Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Leavy has inked a new three-year contract as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer with the David Zaslev-led media conglomerate, Deadline has confirmed.
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The deal, which will see Warner receive a new stream of incremental revenue through distribution fees, comes just two months after Pamela Abdy and Michael De Luca left their position as heads of MGM to become co-chairs and CEOs of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group.
They negotiated the deal with MGM’s COO Christopher Brearton, and Warner’s international distribution chief Andrew Cripps will oversee distribution of these titles. The new agreement also includes worldwide physical home entertainment distribution on all newly released MGM titles.
Under the terms of this deal, MGM and Warner will collaborate on overseas marketing/advertising, publicity, film distribution and exhibitor relations for all of MGM’s films starting in 2023, with Warner responsible for execution. There are three MGM films that will not be distributed under this Warner deal, most notably the next James Bond film, which will see a new actor succeed Daniel Craig as 007 and will be released overseas by Universal Pictures under a previous international distribution deal. Universal was the international distributor for Craig’s last Bond film, “No Time to Die,” which took in $613 million internationally.
Warner Bros. would handle overseas distribution on Bond films after the new actor’s debut movie, which is not expected to begin production until 2024 at the earliest.
Other MGM films being handled internationally by Universal as part of the outgoing distribution deal are Orion Pictures’ “Till,” a biopic about the murder of Emmett Till being released in October, and the Sarah Polley drama “Women Talking” starring Frances McDormand which will be released in December. After the release of “Bones and All” this November, the Warner/MGM partnership will begin in
.Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Leavy has inked a new three-year contract as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer with the David Zaslev-led media conglomerate, Deadline has confirmed.
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The 49th Telluride Film Festival opens Friday in a much-awaited edition that is set to feature world premieres of Searchlight’s Oscar hopeful Empire of Light from director Sam Mendes, starring Olivia Coleman and Colin Firth; Women Talking from director Sarah Polley, starring Rooney Mara and Frances McDormand in the ensemble; Sebastian Lelio’s The Wonder, starring Florence Pugh; and Sony/Netflix’s sizzling new version of D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover with Emma Corrin and Jack O’Connell; among other films.
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was axed at HBO Max on Monday and is now being shopped to other outlets.The move to sign Reeves to a first-look deal could be a signal from De Luca and Abdy that, despite some consternation at Warner Bros. Discovery’s recent moves, they’re looking to ensure that Warner Bros.
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EXCLUSIVE: Two months into their run as Warner Bros Pictures Group Co-Chairs and CEOs, Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy, have hammered out a multi-year deal to handle the international distribution of MGM’s theatrical titles, commencing with Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All in November and continuing with the 2023 slate and beyond; the second title under the pact being Creed III in March.
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