“WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR CAN MAKE. AT Last Year’s Edition of Cinemacon, Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group CO-CAIRS MIKE DE LUCA AND PAM ABDY EXUDED CONFIDENCE WHEN Taking The Stage Before Thousands of Excited Cinema Owners Eager to Hear Fromed The Studio Behind Barbie Barbie Barbie. Arriving at the Burbank Lot”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
AT Last Year’s Edition of Cinemacon, Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group Co-Cheirs Mike de Luca and Pam Abdy Exuded Confidentnce WHEN Taking the Stage Before Thousands of Excited Cinema Owners Eager to Hear From The Studio Behind Barbie (they inherited the Project WHEN Arriving at the Burbank Lot from Mgm in Summer 2022, But Marketed and Released The defining Blockbuster).
This year-and nearly Three Years Into the Job-Dark Clouds Hang Over the Duo After A String of High-Profile Misfires, Including BONG Joon HOS Mickey 17WHICH IS by Far The MOST Expensive Movie the Oscar-Winning Parasite Filmmaker Has Made at A Budget Hovering AROUND $ 118 Million Before Marketing. Released in theaters Earlier this month, The Film Has Earned Just $ 43 Million domestically and $ 121.5 Million Globally. Mickey 17 Is Symbolic of Abdy and de Luca’s Commitment to Working with Auteurs and Turning Original Fare, Versus Focusing Solely on Traditional Tentpoles.
But Their Boss, Warner Bros. Discovery Chief David Zaslav, is said to be increASINGLY CONCERned with Developing Big IP. He is also said to be unhappy with the weaont of money the Two are spending on theat filmmaker-Driven projects.
Abdy and de luca, who have worked in Hollywood for Decades, Wren’n’t About to Let The Gloom-Aven-Dooom Headlines About Their Professional Future Stop Them Froma. And while they definitely side-steppeed any Mentation of the Strife underway on the Warners Lot, they Were Neverthaless Appeared More Nervouse than their last Turns on Stage.
“Next year, i’ll do the harder names,” de Lucap assured abdy after she stumbled over her Words WHEN READING THE TELEPROMPTER.
The Mood in the Audence Was Also Notable Subdored Dringing Parts of de Luca and Abdy’s Presentation – Even When One of the World’s Biggest Stars, Leonardo Dicaprio One Battle After Another. Dicaprio was flanked by co-stars regina Hall and Teyana Taylor.
One Battle After AnotherWHICH OPENS this FALL, COST AS MUCH AS $ 150 Million to Make, by Far The Biggest Budget of Anderson’s Career.
Another Project That Is A Big Gamble for De Luca and Abdy Is Ryan Coogler’s SinnersWHICH OPENS LATE NEXT MONTH ON April 18. The Supernatural Horror Pic Cost $ 80 Million to $ 90 Million to Produce. The Budget, However, Isn’t What Raised Eyebrows. De luca and abdy emerged the victors of a bidding war in part by side by an unusual deal with the Filmmaster WHEREin the Rights to the Ip Revert to to Him After Several Decades.
Coogler, The AcClaimed Director Whose Films have Made Over $ 2.6 Billion at the Global Box Office, Appeared on Video to Address Theater Owners, Saying The Film Is Mista Person Pab.
One Bright Spot for Abdy and de Luca is A Minecraft MovieWHICH IS TRACKING TO NOTEBLE BUSINESSYINES WHEN OPENING This Weekend at the Box Office, ALTHOUGH The Two Execs Can’s, Take Full Credit for the Film, Since Its A Shared Pro.
The pair are well aware that their fte at warners hangs in the balasa. Bloomberg HAS GONE SO FAR AS TO REPORT THAT ZASLAV IS IN EARLY, INFORMAL TALKS REGARDING PETENTIAL SUCCESSORS.
Warners Global Distribution Chief Jeff Goldstein DubBed de Luca and Abdya the Studio’s “Much -celebrared” Leaders WHEN FIRST BRINGING TO STAGE.
“We Continue to Believ Our Movie Business is Unculy Positioned to Drive Culture and Create Value on a Global Scale. Before We Get Underway, Mike And I Want Ton. Partners, Who Stands Alongside Warner Bros. “SO THANK YOU, Thank You, Thank You. As Jeff Mentioned, There’s A Lot to Look Forward to Over The Next Year.”