EXCLUSIVE: Following a competitive bidding war, Warner Bros. TV has landed the Mac Smullen spec pilot Souvenir, Alaska. Carly Wray will exec produce and oversee the development while Lee Toland Krieger will exec produce and direct the pilot (both have overall deals with WBTV). WBTV had no comment on the project.
HBO Max EMEA Original Programs Chief Antony Root Retiring From Warner Bros. Discovery
18.01.2023 - 14:27 / deadline.com
Antony Root, the long-serving HBO Max EMEA original programming chief, is to exit his role at Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and retire from the industry.
Root will leave his post at the end of March ahead of the launch of the merged HBO Max and Discovery+ streaming service.
Root has spent 11 years as Executive Vice President of HBO Europe and later HBO Max EMEA after joining from Sony Pictures Television.
Last year, his originals team were halted in their tracks when WBD decided HBO Max would stop ordering shows in most of Europe – a decision one source last year called “the end of an era.”
Most of Root’s European commissioning and production team were later let go, as Deadline revealed in August, but he stayed on. Deadline hears he has been travelling extensively in recent months to visit the remaining local staff.
Long Career At HBO
Root commissioned more than 1,000 episodes of scripted, documentaries and unscripted shows in total for HBO brands.
Notable credits included The Pack and Blinded by the Lights in Poland; Burning Bush and Wasteland in Czechia; Golden Life in Hungary; Oscar-nominated doc Collective in Romania; Patria and 30 Coins in Spain; and Beartown, Beforeigners and Kamikaze in the Nordics.
Several of his newer series, including Norway’s Beforeigners and Denmark’s Kamikaze, were pulled from HBO Max last year after the commissioning freeze. Many have now be licensed to SkyShowtime in 21 territories.
Priya Dogra, President and Manging Director EMEA said: “Antony is a true giant of the European TV industry, and during his career at HBO, he has commissioned and executive produced some of the most iconic series of recent years across the Nordics, Central Eastern Europe and Spain.
“Antony built and managed
The website celebfans.org is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.
Popular Celebs
Popular Tags
deadline.com
06.02.2023 / 20:45
Quinta Brunson & Tyler James Williams To Voice Hawkman & Hawkgirl In ‘Harley Quinn’ Valentine’s Day Special At HBO Max
EXCLUSIVE: Quinta Brunson and Tyler James Williams will be lending their voices to the upcoming Harley Quinn Valentine’s Day Special.
deadline.com
06.02.2023 / 06:51
‘The Last Of Us’ Episode 5 To Debut Early On HBO Max
Good news for The Last of Us fans. Episode 5 will be hitting HBO Max two days early.
deadline.com
02.02.2023 / 13:33
Warner Bros. Discovery Appoints EMEA Streaming Marketing Boss; ITV Launches Skills Academy; ‘It’s A Sin’ To Make African Debut On Showmax; See-Saw Films Hire; Denmark’s CPH:DOX Unveils Opening Film – Global Briefs
Warner Bros. Discovery Appoints EMEA Streaming Marketing Boss
deadline.com
02.02.2023 / 00:53
‘Pennyworth’ Canceled At HBO Max After Three Seasons
Alfred Pennyworth is ending his origin story.
deadline.com
01.02.2023 / 22:49
Tubi Picks Up ‘Generation’ After HBO Max Removal
Generation (Genera+ion), the HBO Max original, has gotten picked up by Tubi and all 16 episodes of the series are now available. Watch a trailer of the first and only season in the video posted above.
deadline.com
26.01.2023 / 21:21
Unscripted TV Exec Kevin Fortson To Retire After 30 Years With Warner Bros.
Kevin Fortson, the Executive Vice President of Production & Administration for Warner Bros. Unscripted Television, will retire this summer after three decades with the studio.
deadline.com
26.01.2023 / 04:41
Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl To Be Simulcast On Discovery Channel, TBS, HBO Max & Discovery+ In WBD Synergy Move
EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. Discovery is looking to take Puppy Bowl to another level as a live television event by simulcasting it across linear networks and streaming platforms from both sides of the merged company.
deadline.com
26.01.2023 / 03:39
‘Titans’ & ‘Doom Patrol’ To End With Seasons 4 On HBO Max
Two of the DC series on HBO Max, Titans and Doom Patrol, will be coming to an end. Both recently wrapped their six-episode Season 4A runs on the streamer, and the upcoming second halves of their fourth seasons will be the shows’ final chapters. Both had been crafted to give the series proper ending.
deadline.com
23.01.2023 / 22:59
‘MILF Manor’, ‘Power Slap’, Restructure, Tax Write-Offs & More: Kathleen Finch Gets Candid On Warner Bros Discovery’s Unscripted TV Strategy
“We’re going to put 2022 behind us and focus on the future,” said Kathleen Finch, Chairman and Chief Content Officer of Warner Bros. Discovery’s U.S. Networks Group.
deadline.com
19.01.2023 / 22:31
Premieres Of TBS’ ‘Miracle Workers’ & ‘The Cube’, TNT’s ‘The Lazarus Project’ Pushed Amid TNets Original Programming Overhaul
There is hardly any other networks that have undergone more disruption over the last nine months than Warner Bros. Discovery’s TNT and TBS have post-merger — and it’s not over.
glamour.com
19.01.2023 / 21:27
'Gossip Girl' Reboot Cancelled at HBO Max, Per Creator Josh Safran
series has been cancelled at HBO Max after two seasons.Creator Josh Safran announced the news on Jan. 19, tweeting, “So here's the goss: it is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to announce GOSSIP GIRL will not be continuing on HBO Max.
deadline.com
19.01.2023 / 20:05
‘Gossip Girl’ Reboot Canceled By HBO Max After 2 Seasons
Gossip Girl‘s return will not go beyond its current second season. HBO Max has opted not to order a third season of the reboot, with the upcoming Season 2 finale on Jan. 26 serving as a series finale.
deadline.com
19.01.2023 / 19:39
‘The List’: HBO Max, BBC & A24 Developing TV Version Of ‘Slay In Your Lane’ Author Yomi Adegoke’s Debut Novel
EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max, the BBC and A24 have won the rights to co-develop one of the most highly-anticipated British debuts of the coming year – Slay in Your Lane scribe Yomi Adegoke’s The List.
deadline.com
19.01.2023 / 14:27
BT Sport Staff Who Joined Warner Bros Discovery JV Put At Risk Of Redundancy
More than 200 BT Sport staff who transferred to the company’s joint venture with Warner Bros Discovery in the UK and Ireland are at risk of redundancy.
deadline.com
19.01.2023 / 14:27
Stephen Fry-Narrated Doc Set For Prime Video; MBC-Warner Bros Discovery Deal; Banijay Benelux Acquisition; Locarno Spotlights Mexico & More — Global Briefs
Stephen Fry-Narrated Doc Set For Prime Video
deadline.com
18.01.2023 / 21:19
Findley Davidson Exits As Warner Bros. TV New York Head Of Casting, Launches Her Own Company
Veteran Warner Bros. Television casting executive Findley Davidson has departed the studio after 15 years, most recently as head of New York casting. She has launched her own, New York-based independent casting office, Findley Davidson Casting, which will offer casting services for film, television, and theatre.