Warner Sending Entire 2021 Slate to HBO Max and Theaters.

[captveg]

Originally Posted by chetripley80

I think the safer prediction is that multiplexes will soon be a thing of the past. The theatrical distribution model has basically been only focused on blockbuster and event releases the last few years, causing romcoms and dramas to largely be released on streaming platforms.

I believe IMAX and Dolby Vision auditoriums will still be around in upcoming years, but it's possible theaters in general could revert back to how they were in the 50s and 60s. Have one or two auditoriums with large screens and features, and maybe one or two more smaller auditoriums.

The days of having 15 to 20 movies playing in theaters simultaneously has likely come to an end.

Absolutely.

[CyberpunkCentral]

This is a ****ing nightmare.

[captveg]

Originally Posted by CyberpunkCentral

This is a ****ing nightmare.

Nah. It's just business.

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Oh my god. Never seen such negative people going theaters are dead. And likely the ones saying that are the ones who never go.

[Lee A Stewart]

Originally Posted by chetripley80

I think the safer prediction is that multiplexes will soon be a thing of the past. The theatrical distribution model has basically been only focused on blockbuster and event releases the last few years, causing romcoms and dramas to largely be released on streaming platforms.

I believe IMAX and Dolby Vision auditoriums will still be around in upcoming years, but it's possible theaters in general could revert back to how they were in the 50s and 60s. Have one or two auditoriums with large screens and features, and maybe one or two more smaller auditoriums.

The days of having 15 to 20 movies playing in theaters simultaneously has likely come to an end.

https://www.motionpictures.org/wp-co...THEME-2019.pdf

[mpstjohn]

Originally Posted by Lee A Stewart

AT&T PREDICTED TO SELL OFF WARNERMEDIA, DC COMICS





https://cosmicbook.news/att-predicte...edia-dc-comics

We've already heard this one before, in fact when news that AT&T was gonna purchase WB hit the first rumor spun was "they'll sell off DC Comics" and "you can forget about ever seeing that so-called Snyder Cut".

[SpazeBlue]

Originally Posted by captveg

Nah. It's just business.

[Jay H.]

Originally Posted by Jennifer Lawrence Fan

Oh my god. Never seen such negative people going theaters are dead. And likely the ones saying that are the ones who never go.

Didn't your signature say, up until very recently, something like "theaters are dead. I hope everyone is happy"?

[Rodney-2187]

If enough people want a thing, someone will provide it. It’s just they don’t want it right now. They will again when all this is over. For now, streaming is better than nothing.

[mwynn]

Originally Posted by Cliff

I've rarely seen so many people have so much to say about something they understand so little of.

This your first day on the internet?

[Aclea]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

Nolan must've known the relationship was already over when he used up all his goodwill at the studio convincing them take a bath on his movie.

And yet before he persuaded Warners to release it, people inside and outside the industry were begging him to release it and save theaters and take the curse off it. If he had insisted on holding it back people would be blaming him for being the guy who could have saved movie theaters but didn't. Damned if he did, damned if he didn't.

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Originally Posted by Jay H.

Didn't your signature say, up until very recently, something like "theaters are dead. I hope everyone is happy"?

Yes I was mad at first. But thpught and let cooler heads prevail.

I'm just sorry that people want everything hand delivered to them anymore and afraid to go outside. And this is before all this crap ever began.

[InuYashaCrusade]

Originally Posted by Jennifer Lawrence Fan

Oh my god. Never seen such negative people going theaters are dead. And likely the ones saying that are the ones who never go.

If being realistic is negative then so be it.

[hudson4k]

Originally Posted by Jennifer Lawrence Fan

Oh my god. Never seen such negative people going theaters are dead. And likely the ones saying that are the ones who never go.

You were the biggest offender of this and your location still says "Not in the movie theater."

[lion23c]

To that Nolan's drama:

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by captveg

We'll see. Legendary may have a point, but where are they going to run to? They'll be getting fractions of their investment dollars via any distribution strategy right now. Are they really willing to continually delay GvK another handful of times until 2023 in order to make the money it should have made in 2020?

With the irony being it would've made **** all, or barely enough to cover its arse. Ditto for Dune. This bit from the THR article

Surprisingly to some in the industry, sources say the idea was the brainchild of Warner Bros. COO Carolyn Blackwood who, looking at a relatively weak 2021 slate, saw an opportunity to avoid the humiliation of potentially bad grosses while currying favor with streamer-obsessed higher-ups.

speaks to what I said earlier in the thread, that this had a distinct feel of Warners knowing that these incredibly expensive films weren't gonna make a dime in theatrical profits (and would have to spend even more money on them in the form of P&A when the theatrical releases were planned to happen) so dumping them all to streaming is a way to staunch that.

Originally Posted by Bn43

Ultra widescreen TVs are dead and Steam hardware surveys show ultra widescreen monitor users are a pretty small minority as well.

https://store.steampowered.com/hwsur...lcome-to-Steam

The vast majority of TV/streaming shows and movies fill 16:9 or are close. You can list as many examples as you want, but 16:9 is still far more popular for TV/home presentations. I don't see why some studios wouldn't consider changing the presentation after their movies are no longer exhibited theatrically (which is still a ways away, but we're getting there).

Um...wut? More/less people having 2.39 displays has literally nothing to do with it, moviemakers consider the aspect that they want to best tell their story just like choosing black and white over colour, or film over digital, or anamorphic over spherical lenses: if everything was the same then that'd be boring AF.

The 2.39 aspect isn't going anywhere, if anything it might gain even more traction on the small screen than it already has (though 2:1 is popular too) as people still regard it as a more 'cinematic' ratio than 1.78. It's not about filling the screen.

[mwynn]

The media rights are more valuable to warner than comics or games. If they are selling it will be piecemeal. They would keep Batman and dump Booster Gold.

[voltz]

It looks like the decision to stream everything is starting to have some internal blow back and they're already throwing in the legal process.

‘Dune’ Producer Legendary Entertainment May Sue Warner Bros. Over HBO Max Deal

Legendary Entertainment, the production company that co-financed “Dune” and “Godzilla vs. Kong,” may take legal action against Warner Bros. over the studio’s decision to send its movies to HBO Max at the same time they debut in cinemas.

Legendary financed a significant portion of “Dune,” which cost roughly $175 million, and “Godzilla vs. Kong,” which carries a price tag around $160 million. Yet the company was largely kept out of the loop that their films would be included in Warner Bros.’ plan to send 17 films — its entire 2021 slate — to the subscription streaming service and any open movie theaters.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/...175052890.html

[Gamma_Winstead]

Anyone else find it funny that Nolan is such a champion of the cinematic experience, yet always mixes his films audio so poorly that the optimal way to enjoy his movies is at home with subtitles on?

[Poya]

Originally Posted by captveg

Says the guy whose insistence on releasing his film this past summer blew up in Warner's face.

He got what he insisted on and it now blew up in his face. He may be forever linked with helping to end the theatrical model as he always loved it. That's gotta chafe.

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

Was gonna say, has someone told Nolan this is at least partly on him?

At the end of the day, it’s WB’s decision. Nolan doesn’t own Tenet. He didn’t finance it. All he did was annoy them to not release it digitally. They could’ve easily waited but they chose him to somehow save the industry and it blew up in all there faces.