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Warner Bros. Discovery is splitting (back) into two distinct units:

The Global Linear Networks company will be called (drum roll please) Discovery Global. It will house:

CNN
TBS
Food Network
Cartoon Network
HGTV
Discovery+
TNT Sports (US)
Leadership:

Gunnar Wiedenfels (CEO and President)
Gerhard Zeiler (President, CCO)
Fraser Woodford (CFO)
The Studios & Streaming company will be called Warner Bros.

It will house:

Warner Bros. Studios (film/TV)
HBO + HBO’s linear channels
Max
TNT Sports International
DC Studios and DC Comics Publishing
New Line Cinema
Leadership:

David Zaslav, President and CEO
Pam Abdy, Mike De Luca (CEO, Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group)
JB Perrette (CEO and president of streaming and games)
Casey Bloys (CEO, HBO)
For those keeping track, the company is facing massive challenges:

60% stock drop since WarnerMedia merged with Discovery in 2022
$40 bn debt
Q1 2025 $1.8bn EBITDA linear division
↓ 14% overall vs. last year
↓ 11% ad revenue vs. last year
The reorganization will be completed by the summer of 2026.

Skydance’s leadership is starting to take shape. After the merger with Paramount was solidified late last week, there’s a new member joining the team: Josh Greenstein.

Greenstein is exiting Sony where he serves as the president of their Motion Picture Group. He used to be Sony’s head marketing chief, overseeing films like Napoleon. No word on his new Skydance role, maybe president of Skydance/Paramount Pictures?

He has a good connection with David Ellison (soon to be president of Skydance/Paramount), as he was previously at Paramount as head of marketing and distribution, working on joint Skydance/Paramount projects, including Mission: Impossible and the Star Trek and Transformers franchises.

Greenstein is cut from steel, his first gig in the business was as Scott Rudin’s assistant in 1998, later becoming Bob Weinstein’s assistant in the early 2000s.

Sony, meanwhile, down a key player, is elevating Peter Kang to President of Production at Sony Motion Picture Group. He won’t replace Greenstein but Kang will report to Greenstein’s former counterpart, Sanford Panitch.

Tidbits:

Percival Everett’s novels are hitting big. First American Fiction (based on Erasure) wins TIFF, then Spielberg picks up James, and now UCP (Universal Content Productions) grabs his acclaimed thriller novel The Trees. The limited series has an all-star trio of actors attached. Oscar winner Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers), Emmy winner Sterling K. Brown (Paradise), and Winston Duke (Black Panther) will star in a powerful story of racial reckoning and historical justice.

Dan Levy’s Not a Real Production Company has named Anne-Marie McGintee head of film and TV. Formerly of Ava DuVernay’s Array, McGintee will oversee development under the company’s Netflix deal. Upcoming projects include a crime comedy series and a Lilith Fair doc.

Fincher's Cliff Booth sequel has started shooting, expanding on the reluctant hero from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. We are already seeing vintage storefronts pop up in LA. We also should expect more casting like the recently announced Corey Fogelmanis (Ma, I Wish you All the Best).

Meet the Parents 4 announces its name will be Focker-in-Law. It will follow Skyler Gisando introducing his fiancée (Ariana Grande) to Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) and family, including his grandfather (Robert De Niro).

2x Eddie Murphy-announced spinoffs/reboots in the very early stages, starring Murphy:

DreamWorks’ Shrek Donkey movie spinoff
Tentative Release: 2028
Pink Panther spinoff
Stars Murphy as Inspector Clouseau

Two of America's most powerful industries are lobbying the White House with competing visions for the future of AI, setting up a high-stakes showdown that President Trump will ultimately referee.
In one corner: Silicon Valley's AI juggernauts seeking unfettered access to creative content. In the other: Hollywood's A-list fighting to protect their intellectual property.
Hollywood’s move:
Over 400 entertainment powerhouses—including Paul McCartney, Cate Blanchett, and Matrix co-creator Lilly Wachowski—submitted an open letter to the White House just before the March 15 deadline for the AI Action Plan.
They're asking the government to "uphold existing copyright frameworks" rather than create special exemptions for AI companies.

“America’s arts and entertainment industry supports over 2.3M American jobs with over $229Bn in wages annually, while providing the foundation for American democratic influence and soft power abroad. But AI companies are asking to undermine this economic and cultural strength by weakening copyright protections for the films, television series, artworks, writing, music, and voices used to train AI models at the core of multi-billion dollar corporate valuations.”