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‘Dune’: WB Execs Are “Really, Really Happy” With Early Box Office Results But Still Won’t Confirm A Sequel… Yet

October 21, 2021 10:18 am

We are on the eve of one of the biggest releases of 2021— “Dune.” The film has been delayed (like most blockbusters) for close to a year, and now, Warner Bros. is not only releasing the film in theaters, but a...

Ray Fisher Promises “More Soon” After WarnerMedia CEO Talks ‘Justice League’ Investigation & Says Actor Isn’t Bound By An NDA

Charles Barfield

March 23, 2021 1:16 pm

News

You had to guess that when the CEO of WarnerMedia speaks up about the drama surrounding Ray Fisher’s accusations against the executives at the studio and the folks involved in the “Justice League” reshoots, th...

Ray Fisher Confirms Removal From ‘The Flash’ In New Complaint & WarnerMedia CEO Responds

Charles Barfield

January 14, 2021 10:50 am

News

Ray Fisher is back with even more comments in the ongoing battle between him and WarnerMedia. No, it’s not really between him and Joss Whedon, Geoff Johns, or Jon Berg anymore. It’s clear that Fisher’s target ...

Warner Bros. & Universal Bosses Deny Interest In Buying Movie Theaters But Say They’re “Rooting For Them”

Charles Barfield

October 16, 2020 1:10 pm

Box Office, News

The question that seems to be on most film fans' minds and definitely the minds of major Hollywood studios is simple, yet difficult to answer—when will movie theaters be back to normal? Namely, when will we se...

WB CEO Talks ‘The Batman’s’ Latest Production Halt: “We Never Expected Things To Go Completely Smoothly”

Charles Barfield

September 4, 2020 1:33 pm

Box Office, News

In some ways, the entirety of the film industry discourse revolves around Warner Bros. over the next month. The studio is releasing Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” in US theaters this weekend, testing the safety p...

WarnerMedia Execs Reassure Cinemas That The Studio Still Supports The Theatrical Experience

Charles Barfield

April 23, 2020 10:45 am

Box Office, News

It was only yesterday that John Stankey, COO of AT&T (parent company of WarnerMedia), was saying on a conference call that his film studio was going to “rethink” its theatrical release model in light of th...

Families of The Aurora Shooting Victims Are Worried About ‘Joker’ & Want WB To Take Action

Charles Barfield

September 24, 2019 12:03 pm

News

It’s hard to imagine, but it’s been over seven years since the tragic mass murder during the screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” in July 2012. 12 people died that day. And the families of the victims are hopin...

WB’s Announcement Of Its New Chair & CEO, Ann Sarnoff, Was Hijacked By The #ReleaseTheSnyderCut Faithful

Charles Barfield

June 25, 2019 3:47 pm

News

There are many ways you can describe the folks that have been begging for Warner Bros. to release the “Snyder Cut” of 2017’s “Justice League.” Passionate? Sure. Misinformed? Maybe. Persistent? 100%. You see, it...

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