Warner Bros. still awaits the Renaissance promised by David Zaslav
As for the movies?
Zaslav recognized that the film is “a difficult deal” in a Morgan Stanley conference this month and seemed to ask for a little more patience. “It’s a long cycle business and we gathered from what was not ours,” he said, a flop reference like “War of the Rohirrim” and “Mickey 17”, who received a green light before his arrival. “In the next few years you will see what is ours and I am optimistic.”
The next release of Warner Bros., “A Minecraft movie“It could burst when it arrives next week, they say analysts at the box office.” Minecraft “, which costs $ 150 million to be done, is based on popular game and aimed at families. (Legendary Entertainment has contributed to 25 % of the budget and helped to produce.) A couple of weeks later, Warner Bros.” Warner Bros. “Warner Bros. will release the close” Sinner “, an original $ 90 thriller.Sinners“He was directed by Ryan Coogler (” Black Panther “). Both films were supervised by Mr. De Luca and Mrs. Abdy.
At the event Morgan Stanley, Zaslav praised the couple to enter business with Mr. Coogler and other tendons of tent on expensive original projects. “In some cases, we may have it excessive“Zaslav said, an apparent AA reference Bloomberg article On February 26, which questioned the strategy. “I don’t think we did. Because we wanted to bring the best and the brightest people to Warner Bros.”
Warner Bros. Discovery’s most important film of the immediate program is “Superman“from DC Studioswhich is managed by James Gunn and Peter Safran. It arrives on July 11 and represents an effort to restart the company’s superheroes for a new generation of spectators. Mr. Zaslav, noticing the Morgan Stanley conference that he has just spent an hour and a half with the DC Studios team, defined the film “a great moment for us”.
The budget for “Superman” is not known, but superhero films generally cost about $ 200 million to be made, excluding marketing.
If it becomes a success, the result will represent a turnaround for the study of last summer, when Warner Bros. released Duds as “Furious: Mad Max Saga“And he managed only a 4.7 percent share of the sales of domestic films
