Sarah Aubrey definitely did not sign up for this. In early 2015, when she ended her producing partnership with filmmaker Peter Berg to join what was then Time Warner, she came …
and WB Discovery CEO David Zaslav in the global streaming wars.
Despite the turmoil that has enveloped her corporate surroundings, Aubrey has done her job. She’s shepherded a number of stylish successes that have helped HBO Max stand out in the sea of streaming content. She figured out how to produce titles during a global pandemic, and now she has to figure out how to produce more shows on a tight budget as WB Discovery faces the reality of a slow-growth environment for streaming. That means saying no, at times, to über-producers like J.J.
“I feel very good about my North Star and my marching orders,” she says. “I’m planning and building ahead. We have an incredibly healthy content spend, and I have a lot of work to do. So that’s where my head is. And my team’s head is very much on ‘OK, here’s our new base level, and we’re moving forward.’”
In that capacity, Aubrey has the opportunity to collaborate with executives across Warner Bros. and HBO, including Bloys’ team, Warner Bros. Pictures Group co-chairs Pam Abdy and Mike De Luca, and Warner Bros. TV chairman Channing Dungey. If Discovery’s big foray into the heart of Hollywood — film and TV production on a lot steeped in showbiz history — is to succeed, it’s on this team to make it happen.
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