On Tuesday afternoon, I sat down with Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy — co-chairs and CEOs of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group — for an hour-long conversation about power, taste, fear, and the future of film. substack.com/@franklinleo... On filmmaking and the politics of the day:
"This is a business and my sole concern is making money" isn't something an artist ever said.
Correct, studio heads are not artists.
They supposedly produce art. I'm not interested in seeing movies made by studios whose sole motivation is "generating revenue." In fact, I believe they will deliberately avoid producing movies that challenge this administration in any way because doing so might hurt the bottom line.
They haven't claimed that that's their goal. They just told exactly what they are. If you're not interested in watching what they make, don't watch it. As for movies that challenge this administration, they made SINNERS and SUPERMAN and they've got ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER coming soon. You tell me.
Those movies got the green light last year. It'll be interesting to revisit this two years from now.