Legendary


News round-up: Legendary merges int’l & US TV; WarnerMedia signs ‘Impractical Jokers’; Skydance, Impact eye emerging talent; CNN’s Zucker to exit

Legendary merges TV businesses Legendary is consolidating its international and domestic TV businesses under the purview of Nick Albrecht, who has been named as head of Legendary Television. Nick Pepper, who has served as president of Legendary Television for the past three years, will become an executive producer on projects he developed for the company. […]

HBO Max blasted by Hollywood elite over movie decision, as lawsuit looms

Hollywood stars have blasted WarnerMedia’s move to release its 2021 films via streamer HBO Max, while the US company is also facing repercussions from talent and a potential lawsuit from a production company affected by the decision. Leading the charge on the talent front is Christopher Nolan, whose 2020 movie Tenet performed poorly at the US […]

HBO Max orders zany competition series, promises more unscripted originals

HBO Max has made its first unscripted orders, picking up a pair of eccentric competition series. WarnerMedia’s forthcoming streamer has handed 10-part straight-to-series orders to Legendary and The Greatest Space. Legendary is a fun take on voguing, which is a style of modern dance accompanied by outrageous fashion get-ups, all inspired by the hit Madonna […]

Viewpoint: The anthology strikes back

Dan Whitehead, head of drama and digital at UK consultancy K7 Media, on how anthology dramas have emerged from their slumber Like any creative industry, TV drama is not immune from the lure of a good bandwagon, but few have caught on as quickly as the current mania for anthology series, as a look at […]

Netflix preps Lost in Space series

Netflix is reportedly working on a reboot of 1960s sci-fi series Lost in Space. Independent US studio Legendary will produce the show, which was originally produced by Fox for CBS and ran on the US network between 1965-1968. The series will follow the adventures of a human family lost in outer space. Deadline was the […]

Busan Contents Market: 2015 report

TBI speaks to the international content companies that attended the ninth edition of the Busan Contents Market and the organisers of the South Korean market Busan Contents Market wants to establish itself as the number one programming market in Asia, says Jong Sang Koo, chairman of the event’s executive committee and media professor at Dongseo […]

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 […]