Christopher Nolan Says Warner Bros.' Shift To Streaming New Movies 'A Great Danger'
In an interview with NPR, the blockbuster director said the studio's decision to stream movies on HBO Max on the day of their release will hurt the people who work in the movie industry.
by Ari Shapiro
Dec 11, 2020
4 minutes
The pandemic has made 2020 a crazy year for the movie industry. And Warner Bros. made a recent announcement that guarantees next year will be just as upside-down.
The company said that with many movie theaters operating at reduced capacity, all 17 of its films slated for release in 2021 will be available on the streaming platform HBO Max on the same day they're released. That includes the superhero flick Wonder Woman: 1984, Lin Manuel Miranda's musical In The Heights and the sci-fi epic Dune.
"No one wants films back on the big screen more than we do," said Warner Bros. CEO Ann Sarnoff. "We
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