LOS ANGELES, July 30 (Reuters) - Warner Bros Discovery ( WBD )

will lay off roughly 10% of its motion picture group

employees as part of a restructuring before the company splits

in two, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday.

The cuts will take place in marketing, distribution,

production and other units. The source did not disclose how many

people would be affected.

In a memo to staff, Motion Picture Group Co-Chairs Pamela

Abdy and Michael De Luca said company leadership had started

reviewing the film group's operations in early 2025.

They concluded they needed to make changes to "transform our

business as we transition from a US Home Office/International

model to a fully global structure," the memo said.

Media companies are remaking themselves to better compete in

the streaming TV era. Warner Bros Discovery ( WBD ) has announced plans

to separate into two publicly traded companies.

One called Warner Bros will house the film group and the HBO

Max streaming service. Cable channels including CNN and TNT and

the Discovery+ streaming service will become part of a company

called Discovery Global.

The Warner Bros film division endured high-profile flops in

2024 including "Joker: Folie A Deux" and "Furiosa." The studio

has rebounded this year with hits including "A Minecraft Movie,"

"Sinners" and "Superman."