Discovery, the television division of Warner Bros, will partner with Amazon Studios to create new animated projects based on DC Comics intellectual property. The change in the conservative policy of reluctance to cooperate with third-party companies occurred under the leadership of the new CEO of Discovery, David Zaslav. But what is really intriguing in the journalists’ conversations with the company’s top managers is the topic of future projects in the Harry Potter universe.

At the annual C21Media Content London conference, the chairman of Warner Bros. Television Studios Channing Dungey talked about some of the steps the company plans to take as part of the new strategy. Danzhi expressed enthusiasm for the future of her unit. She pointed to Zaslav’s openness to cooperation with external companies as one of the main reasons for this. According to the top manager, unlike the “old guard”, which had a negative attitude to the company’s intellectual property going beyond its borders, the new manager was much more interested in the idea of ​​working with others and placing the studio’s content on third-party platforms.

“Obviously, our first stop will be HBO Max, but we’re already in the process of closing a major deal with Amazon that will see some of our DC-branded content animated,” Dungey said.

Details of Warner’s deal with Amazon are unknown. Previously, Zaslav expressed his desire to “double the bet”, launching new projects simultaneously on Amazon Prime and on the updated HBO Max. There are rumors of projects involving Superman.

The head of Discovery also mentioned that he is interested in returning to the world of Harry Potter, but there is no exact information, and Channing Dungey avoided direct answers to journalists’ questions.

“I wish I could tell you that something concrete is on the horizon, but there’s a lot of interest and a lot of passion for it, so absolutely [точно что-то произойдет]Dungey said in response to a question about whether the world of Harry Potter could appear in the new film. “Our team did a fantastic Return to Hogwarts special for HBO last year, which was such a huge hit, and then we did the Tournament of Houses quiz, hosted by Helen Mirren. The audience is ready, they want to go further, so we just have to figure out what the next step will be more correct.”

In light of recent layoffs and restructuring at Warner Bros. Television makes some sense to outsource part of the work to third parties. With superhero animated projects, DC has increased certainties, but Ukrainian viewers are more interested in the future of the world of magic created by Joan Rowling.

The developers of Hogwarts Legacy showed a detailed interior of Hogwarts, a character editor and wizard duels in a 40-minute gameplay demo

Source: The Verge