CCXP ended huge with a panel for Wonder Woman 1984 featuring director Patty Jenkins and the titular superhero Gal Gadot. Kicking things off with a crazy light show complete with illuminated “gauntlets” given to the crowd, the livestreamed event for Wonder Woman 1984 was a first for the Sao Paulo pop culture…
Preview night of CCXP in Sao Paulo ended with a peek at the Warner Bros. forthcoming team-up pic Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) — or as they call it in Brazil, Aves De Rapina (Arlequina E Sua Emancipacao Fantabulosa). Harley Quinn herself, Margot Robbie and her fellow “birds” …
Even if you live in a cave it’s going to be hard to avoid Batman in the weeks ahead. Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment just announced a year-long initiative celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Caped Crusader which will kick off this month at SXSW in Austin, Texas, with festivities that include a moonlight fly-over…
Warner Bros. is cooking up a new release date for New Line Cinema’s forthcoming film The Kitchenstarring Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, and Elisabeth Moss. The pic based on the Vertigo comic book series will open Aug. 9 rather than its previously announced release date of Sept. 20.
Last year, Deadline exclusively…
Diane Nelson, who steered DC Entertainment and also led interactive content and consumer products during a 20-year run at Warner Bros. that ended last summer, has resurfaced in a senior role at Quibi.
She will run operations for the start-up led by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman. Quibi plan to launch its mobile…
With hopes for a heroic future, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Digital Networks on Saturday launched DC Universe, a streaming site that entices superhero fans to pay $7.99 a month for access to new television shows, digital comics, fan forums, exclusive merchandise as well as a rotating archive of vintage DC movies…
Geoff Johns, the longtime chief creative officer at DC Entertainment, is stepping down. He will move into a Warner Bros first-look producing deal where he will write movie vehicles to produce for Mad Ghost Productions. Johns will continue to work on existing DC films.
The move isn’t entirely a surprise, given that…
DC’s new digital service now has a name. The platform, a joint venture of Warner Bros and DC Entertainment announced last year, is called DC Universe and has a landing page.
The site, announced today on social media, describes DC Universe as “a first-of-its kind, immersive digital experience designed just for DC fans”…
Warner Bros. Entertainment CEO Kevin Tsujihara said in a memo to DC and Consumer Products staff that DC Entertainment president and Warner Bros. Consumer Products president Diane Nelson is taking a leave of absence for family reasons. She is expected to return at some point.
Tsujihara fully supports her extended break…
After making history as the first woman of color to helm a $100 million-plus live-action film in A Wrinkle In Time, Ava DuVernay will continue to play in the event film sandbox. She’s closing a deal with Warner Bros and DC to direct a big-budget screen adaptation of The New Gods, the creation of revered comic book…
Warner Bros. TV Group, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment are teaming on DC in D.C., a pop culture MLK weekend event that merges the worlds of entertainment and public service in Washington, D.C.
DC in D.C. brings together stars and producers from WBTV’s DC TV series, including Arrow, The Flash, DC’s…