,” 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.— its entire 2021 slate — to the subscription streaming service and any open movie theaters.
Sources familiar with the situation say top brass at Legendary are trying to have conversations with Warner Bros. regarding their upcoming films. Legendary and Warner Bros. have frequently collaborated over the years, on titles such as Christopher Nolan’s “Dark Knight” trilogy, “The Hangover” movies and the “Godzilla” franchise. Legendary is hoping to first negotiate a more generous deal, but isn’t taking legal action off the table should the two companies fail to come to a compromise.
Denis Villeneuve, the director of “Dune,” is similarly disappointed with the HBO Max plan and would prefer a theatrical release for his movie, according to insiders. The “Dune” adaptation is intended to be the first of a two-part retelling of Frank Hebert’s seminal 1965 novel. The big-budget sci-fi epic — starring Timothee Chalamet, Oscar Isaac and Zendaya — was initially greenlit with the intention of launching on the big screen.
“Godzilla vs. Kong” is currently scheduled to debut on May 21, 2021. “Dune” is slated to open on Oct. 1.
This is going to set an important precedent 😱
JesabelRaay So what Covid won’t go away Does Legendary wants to people to see their movies ?
I support Legendary Entertainment. warnerbros deserves this.
Warner Brothers have the distribution rights. They have the right to distribute the film however they feel
They won't.. they can't long term afford to cut ties with a top tier (financially, not creatively) major studio..Disney won't work with them when they have enough resources.. so that takes em off the A tier.. they would have to resort to universal studios only
Question: is this an opportunity for physical media and the direct-to- DVD/Blu-ray/4K market? Dune for instance at $20-30 depending on format for 3-6 months before streaming? BillHuntBits
It's only a movie...a remake...
Dear Legendary Entertainment, Times have changed if you haven't noticed. How is the public supposed to see your film legally and safely? Or did you take that into consideration?
Margari_Aziza I bought and started reading Dune because of how much you've tweeted about it. Margari_Aziza
Good. Do it.
Legendary definitely has a case. These production companies are often the financiers. The major studios are often the face of the movie as distrib and mkting. Important roles yes, but you can’t not include in these decisions those who funded the movie .
WARNERMEDIA AND HBO MAX TO LEGENDARY HBOMax
WARNERMEDIA AND HBO MAX TO LEGENDARY HBOMax DUNE
Not good!!!
As they should.
rfergusonweb Here comes more Carpetbaggers, and we all will have to give in...again!!!
The perfect GIF lmao
Meh. Seems like 2 billion dollar companies fighting each other over percentage points. That's what they do.
robbixsmargot SOCORRO
Grow up and get with the Covid program
Entourage Spin Off Special Episode about Ari Gold & the agency/industry handling this decision EntourageTVshow
GraceRandolph thoughts
AT&T/WB screwing over their finance partners isn’t a good look for them. I definitely understand Legendary’s position.
All the overpriced food items were the result of the studios taking almost all of the money from the box office revenue. How was a business ever to operate and survive if they charged peanuts for their products? People are so dense when it comes to this topic 🙄🙄
There were little to no outbreaks from movie theatres. They have the space to safely social distance. Reserve seating every 2-3 seats a part, staff constantly disinfecting the place, etc. They don’t deserve to be punished. Studios have punished them enough over the decades
Damn
Dune here really saving cinema
Because money is more important than lives.
Good for them! Make Warner hurt for trying this bs
Money, the spice of our time.
It will definitely make more money sitting on a shelf until Timothée Chalamet is too old to do press junkets for it. Worked really well for New Mutants.
Legendary is owned by the same Chinese conglomerate that owns AMC, so their stake in this game is way more financial than philosophical.
Wha, group that put money in isn't willing to get skinned so HBO Max can get more subs? Who'd have imagined?
And then it got interesting.....
And rightfully so. If they invested $175M in Dune, they should have the right to refuse that their movie, done before the deal, be broadcasted on HBO as part of the new WB-HBO group.
The HBO max news of them showing all these film to there customers sucks...here in UK we don't have HBO max and cinemas are not open in less you are in big city
antovolk
Good
'we are angry that things arent the same as they have been for over 70 years and are finally changing' boo hoo
Why when they got their paychecks already. 🙄
As he should
Screw the producer 😂😂