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Baby Driver star Ansel Elgort is set to headline drama Tokyo Vice, which has received a 10-episode straight-to-series order from WarnerMedia’s upcoming streaming platform. It is based on the book by Jake Adelstein and comes from Tony-winning playwright J.T. Rogers (Oslo), producer John Lesher and Endeavor…

Two days after WarnerMedia started an investigation into claims of improper behavior by Kevin Tsujihara, the Warner Bros Entertainment chair just now addressed the matter himself in a letter to studio staff. “I deeply regret that I have made mistakes in my personal life that have caused pain and embarrassment to the…

Longtime television executive Bob Greenblatt is in talks with AT&T to join WarnerMedia and oversee the company’s potentially combined TV units, including HBO, Turner and an upcoming streaming platform. The former NBC chairman has been in “advanced” negotiations with WarnerMedia chief John Stankey for a role in the…

Maybe it's because Donald Trump likes to use Game of Thrones imagery as props, but the Department of Justice today has conclusively given up on its long running effort to stop AT&T acquiring Time Warner. "We are grateful that the Court of Appeals considered our objections to the District Court opinion," said DOJ…

AT&T executive-turned-head of Warner Media John Stankey spoke at a town hall in New York and addressed the changes to come for HBO after the  $85.4 billion merger between AT&T and Time Warner. During the town hall, which also included HBO chief executive Richard Plepler, Stankey said that they won’t interfere too much…

Ahead of a series of town hall meetings this week, new WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey told Deadline he did not expect any more high-level management departures in the near term. In the wide-ranging conversation, he did acknowledge some layoffs would result from the $85 billion merger, though most of them would be in…