CAA President: Warner Bros.' Streaming Bet Will "Dramatically" Impact Clients' Backend Pay

Long before former Hulu chief Jason Kilar became disruptor in chief at WarnerMedia and put the entire 2021 Warner Bros slate on HBO Max, Fredric Rosen began changing the way concert tickets were sold as the Ticketmaster president/CEO, when the service became the leading computerized ticketing company in the world.

It’s a lovely day, and prepare for more to come. Warner Bros.

Wonder Woman 1984 director Patty Jenkins has said Warner Bros made her change the ending of the first Wonder Woman film “at the last minute”.She explained that it was the studio who insisted on a large-scale superhero battle between Wonder Woman and Ares, the God of War, in the film taking place during World War I.“The original end of the first movie was also smaller, but the studio made me change it at the last minute,” Jenkins told IGN.

The industry remains up in arms about Warner Bros.’ decision to send its biggest 2021 movies directly to HBO Max on the same day the titles hit U.S. theaters.

Jason Kilar To make sense of all that has transpired in 2020 and what it portends for the media and entertainment sectors going forward, Variety spoke with a cross section of industry leaders about the broad theme of change. For more, click here.The pandemic is absolutely accelerating change because consumers are changing.In the case of WarnerMedia, this means that we need to talk about the fan.

After the huge announcement by Warner Bros. to put all their 2021 films on HBO Max the same day they hit theaters, notorious theater-enthusiast Christopher Nolan was quick to blast the game-changing decision.

Also Read: 'Dune' Director Denis Villeneuve Says HBO Max Deal Shows Warner Bros Has 'No Love for Cinema'WME represents “The Little Things,” with Denzel Washington and the first film on WB’s 2021 release schedule, and it also represents other high profile talent such as Gal Gadot for “Wonder Woman 1984,” Hugh Jackman for “Reminiscence,” Millie Bobby Brown for “Godzilla vs.

Judd Apatow is calling out Warner Bros.

Dave McNary Film ReporterRichard Lovett, president of Hollywood powerhouse agency CAA, has blasted WarnerMedia’s stunning plan to stream all 17 of its 2021 Warner Bros. theatrical releases on HBO Max at the same time as they play in theaters.“The blind side Warner Brothers announcement Thursday was entirely unacceptable to CAA and to the clients we represent,” Lovett said in a letter to WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar.

EXCLUSIVE: CAA is the latest to blast WarnerMedia on its decision to place its entire 17-film slate on HBO Max at the same time the films are released in U.S. theaters in 2021.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorIt’s an enormous bet that threatens to alienate Hollywood’s A-list, and it may well make or break HBO Max in the coming year.

Movie theaters have been brought low by coronavirus and even the promise of a vaccine may not be enough to rescue them from financial ruin.

Days after WarnerMedia’s Dec. 3 reveal that it would premiere its entire 2021 slate of 17 films — including tentpoles like Godzilla vs.

Christopher Nolan has blasted Warner Bros. for the studio’s decision to release all of its 2021 movies on HBO Max, as well as in cinemas.The Tenet filmmaker – whose movie was the last major blockbuster to launch on the big screen earlier this year (2020) before the coronavirus pandemic – has worked with the company a lot in the past, but he was left stunned by their recent announcement.“There’s such controversy around it, because they didn’t tell anyone.

AT&T's WarnerMedia is "ahead ofplan" on its HBO Max streaming service, nearing 12.6 million activated users, and can use the decision to bring its 2021 film slate to the service and cinemas to "accelerate that further" to "penetrate the market faster," the telecom giant's CEO told an investor conference on Tuesday.

Also Read: Warner Bros to Release All 2021 Movies in Theaters and on HBO Max SimultaneouslyOn Thursday, WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar announced the decision to put all ’21 WB movies on HBO Max on their theatrical release date.

Legendary Entertainment, the production company behind movies like Dune and Godzilla vs. Kong, reportedly is considering filing a lawsuit against Warner Bros. over the studio’s new release plans for the movies.

Christopher Nolan has slammed Warner Brothers’ plans to send 17 of their films directly to HBO Max in 2021.