Warner Bros. Discovery announces names post-split
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The announcement is likely the first of several incremental updates Warner Bros. Discovery will release ahead of the 2026 spinoff.
Warner Bros. Discovery Access UK and the Series Mania Institute have selected French screenwriter Julie-Anna Grignon as the winner of their 2025 Writers’ Programme. Grignon, who previously worked on series such as “Week-End Family” for Disney+, “Balthazar” for TF1, and “Endless Night” for Netflix, won €10,000 for series concept.
Warner Bros. Discovery has appointed Sasha Breslau and Alessandro Volpato to lead content acquisitions for HBO Max in the U.K. & Ireland and Italy, respectively, as the company prepares for the streamer’s early 2026 rollout across multiple European markets.