Timothée Chalamet made his “Saturday Night Live” debut this weekend in an episode packed with plenty of timely themes, from coronavirus to the vaccine to even, subtly, the recent Warner Bros.
and HBO Max shakeup.
During the episode’s ending, Chalamet wore a sweatshirt emblazoned with the logo belonging to Legendary Pictures.
That’s the production company behind his upcoming “Dune” that’s poised to challenge Warner Bros.
over dumping the film (along with 16 others) directly onto HBO Max day-and-date next year.
Sources told Deadline that executives at Legendary Entertainment found out about “Dune” and “Godzilla vs.
Kong” moving to a hybrid theatrical-hbo Max release only 30 minutes before Warner Bros.
went public with the announcement.The donning of the sweatshirt appeared to shade Warner Bros., or at least stand in support of “Dune” director Denis Villeneuve, who last week penned a scorching letter in Variety saying that Warner Bros.
may have killed the “Dune” franchise.
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