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Almost a year after Kevin Spacey was found not guilty of sex crimes, Channel 4 and Max in the U.S. are set to air testimony from more men detailing their experiences with the double-Oscar winner. Channel 4’s Spacey Unmasked, which was announced two years ago but has gone quiet since, has dropped…

David Zaslav saw his total compensation package last year jump by more than $10 million to $49.7 million in 2023 — with Warner Bros. Discovery awarding him a base salary of $3 million, plus $23 million in stock awards, and non-equity incentive plan compensation (a cash bonus) of $22 million. It’s…

UPDATED with latest: At its Max streaming event in April 2023, Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed a new era is coming for Harry Potter fans. The company announced a TV series based on all seven books about the boy wizard written by J.K. Rowling. See below for the most current answers to the most important…

Warner Bros Discovery said Monday that Steven A. Miron and Steven O. Newhouse have both notified the company’s board that they have resigned as directors after the U.S. Department of Justice informed them it was investigating whether their service violated Section 8 of the Clayton Antitrust Act on…

The iconic web series Red vs. Blue is about to close its final chapter. Just weeks following the shutdown of the production company that created it, Burnie Burns’ Rooster Teeth, Warner Bros. Discovery today announced that one of the internet’s longest-running series will end its 19th and final season with…

Max has unveiled a trio of French shows ahead of launch, with commissioning head Vera Peltekian saying “we don’t want to do a French Succession or White Lotus.“ Peltekian and French scripted boss Clémentine Bobin unveiled series about the Bataclan attacks, the gypsy community and an adaptation of a…

EXCLUSIVE: MasterChef judge Aarón Sánchez is returning to Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) U.S. Hispanic for more of his LA restaurant series El Toque de Aarón. The second season will premiere next month on Discovery Familia and sister network Hogar de HGTV. In El Toque de Aarón, the celebrity chef…

A pioneer in digital content creation is going away. Rooster Teeth, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery Global Streaming & Interactive Entertainment, announced this morning that it is ceasing operations after 21 years. The process starts today and is expected to take several months. The news was…

Season 2 of House of the Dragon will premiere on HBO/Max in June, said JB Perrette, head of global streaming & games for Warner Bros. Discovery. Speaking at a media conference Q&A today, he said it’s one of a handful of HBO tentpole series set to contribute to a turnaround at the media giant after a…

Room to Read, a global education nonprofit tackling illiteracy and gender inequality, announced a partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery for the premiere of She Creates Change, the first nonprofit-led animation and live-action film project to promote gender equality through the stories of young women…

EXCLUSIVE: Beta Film’s Crown-esque high-end drama series Maxima has sold to networks in Lat Am, Israel and across Europe. The series, which is one of the German major’s biggest being shopped at the London TV Screenings, will air on Hot in Israel and on Warner Bros. Discovery networks across Latin…

Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish derided a planned streaming venture backed by Disney, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery for having “only a subset of sports.” In his first public comments since the announcement of the service, which does not include any Paramount or NBCUniversal properties, Bakish…