Chrissy Teigen revealed on Twitter this Thursday that she sold a scripted series to the HBO Max streaming service this year.
Rumors have been circulating for days that the parent company of streamer Warner Bros Discovery is planning to cut back on scripted content at HBO Max.
This Thursday, David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros Discovery, confirmed that HBO Max and Discovery+ are being collapsed into a single streaming service.
That day, Chrissy, 36, who is married to John Legend and is currently pregnant with their third child, tweeted: ‘Of course I’m selling a hbo max scripted show this year. Of course, lol. ‘
Oops: Chrissy Teigen revealed on Twitter this Thursday that she’s sold a scripted series to the HBO Max streaming service this year
What if: Rumors have swirled for days that streamer parent company Warner Bros Discovery is planning to cut scripted content at HBO Max
In a follow-up tweet, she looked to the bright side, writing: ‘Wow, I just became a 5 star island of animal crossings. so when one door closes, another… closes. ‘
Zaslav announced this Thursday that HBO Max and Discovery+ will be merging into a single streaming platform next summer.
The move has been expected for months now and fears that a wave of staff layoffs is underway.
‘Everybody in Warner Bros Discovery is nervous right now, and [they’re] a source told The Wrap.
Details: This Thursday, David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros Discovery, confirmed that HBO Max and Discovery+ are being collapsed into a single streaming service.
Wow: Warner Bros shocked fans earlier this week with the announcement that their new Batgirl movie, already in the making and supposedly priced at $90 million, has been shelved
‘It doesn’t look like they’re doing HBO Max scripted shows anymore when HBO takes over, so in general there will be less scripted shows.’
‘It doesn’t look like they’re doing HBO Max scripted shows anymore when HBO takes over, so in general there will be less scripted shows.’
Warner Bros shocked fans earlier this week when it announced that their new Batgirl movie, already in the works and supposedly costing $90 million, has been put on hold and won’t be in theaters or even only on HBO Max.
It was claimed that the test-reaction to the ‘wake-up’ film was so intense that executives felt the film’s release would hurt the DC Extended Universe franchise.
Baby on board: Chrissy’s tweet comes a day after she announced she was pregnant with her third child with longtime husband John Legend
During this Thursday’s Q2 earnings press conference, Zaslav defended Batgirl’s removal, saying: ‘We’re not going to come out with a movie until it’s ready.’
According to Variety, he added: ‘We’re not going to come out with a movie to gross a quarter, and we’re not going to put a movie out unless we believe it.’
Chrissy’s tweet comes a day after she announced she was pregnant with her third child with longtime husband John Legend.
The couple share daughter Luna, six, and son Miles, four, and in September 2020 they endured the heartbreak of losing their son they call Jack.
Candid: After giving birth in 2020, she wrote: ‘I don’t think I would walk out of a date with more excitement than anxiety…’.
‘Every appointment, I say to myself: ‘Okay if I’m healthy today I’ll announce’ ‘but then I breathed a sigh of relief when I heard my heartbeat and decided I was still too nervous’ , Chrissy wrote this week. New pregnancy announcement.
‘I don’t think I’ll walk out of the date with more excitement than anxiety but so far everything is perfect and beautiful and I’m feeling hopeful and wonderful.’
Chrissy is looking to get back into public life and try to move on after her cyberbullying scandal in which she allegedly told Courtney Stodden, a then-teenager via text message, to commit suicide. .
Behind the scenes, she was recently an executive producer of the HBO Max documentary miniseries The Way Down, detailing abuse allegations against the late founder of the Christian diet show
Showbiz hottest couple: John and Chrissy, married in 2013, are pictured attending the City Harvest ‘Red Supper Club’ Fundraising Gala at 42nd Cipriani Street in New York this April
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