Paramount+ Drama Slate: Series Moving To HBO, Sarah Aubrey & Francesca Orsi Sharing Oversight Among Options Explored Post-Merger – The Dish
Almost a month into Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery into Skydance, pieces are still coming together, and there is probably no area with more pieces to sort out than Skydance’s Direct to Consumer. With the content operations of Paramount+ and HBO/HBO Max combined under Casey Bloys, now Co-Chair and Chief Content Officer, Skydance Dtc, the former HBO & HBO Content CEO saw his portfolio more than double overnight.
The expansion is passed on to his senior team which he brought over from HBO/HBO Max, led by Francesca Orsi, Amy Gravitt and Sarah Aubrey, with Paramount+’s EVP and Head of Originals Jane Wiseman leaving as part of the restructuring announced October 23.
Organizing the combined slate has been a priority for the new regime as it is reviewing Paramount+’s development and production pipeline. The process is in early stages and sources stress that no decisions have been made,