Entertainment
Warner Bros. Animation President Sam Register to step down
Register and Warner Bros. Television Group leadership mutually agreed not to renew his contract as it expires.
The short version
- Sam Register is departing as president of Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios, and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe when his contract ends next week.
- Warner Bros. Television Group CEO Channing Dungey announced the departure in a staff memo, stating both parties mutually agreed not to renew the contract.
- A search is underway for Register's replacement, while business operations executive Matt Matzkin and individual creative department heads manage interim operations.
Key facts
- Sam Register and Warner Bros. Television Group CEO Channing Dungey mutually agreed not to renew Register's contract, which expires the following week.[Variety · The Hollywood Reporter]
- Register served as head of Warner Bros. Animation for 18 years, expanded his role to Cartoon Network Studios in 2020, and added Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe in 2021.[Variety · The Hollywood Reporter]
- During the search for a successor, Matt Matzkin will continue leading business operations while interim creative duties fall to existing department heads Jay Bastian, Jason DeMarco, Audrey Diehl, Sarah Fell, Peter Girardi, and Sammy Perlmutter.[Variety · The Hollywood Reporter]
What remains uncertain
- No successor has been named yet, and Warner Bros. has not announced a specific timeline for completing its search.[Variety · The Hollywood Reporter]