“[Warner Bros] had a decades-long legacy as being known as the most talent-friendly studio. Now [they've] gone from that to a studio that in starburst colors lit up a sign that says, 'We don’t give a fuck about talent.’” - Anonymous
OUCH. 😣 hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/chris…
OUCH. 😣 hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/chris…
The most eyebrow-raising detail in the THR piece is the implication that WB was partly motivated by seeing their 2021 slate as a money-loser even without the pandemic, as it's hard to argue with: Apart from WW84, they had a lot of movie *I* was excited for... but iffy prospects?
Like... I *loved* "KING OF THE MONSTERS," but audiences didn't turn out for it and if "GODZILLA VS KONG" hadn't already been in production would that even have been *made* in the form it was? "SUICIDE SQUAD" is an apology/do-over sequel to a failure, "DUNE" is a dice-roll...
...i.e. it's a Prestige Product for the brand and *maybe* also this is the Villeneuve project that finally makes money? Out of everything, "SPACE JAM 2" and "TOM & JERRY" are the surest bets because they're family movies, honestly. And "MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK" because nostalgia.
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