WEBTOON Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation Join TheWrap’s Creators x Hollywood Summit to Discuss Building Modern Franchises and Fandoms with Webcomics
President of Warner Bros. Animation Sam Register and WEBTOON Creator Ro-taniah will join WEBTOON Entertainment to explore how webcomics scale into global franchises and IP universes across film/TV, books, gaming, and beyond.
LOS ANGELES — WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (Nasdaq: WBTN), a leading global entertainment company and home to some of the world's largest storytelling platforms, will explore how WEBTOON creators are building global fandoms and franchises at TheWrap's inaugural Creators X Hollywood event in Venice, CA. WEBTOON Entertainment will dive into the creator-driven ecosystem powering its global franchises in a headlining panel, "How Creators are Building Multimedia Universes with WEBTOON," on April 8, 2026 between 2:20-3:00 PM PT.
WEBTOON Entertainment and top creative minds will unpack why webcomics are a staple of Gen Z entertainment, how creators craft expansive stories that resonate with global audiences, and how webcomics are fueling hit IP for global streamers. Panelists include Yongsoo Kim, President of WEBTOON Entertainment; Sam Register, President of Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios, Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe; and Jessica Ramsden, known as Ro-taniah, Creator of the WEBTOON series Star Catcher.
The appearance follows recently-announced plans from WEBTOON Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) to develop and co-produce a slate of 10 animated projects from WEBTOON’s Korean and English-language platforms.
TheWrap’s Creators x Hollywood event is a first-of-its-kind Hollywood-meets-Creator Summit, bringing together top creators, entertainment leaders, marketers, and brand innovators to shape the new entertainment economy. The event will feature panels, workshops, activations, and curated networking focused on the future of storytelling and branded content at the intersection of creator culture and Hollywood. Other featured speakers include Issa Rae, actress, writer, director & producer; Dhar Mann, founder of Dhar Mann Studios; and Rob Wade, CEO of Fox Entertainment.
With a global ecosystem of creators, stories, and fan communities, WEBTOON Entertainment has become a powerhouse in digital storytelling and the Creator Economy. The company’s platforms, Creators, and studios fuel hit webcomic and webnovel adaptations worldwide, transforming digital stories into global franchises across film, television, and streaming. WEBTOON Entertainment content has been brought to life on screens everywhere, with projects like The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call (Netflix), Emmy® nominated Chicken Nugget (Netflix), All of Us Are Dead (Netflix), Vigilante (Disney+), and Tower of God (Crunchyroll), among many others.
About WEBTOON Entertainment
WEBTOON Entertainment is a leading global entertainment company and home to some of the world's largest storytelling platforms. As the global leader and pioneer of the mobile webcomic format, WEBTOON Entertainment has transformed comics and visual storytelling for fans and creators.
With its CANVAS UGC platform empowering anyone to become a creator, and a growing roster of superstar WEBTOON Originals creators and series, WEBTOON Entertainment’s passionate fandoms are the new face of pop culture. WEBTOON Entertainment adaptations are available on Netflix, Prime Video, Crunchyroll, and other screens around the world, and the company’s content partners have included Warner Bros. Animation, Discord, HYBE, and Duolingo, among many others.
With approximately 160 million monthly active users, WEBTOON Entertainment’s IP & Creator Ecosystem of aligned brands and platforms include WEBTOON, Wattpad--the world’s leading webnovel platform--WEBTOON Productions, Studio N, Studio LICO, WEBTOON Unscrolled, LINE MANGA, and eBookJapan, among others.
About Warner Bros. Animation
Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) is one of the leading producers of animation in the entertainment industry, producing and developing projects for multiple platforms, both domestically and internationally. WBA’s current series include Bat-Fam, Batman: Caped Crusader, Batwheels, Bugs Bunny Builders, Creature Commandos, DC Super Powers, Get Jiro!, Gremlins: The Wild Batch, Harley Quinn, Jellystone!, Keeping Up with the Joneses, Krypto Saves the Day, Mister Miracle, My Adventures with Green Lantern, My Adventures with Superman, Starfire!, Teen Titans Go!, and Tiny Toons Looniversity. The studio has also produced a slate of theatrical feature films including The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim with New Line Cinema (December 2024), The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie with Ketchup Entertainment (March 2025) and Teen Titans Go! to the Movies (July 2018). As home to the iconic animated characters from the DC, Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Looney Tunes libraries, WBA also produces highly successful animated films — including the DC Universe Movies — for DVD, Blu-ray® and digital media. Upcoming slate for Warner Home Entertainment include Batman: Knightfall.