Warner Bros. Animation partners with Webtoon to develop YA streaming content
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Stewart Clarke
Summary
Warner Bros. Animation President Sam Register discusses the studio's partnership with Webtoon Entertainment to develop YA animated content for streaming platforms. Register emphasizes leveraging Warner Bros.' existing IP library (DC, Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry, Scooby-Doo) while also looking externally for new material. The partnership aims to adapt popular webcomics into animated series targeting young adult audiences, as announced at the Vancouver Web Summit.
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· 2 pulledWe are blessed with an amazing library of content; we have the DC library, we have the Looney Tunes library, we have Tom and Jerry and Scooby-Doo.
Our growth strategy is that we need to take care of the characters we have, but we also have to look outside of our w
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