Warner Bros: Last News

Roll up, roll up, Insiders. The Deadline International team have once again been travelling the world to bring you the latest news and analysis from the global film and TV biz, with Mel and Zac both in the Middle East. Max and I actually found the TV world descending on London for once, so we didn’t have to go so far for access. Read on.

Stephen Colbert, Jennifer Garner, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen and Julia Louis-Dreyfus are among the celebrity names expected at tonight’s White House State Dinner for French President Emmanuel Macron.

Zooey Deschanel is taking audiences on a culinary journey in her latest series for discovery+.

David Decker has been promoted to President, Content Sales for Warner Bros. Discovery effective Jan. 2, 2023. The promotion of Decker follows long-time Warner Bros. Content Sales President Jim Wuthrich’s decision to depart at the end of the year.

The Roku Channel has now become the exclusive AVOD streaming home for The Jennifer Hudson Show.

There will be two new additions to HBO Max’s December lineup. The platform has landed streaming rights to past seasons of CBS comedy Bob Hearts Abishola, and Fox’s Call Me Kat.

Lionsgate has pushed up the release date for its Gerard Butler-led action-thriller Plane by two weeks. The film previously scheduled for January 27 will now open wide on January 13, 2023.

Courteney Cox left Friends fans in tears as she photobombed their snaps at the iconic show's fountain in Warner Bros' Embassy Courtyard in LA this week,The star, 58, who played Monica Geller on the show from 1994-2004, was in a mischievous  mood as she popped up behind unknowing fans as they posed on a sofa in front of the fountain.In a clip, Courteney said: 'I'm working at Warner Bros and I thought this would be good time to surprise some Friends fans and photobomb their shots.The unsuspecting fans were simply instructed to pose on the sofa but, unbeknownst to then, Courteney was photobombing every snap.  Oh wow: Courteney Cox left Friends fans in tears as she photobombed their snaps at the iconic show's fountain in Warner Bros' Embassy Courtyard in LA this week When they saw the photos the fans were seen screaming and crying before excitedly greeting their idol.Courteney was on-hand to dish out hugs for the fans, who were completely taken aback by her presence.   Fun: The star, 58, who played Monica Geller on the show from 1994-2004 , was in a mischievous mood as she popped up behind unknowing fans as they posed on a sofa in front of the fountain There she is: The unsuspecting fans were simply instructed to pose on the sofa but, unbeknownst to then, Courteney was photobombing every snap Monica! The star played Monica Geller on the show for 10 seasons between 1994-2004 (pictured with Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green) OMG! One fan was left in tears as she saw her idol pop up behind the sofa Unsuspecting: The star larked around behind some fans who posed on the sofaCourteney won fans all over the world with her portrayal of maternal cleanliness-obsessed Monica Geller in Friends which ran for 10 seasons and is one of the

CNN started to inform staffers of layoffs, as its chairman and CEO Chris Licht wrote that notices will go out on Wednesday and Thursday.

Apple TV+ is offering a first look at Shrinking, the new 10-episode comedy starring Harrison Ford and Jason Segel.

Warner Bros. Television Studios is in the process of closing a major animation deal with Amazon for DC-branded content, according to Channing Dungey.

A media sector squeezed by streaming losses, anemic stocks, layoffs and executive turmoil unveiled its latest casualties today – 20% of AMC Networks’ U.S. staff, or about 200 people, along with the departure of CEO Christina Spade.

EXCLUSIVE: The Big D, the dating competition hosted by The Bachelorette alums JoJo Fletcher and Jordan Rogers, has found a new home after its surprising cancelation at TBS.

EXCLUSIVE: Cameron Curtis has been upped to EVP of Worldwide Digital Marketing at Warner Bros.

Scott Rowe has been named communications consultant for the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, succeeding Jarryd Gonzalez in the role. Rowe’s appointment comes as the AMPTP is heading into what could be contentious contract negotiations next year with the WGA, SAG-AFTRA and the DGA.

EXCLUSIVE: Paterson Joseph (Wonka) has signed on to star alongside Cameron Ashplant and Marc Duret in Bet Your Bottom Dollar — a British indie drama marking the narrative debut of documentary filmmaker Brandon Ashplant.

EXCLUSIVE: Lance Henriksen (Aliens), Oscar winner Louis Gossett Jr. (An Officer And A Gentleman) and Robin Curtis (Star Trek) lead cast in horror-thriller, Awaken The Reaper.

EXCLUSIVE: In her first major foray into television, Scarlett Johansson is set to star in and executive produce Just Cause, a thriller limited series based on John Katzenbach’s 1992 novel. In a very competitive situation, the project, from writer Christy Hall (I’m Not OK With This, Daddio), Johansson’s These Pictures banner and Warner Bros. TV, has landed at Amazon Studios with a straight-to-series order for Prime Video.

Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group and Legendary Entertainment have made a new multi-year worldwide film distribution partnership. The deal replaces the former pact which Legendary had with Warner Bros, however, both studios will continue to remain in business on select existing titles, read the upcoming Dune: Part Two which is shooting for a Nov. 3, 2023 release, as well as the Monster-verse movies. We told you back in August that Legendary was looking to move off its Warner arrangement.

EXCLUSIVE: Jordan Gonzalez, who heavily recurred as Ash Romero in Season 1 of Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, has been promoted to series regular for the upcoming second season of the HBO Max series, which was recently retitled Pretty Little Liars: Summer School.

EXCLUSIVE: VICE Distribution, the sales arm of Vice Media Group, has hired Elise Ching as Sales Director for APAC.