Comcast and Warner Bros. fighting over who gets to make Harry Potter show no one wants

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Comcast-owned British broadcaster Sky sounds very pissed it isn't being allowed to spend money on the Harry Potter TV show

Comcast-owned British broadcaster Sky sounds very pissed it isn't being allowed to spend money on the Harry Potter TV show, Warner Bros.’ efforts to mine cash from its biggest-name franchise reeks mostly of desperation to our noses, to say nothing of an ongoing unwillingness toof someones, are going to watch this thing when it arrives circa 2026, even if we aren’t—and said cash is at the center of a new lawsuit between Warner Bros.

The lawsuit claims to lay out the contract pretty clearly: In exchange for offering about a quarter of a show’s budget for up to five potential seasons, Sky was allowed to pick new Warner Bros. projects to serve as co-producer on—including getting media rights to those shows for a decent chunk of European markets. The suit asserts that Warner Bros.

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