was thrown into turmoil after Philip’s death on April 9, just five days after writer-producer Gary Janetti posted a teaser clip on Instagram, the network confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.“We were saddened to learn of Prince Philip’s passing and will adjust plans for the series debut,” a rep

EXCLUSIVE: Writer Aida Osman, host of Crooked Media Podcast Keep It, rapper KaMillion (Love & Hip Hop Miami) and comedian Jonica Booth (Bad Girls Club) have been cast as the leads of Rap Sh*t (working title), HBO Max’s half-hour comedy series from Insecure co-creator Rae and her Hoorae Productions.

Elizabeth Olsen is no stranger to starring in a TV series. But it’s safe to say that none of her previous TV work compares to the reception she got for her most recent outing, “WandaVision,” which became a cultural phenomenon earlier this year.

EXCLUSIVE: Even in a business well-acquainted with comebacks, HBO Max has become a fairly remarkable turnaround story.

It’s fairly easy to look back on HBO’s “Entourage” with a bit of snark. The series hasn’t aged very well, to say the least.

Taika Waititi is already what Hollywood calls a “multi-hyphenate,” as a writer, director, producer, and actor. But on the new series, “Our Flag Means Death,” Waititi is going to add pirate to that list of titles.

The Garcia family is reuniting. HBO Max has given a 10-episode order to The Garcias, a sequel to Nickelodeon’s hit sitcom The Brothers Garcia, Deadline has confirmed.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorThe Garcias are getting the family back together.HBO Max has given a 10-episode order to “The Garcias,” a sequel to the family comedy “The Brothers Garcia” that aired on Nickelodeon for four seasons from 2000 to 2004.The series hails from New Cadence Productions, the banner headed by “Brothers Garcia” co-creator and executive producer Jeff Valdez.

For those concerned that the “Green Lantern” TV series would end up like all the other various iterations of the live-action superhero franchise that has tried to happen since the 2011 film with Ryan Reynolds bombed (that is to say, dead), don’t worry! We actually have our first cast member for the series, pointing to the fact that the show should actually be put into production fairly soon.

Mad Men and The Social Dilemma actor Vincent Kartheiser has joined the cast of HBO Max’s Titans and is set to take on Jonathan Crane, a.k.a. Scarecrow in season three.

At age 69, actress Jean Smart is having a bit of a renaissance moment in her career.

EXCLUSIVE: Riverdale‘s Cole Sprouse will star alongside Lana Condor in New Line’s Max Original feature Moonshot. Chris Winterbauer is attached to direct from a screenplay by Max Taxe. Sprouse’s Riverdale exec producers Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter will produce through Berlanti/Schechter Films along with Jill McElroy and Jenna Sarkin of Entertainment 360.

Michael Che isn’t known as a true actor. He’s a stand-up comedian that is a current writer-cast member on “Saturday Night Live” and is an anchor on the show’s “Weekend Update” segments.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorHockey is going somewhere it has never been before.WarnerMedia gained rights to show live NHL games on its two big cable networks, TBS and TNT, as well as its new streaming hub, HBO Max, in a seven-year pact valued at least at $200 million that expands the company’s sports-rights portfolio for the first time in years. Disney’s ESPN already secured rights to a larger NHL package.