Discovery Channel has tapped Aquaman film star Jason Momoa to host its 35th annual Shark Week programming block this summer, Warner Bros Discovery announced Wednesday during its upfront presentation in New York City.

Momoa will set up the lineup of shows Discovery will offer around the world of sharks from new and continuously explored destinations, which runs in July. Momoa follows last year's Shark Week Master of Ceremonies Dwayne Johnson. 

“As the host of Shark Week, I am beyond excited to take you along on this journey,” said Momoa, who will star in Aquaman film sequel Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. “This project means more to me than a week of talking about sharks. It’s a chance for me to learn and share my connection to these amazing creatures. My love of sharks came long before my time as Aquaman – it began several generations before me.”

Apple's new streaming service Apple TV+ will launch November 1 with a slate of original content, including the Jason Momora-starrer See.

Apple TV+ will debut Nov. 1 and retail at $4.99 per month, according to published reports. The service will feature new shows every month and new shows every month and will be available in 100 countries at launch.

RELATED: Apple TV+ to Cost $4.99 a Month and Launch Nov. 1

Among the new shows set to premiere on Apple TV+ is See, a drama which takes place in a future where a deadly virus has left blind all surviving humans. Momora (Aquaman) stars as the father of twins born centuries later with the mythic ability to see, and who must be protected from those who believe that their ability to see is a form of witchcraft, said Apple. 

A number of Academy Award-winning movies will make their on demand premieres in March, according to In Demand.

Universal’s Green Book, which took home the coveted Oscar for best picture, will debut on most MVPD lineups on March 12, according to the on demand distributor.

Sony Pictures’ action movie Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse -- which debuts via on demand March 19 -- was the big Academy Award winner in the best animated feature category.

If Beale Street Could Talk also won an Academy Award as Regina King won the best supporting actress statuette for her role as Sharon Rivers in the film. The movie debuts March 26 via on demand.

Other major studio films making their on demand debuts in March include:

Creed II -- PG (MGM/Fox) March 5

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald -- PG-13 (Warner Bros.) March 12

Mary Poppins Returns --PG (Disney) March 19

Aquman -- PG-13 (Warner Bros.) March 26

Second Act -- PG-13 (STX) March 26

Aquaman has been tagged as the number one superhero most likely to be associated with online threats such as spyware, viruses and other malware, according to Intel Security’s "Most Toxic Superheroes 2015" list, which also includes such characters as Wonder Woman, Catwoman and Batman. 

As studios revive comic book superheroes for movies and TV series -- such as Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice in March of 2016 and an "Iron Fist" series slated for release by Netflix -- -- users are more likely to search for online information about their favorite characters.

In turn, they are more likely to link to sites containing malware, Intel Security said. These types of threats could result in users having their personal information stolen. Robert Siciliano, online safety expert at Intel Security, writes in his blog about how comic book fans and other users can stay safe while reading up on Justice League's Aquaman and others.

Intel Security’s Top 10 Most Toxic Superheroes*:

1. Aquaman                                                              20.00%

2. Iron Fist                                                                 19.69%

3. Wolverine                                                               19.58.%

4. Wonder Woman                                                    19.38%

5. Doctor Strange                                                     19.17%

6. Daredevil                                                               18.96%

7. The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man (tied)                       18.85%

8. Catwoman                                                             18.65%

9. Green Lantern                                                      18.44%

10. Batman                                                                18.33%

*% indicates chance of landing on a website that has tested positive for online threats such as spyware, adware, spam, phishing, viruses or other malware.

Although it was overshadowed by the news that its Home Box Office unit would launch an over the top service next year, Time Warner chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes managed to drive home a simple message at the media conglomerate’s investor day Wednesday: “Just don’t worry.”

He was joking when he said it, but there is a grain of truth in that statement, made as Time Warner’s investor day meeting drew to a close. For about four hours at its Manhattan headquarters Bewkes and his top executives – Turner Broadcasting System chairman and CEO John Martin, HBO chairman and CEO Richard Pepler, Warner Bros. Entertainment chairman and CEO Kevin Tsujihara  and chief financial officer Howard Averill walked shareholders and analysts through a series of presentations geared toward calming their fears of the present and giving them hope for the future.

Bewkes started off the meeting by reminding investors of the past – Time Warner has grown earnings per share at a faster pace in the past five years than the S&P 500 Index and since 2009 has returned $25 billion in dividends and stock buybacks to shareholders while investing $75 billion in the business – and showing them a glimpse of the future – he pledged that EPS would double over the next several years.

Bewkes has been under pressure to show that Time Warner can stand on its own since his board rejected 21st Century Fox’s $80 billion unsolicited offer back in July. While he and the rest of his team have a ways to go before they can definitively prove that, the meeting seemed to show that the company was at least paying attention and is making moves to right the ship.

At Turner, which has been rocked by poor ratings and a sense that its steady stream of Big Bang Theory reruns aren’t resonating with viewers anymore, Martin said that the programmer will double its original programming budget to $1 billion annually by 2018. That, coupled with a streamlining and cost efficiency program dubbed Turner 2020 – which will involve laying off nearly 1,500 workers – will put the programmer back on track.

 On the ratings front, Martin blamed some of the softness on broadband-only homes being included in the ratings mix, increased video on demand usage and a rise in online and mobile viewing. For example, Martin said that Turner’s The Last Ship, a ratings hit over the summer, saw a recent decline as viewers began catching up with the series on VOD.  Online, PC and mobile viewing also increased in the period, which affected TV ratings.

“We’re working hard with Nielsen,” Martin said adding that he was confident that any ratings measurement issues could be cleared up.

Martin also pledged to step up consumer products sales, licensing and merchandising on the kids’ front. He noted that Turner derives about 5% of total kids’ revenue from consumer products, licensing and merchandising , while other similar channels get more than half their revenue from those sources. Martin said Turner will take a collaborative approach – its Boomerang channel for instance will be the flanker network around the world for Cartoon Network. And he said Turner and Warner Bros., owners of such iconic brands as Looney Tunes, will approach the kids market as one company.

“We’re making a concerted effort on building global franchises with global characters,” Martin said.

While Plepler’s announcement that HBO will go over the top next year took most of the attention, he added that HBO and sister premium channel Cinemax  are having their best year in more than a decade – the 2.5 million subscriber added so far this year are putting the channels on their biggest growth path in 18 years.

Warner Bros. chief Tsujihara outlined new movie slates heavy with DC comic book characters – The Justice League, Aquaman, Shazam, the Flash, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman all will headline their own films between 2017 and 2020 – and three movies between 2016 and 2020 from Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts series.

Investors seemed pleased  – the stock was up about 4% in early trading and closed at $72.21 each, up 2.2% on a day when the Dow dropped 400 points earlier in the day – it too rebounded later in the day to close down about 173 points. Now it’s up to shareholders to decide whether there is reason to worry or not.