Kevin Tsujihara


News brief: Warner ups Romano to vice-chair

Warner Bros. Entertainment has promoted long-serving CFO and executive VP Ed Romano to vice-chairman. The newly created post comes after close to five decades of service at the Burbank studio. Romano joined Warner in 1968 and was promoted to his current role 20 years ago. “Ed is truly a Warner Bros. institution, and I am […]

Grindon joins Rosenblum at Legendary TV

Former Sony Pictures Television International president Michael Grindon has taken control of a new worldwide distribution business at US film firm Legendary Pictures. At Legendary TV, Grindon will work with former Warner Bros. Television Group boss Bruce Rosenblum, who has been Legendary TV and Digital Media’s president since last summer, to build a television sales business. This comes […]

Warner Bros. snags Casual Vacancy rights as part of J.K. Rowling deal

Warner Bros.’ international TV unit will sell the upcoming TV adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy as part of an extended deal with the author. The Casual Vacancy novel tells the story of the death of a small town councillor and the ensuing mystery. It was the Harry Potter author’s first effort since the […]

Blair upped in latest Warner Bros. shuffle

Warner Bros. veteran Robert Blair will comprise part of a two-person team leading the company’s international television distribution unit. Blair (left) and Jim Brehm have both been promoted to executive VP, Warner Bros. International Television Distribution. They will help develop WBITVD’s overall strategy and sales efforts outside the US. Blair has been with Warner for […]

Mike Darnell lands top Warner Bros. unscripted role

Former Fox reality guru Mike Darnell has joined Warner Bros. in a wide-ranging role that hands him control of Telepictures Productions and Warner Horizon Unscripted Television. Darnell will become Warner Bros. Television Group’s first president, unscripted and alternative television on August 12, reporting to WBTG’s president and chief content officer Peter Roth. The job gives […]

Ex-Warner Bros TV boss Rosenblum resurfaces at Legendary

Bruce Rosenblum, until last month the boss of Warner Bros’ TV activities, has become president of Legendary Television and Digital Media. Legendary is best known as a movie producer and counts Man of Steel and The Dark Knight and The Hangover franchises among its credits. It has a longstanding production pact with Warner Bros., which […]

Warner unveils company-wide top level shake-up

Warner Bros.’ new chief exec Kevin Tsujihara has made his stamp on the company’s television division by handing Peter Roth a new creative role and Jeffrey Schlesinger and Craig Hunegs new titles as part of a major company-wide restructure. Tsujihara was named Warner Bros. CEO earlier this year and initiated a company-wide restructure that this […]

Schlesinger and Roth set to rise as Rosenblum exits Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Television Group president Bruce Rosenblum will reportedly leave the company, with international TV boss Jeffrey Schlesinger and his domestic counterpart Peter Roth set to be upped by new Warner Bros. Entertainment CEO Kevin Tsujihara. News broke over the weekend suggesting that Rosenblum will exit Warner Bros. His departure was widely expected after he […]

Warner: UK tax credit won’t affect US drama

The UK president of Warner Bros. has claimed the Hollywood studio will not relocate US series to Britain simply to utilise the new high-end drama tax credit system. Warner Bros and its studio counterparts such as Disney have come under criticism from UK drama producers over their role in the development of the UK drama […]