David Zaslav has spent a lot time in the past year studying the movie business.
Now that he’s taken the reins of Warner Bros.
Discovery, he’s less and less inclined “to really collapse the entire motion picture business on streaming.”Zaslav’s remarks came Tuesday morning during Discovery’s Q1 earnings call with Wall Street analysts.
Zaslav was pressed about how they intend to manage the theatrical business following two years of unprecedented pandemic-related disruptions.Last year, WarnerMedia sent all of Warner Bros.
new film releases to HBO Max as a day-and-date releases with theatrical.
This year, Warner Bros.
has pulled back on that for mega tentpole releases such as “The Batman,” which scored at the box office earlier this year.Zaslav and Warner Bros.
Discovery’s new management team are focused on building out HBO Max as a global direct-to-consumer platform.
But Zaslav’s remarks made it
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