Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat Names Former Warner Bros. Exec Jay Levine As CEO

Fans have been hoping for a Barbie sequel ever since the very pink blockbuster debuted in 2023, and we just got another hint that it’s a possibility.

Warner Bros chief Pam Abdy says she would “love to make a sequel to the box office blockbuster Barbie, after the original movie “ignited audiences around the world.”

Warner Bros. Discovery is making cable network TruTV a regular home for sports, adding a weeknight sports block and shifting established franchise Impractical Jokers to TBS this summer.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Warner Bros. Discovery wants to bring one of its “zombie” cable networks back to life with a big jolt of sports. The media company intends to create a new nightly sports block for TruTV, the reality-series cable network that has largely been left to show endless episodes of the popular prank show “Impractical Jokers” and the caught-on-camera serial “World’s Dumbest.” In doing so, Warner no doubt hopes to create new value where there has only been a little.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Warner Bros. Discovery has jumped on the password-sharing crackdown bandwagon, with a top exec saying Max will begin enforcing restrictions on subscribers sharing accounts outside their household starting this year — following the trail blazed by Netflix, which was more recently joined by Disney.

James Corden’s habit of “constantly” name-dropping, during her stint on Celebrity Big Brother.The former music manager and X Factor judge is currently appearing on the ITV reality show for a temporary five-day run in the house.During a conversation with the other housemates on the subject of name-dropping (via the Independent), Osbourne said: “I tell you who does that, James Corden. He does that all the time.”“I go to him, ‘I really like your shoes’, and he goes, ‘Yes, Stella McCartney’.

‘Camomile Lawn’ Novelist’s Estate Snapped Up By ILP

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Warner Bros. is to handle the Southeast Asia theatrical release of Philippines-produced drama film “Under Parallel Skies.” The picture will have its world premiere this weekend as part of the Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong. Directed by Sigrid Bernardo, “Under Parallel Skies” follows the story of a Thai bachelor, portrayed by major local star Win Metawin, who travels to Hong Kong in search of his missing mother.

Kevin Hart is talking controversy and business.

Warner Bros. has said it will pivot away from “volatile” AAA games to focus on live service and mobile titles.Last month, the company said the launch of Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League “failed” to meet expectations.

Fubo CEO David Gandler blasted a planned sports bundle backed by Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery, calling the companies a “sports cartel” engaging in “borderline racketeering.”

After Warner Bros. permanently shelved its latest live-action “Looney Tunes” movie “Coyote vs.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor SiriusXM named industry veteran Sarah van Mosel to the newly created position of senior VP of podcast strategy. It’s a return to SiriusXM for von Mosel, who previously served as chief revenue office at its subsidiary Stitcher.

Warner Bros. Pictures Animation is expanding its executive team under President Bill Damaschke, adding Kim Mackey and Jessie Carbonaro, as EVP of Production Talent and VP of Production Talent, respectively, and elevating Susan Akinbola to VP of Development.

Caroline Brew editor Growing its executive team under president Bill Damaschke, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation has hired Kim Mackey and Jessie Carbonaro as executive vice president of production and vice president of production talent, respectively.

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has picked up Film.UA‘s Ukrainian psychological thriller Between Us for the CEE region.

More “Harry Potter” is coming from Warner Bros., as the studio revealed last Spring. But don’t expect it to reach Max for another couple of years.

EXCLUSIVE: In what would mark Alejandro Iñárritu first English-language pic since his smash hit The Revenant, sources tell Deadline Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment are in negotiations for an Untitled Alejandro G. Iñárritu film starring Tom Cruise.

Tom Cruise is reportedly considering creating a sequel to one of his previous blockbusters.

The planned sports streamer team-up between Disney, Warner Bros Discovery and Fox may be stuck at the starting line if Fubo TV gets its way in court.