Overview
- Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter report that Emmy-winning producer John Wells has signed a reported three-year extension to remain based at Warner Bros. Television, with financial terms not disclosed.
- Sources say the extension is set to begin next year and run through mid-2030, and Wells will continue to produce shows for HBO/HBO Max, external streamers and U.S. broadcast networks under John Wells Productions.
- Warner Bros. Television chair Channing Dungey issued an on-record statement praising Wells and saying the studio will support his future creative work.
- Wells’s current slate, led by The Pitt on HBO Max and including Netflix’s Untamed and the upcoming Unaccustomed Earth, has strong commercial and awards momentum that drives his leverage in negotiations.
- The renewal shows studios are locking in veteran showrunners ahead of corporate change and growing competition for creators, a trend that has already seen other high-profile makers leave for new homes.