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You can’t keep a good party down. Warner Bros. is celebrating the success of its new entry into the billion-dollar club. The studio has announced that Barbie will be screening in IMAX theaters for a limited one-week engagement beginning on September 22, according to Variety. Ironically, the Margot Robbie/Ryan Gosling film did not initially get a release on the IMAX format due to Oppenheimer making its grand run on the large screen. Additionally, new footage is said to be attached after the credits during these screenings as a treat for the fans.

Barbie director Greta Gerwig shares her excitement for the format upgrade, “We made Barbie for the big screen, so it’s a thrill to be able to bring it to IMAX, the biggest screen of all. As a special thanks to Barbie fans, we’re excited to share a little bit more of our cast and crew...

The Mushroom Kingdom has given way to Barbieland as Warner Bros.’ “Barbie” has passed the domestic box office total of Universal/Illumination’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” making it the year’s highest-grossing film in the U.S. and Canada.

“Barbie” reached the milestone on its 34th day in theaters to bring its total to $575.4 million. With over $1.3 billion grossed worldwide, “Barbie” is also on the verge of passing “Mario” at the overall box office, needing approximately $50 million to become the year’s top global grosser.

With another $25 million, “Barbie” will become just the 14th film in box office history to reach $600 million in North America before inflation adjustment. It would be the first Warner Bros. title to do so, having already passed the all-time domestic record for the studio held by “The Dark Knight” with an unadjusted $534 million total in 2008.

In a world of tentpoles that tend to skew towards younger,...

Hi, new Barbie footage. Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster hit is heading to IMAX for a limited one-week engagement beginning on Sept. 22 and the release will include bonus scenes after the credits.

“We made Barbie for the big screen, so it’s a thrill to be able to bring it to IMAX, the biggest screen of all,” Gerwig said in a statement. “As a special thanks to Barbie fans, we’re excited to share a little bit more of our cast and crew’s incredible work by adding special new footage we hope audiences will enjoy.

As “Barbie” hones in on becoming the highest-grossing release of the year at the domestic box office, Greta Gerwig’s hot pink comedy is about to get even bigger. Warner Bros. has set an Imax run for the film, with a limited one-week engagement beginning on Sept. 22. The release will also feature exclusive new post-credits footage selected by the film’s director.

The plans, which include a North American rollout and select international territories, were announced by Warner Bros. execs Jeff Goldstein, president of domestic distribution, and Andrew Cripps, president of international distribution, on Wednesday afternoon. The statement also included words from Gerwig.

“We made ‘Barbie’ for the big screen, so it’s a thrill to be able to bring it to Imax, the biggest screen of all,” Gerwig said. “As a special thanks to ‘Barbie’ fans, we’re excited to share a little bit more of our cast and...

First footage of Hugh Grant as Oompa Loompa in Wonka.

Warner Bros rolled out the stars to celebrate its CinemaCon presentation on the occasion of its 100th anniversary, with an A-list roster that included Oprah Winfrey making her show debut, as well as Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling and Timothée Chalamet, and Zendaya.

Warner Bros co-heads Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy hosted Tuesday’s session, which included an address by Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav, and comments by international and domestic distribution heads Andrew Cripps and Jeff Goldstein, both of whom wore pink in the spirit of Barbie.

Denis Villeneuve...

Day Two of CinemaCon got off to an early start, which meant a subdued and potentially casino-fogged audience in the Caesar’s Palace Colosseum. And then Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav took the stage.

“We believe in full windowing of the motion pictures,” he told a theater full of theater owners. “We do not want to do direct-to-streaming movies. We are in no rush to bring the movies to Max.”

That woke them up.

Last year, CinemaCon was where Warner Bros. basically apologized for going day-and-date in theaters and on HBO Max with its entire slate of movies — a Jason Kilar plan to come out of the Covid pandemic. Well, Kilar’s gone, HBO Max is soon to become Max, and this definitely ain’t that Warner Bros. Discovery.

Zaslav said it’s not just “good business” to be completely committed to theatrical, but that America “needs to rally right now.

Two weeks after showing off the future of their rebranded Max streaming service, David Zaslav and Warner Bros. embraced theatrical as they showed off their upcoming 2023 slate at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.

Zaslav made his debut at the movie theater trade show on Tuesday with a lengthy speech that earned plenty of applause from cinema execs, especially when he reaffirmed his company’s plans to never go back to the day-and-date releasing model that his predecessor, Jason Kilar, rolled out for all of Warner’s theatrical releases in 2021.

“We believe in full theatrical windows, we don’t believe in direct to streaming. We are in no rush to push films to Max,” Zaslav said. “When we partner with you and bring these movies to theaters and promote them, and later on we market them again and release them at home while you still have them in your theaters, and then...

”We’ve got to rally right now. People need to escape, be entertained and inspired.”

In a rare CinemaCon address by the head of a big media company Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav took to the stage ahead of Tuesday’s Warner Bros presentation and told attendees, “We believe in full windowing of motion pictures.”

In a stirring address in whch he portrayed himself as a man of the people, Zaslav touched on his own childhood going to the cinema with his father in Brooklyn every Saturday, being inspired by Sidney Poitier in To Sir With Love, and characterised...

Refresh for updates: Big stuff expected here this morning at CinemaCon in Las Vegas as Warner Bros struts its 2023 slate.

Teeing off this morning was Warner Bros Domestic Distribution Chief Jeff Goldstein and Internatioinal Distribution Cheif Andrew Cripps jogging onstage all clad in pink suits, in celebration to the studio’s late summer anticipated hit, Barbie.

“By a show of hands who wore it better, Andrew or me?” beamed Goldstein

“As Barbie says, everybody looks better in pink!” the distrib exec added.

“I’m not sure, Jeff, ” added Cripps.

“Hello, everybody, we’re both tickled pink,” Goldstein continued to pun.

The two touted the success of this past weekend’s Evil Dead Rise, which made its pivot from Max streaming service to an exclusive theatrical window. They also took time to reflect on the legacy of former distrib colleague, MGM’s Erik Lomis. This led into a 100 Years studio sizzle reel with flashes of Elvis,...

MGM has formed a new overseas distribution partnership with Warner Bros. that will begin in November with the Luca Guadagnino film “Bones and All” and continue for at least three years.

The deal, which will see Warner receive a new stream of incremental revenue through distribution fees, comes just two months after Pamela Abdy and Michael De Luca left their position as heads of MGM to become co-chairs and CEOs of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group. They negotiated the deal with MGM’s COO Christopher Brearton; Warner’s international distribution chief Andrew Cripps will oversee distribution of these titles.

The new agreement also includes worldwide physical home entertainment distribution on all newly released MGM titles. Under the terms of this deal, MGM and Warner will collaborate on overseas marketing/advertising, publicity, film distribution and exhibitor relations for all of MGM’s films starting in 2023, with Warner responsible for execution.

Also...

Exclusive: Two months into their run as Warner Bros Pictures Group Co-Chairs and CEOs, Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy, have hammered out a multi-year deal to handle the international distribution of MGM’s theatrical titles, commencing with Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All in November and continuing with the 2023 slate and beyond; the second title under the pact being Creed III in March.

The deal, which De Luca and Abdy worked out with MGM COO Christopher Brearton, will deliver a great deal of incremental revenue to Warner Bros. I hear the terms are three years with an option for two and encompasses the theatrical distribution of MGM titles outside of the U.S. including China. The new agreement also includes worldwide physical home entertainment distribution on all newly released MGM titles. MGM and Warner Bros. Picture Group will team on marketing/advertising, publicity, film distribution and exhibitor relations on...

2023 slate includes Barbie, The Color Purple, The Meg 2, Blue Beetle.

Matt Reeves will direct Robert Pattinson in a sequel to 760m global hit The Batman, Warner Bros picture group chairman Toby Emmerich confirmed at the start of the studio’s star-studded CinemaCon session that included plenty of footage and a surprise walk-on from Black Adam lead Dwayne Johnson.

Emmerich called The Batman director Matt Reeves to the stage at the Colosseum in Caesars Palace on Tuesday (April 26) after announcing the unsurprising news, which drew sustained applause from attendees. The film has been hit not just in theatres but in the home,...

2023 slate includes Barbie, The Color Purple, The Meg 2, Blue Beetle.

Matt Reeves will direct Robert Pattinson in a sequel to 760m global hit The Batman, Warner Bros picture group chairman Toby Emmerich confirmed at the start of the studio’s star-studded CinemaCon session that included plenty of footage and a surprise walk-on from Black Adam lead Dwayne Johnson.

Emmerich called The Batman director Matt Reeves to the stage at the Colosseum in Caesars Palace on Tuesday (April 26) after announcing the unsurprising news, which drew sustained applause from attendees. The film has been hit not just in theatres but in the home,...

2023 slate includes Barbie, The Color Purple, The Meg 2, Blue Beetle.

Matt Reeves will direct Robert Pattinson in a sequel to 760m global hit The Batman, Warner Bros picture group chairman Toby Emmerich confirmed at the start of the studio’s jubilant CinemaCon session.

Emmerich called The Batman director Matt Reeves to the stage at the Colosseum in Caesars Palace on Tuesday (April 26) after announcing the unsurprising news, which drew sustained applause from attendees. The film has been hit not just in theatres but in the home, drawing some 4.1m viewers in its first week on HBO Max.

Early in...

Gotham’s hero is back with a vengeance as “The Batman 2” is officially greenlit at Warner Bros. Robert Pattinson will re-don the Caped Crusader cowl and eyeliner again in the titular role, as the studio confirmed during Tuesday night’s Las Vegas CinemaCon presentation.

Warner Bros. Discovery announced the sequel to the 2022 hit that has earned the company 760 millon globally. Also announced is Matt Reeves’ return to direct the follow-up film, which will expand upon Warner Bros.’ sprawling Gotham universe.

Plot details remain under wraps.

Sequel plans were inevitable following the film’s massive box office success since its March 4 release date, and the 45-day theatrical window before premiering on Warner Bros. Discovery-owned streamer HBO Max paid off: The film, since dropping on the platform April 18 and despite parallel availability on premium VOD, reached over 4 million households. Right now, “The Batman” is number 2 on the VOD charts at iTunes and Google.

Disruption will continue to weigh on the international theatrical system as the Russia-Ukraine war drags on and well over half of China’s theaters are shuttered in the latest Covid crackdown.

Andrew Cripps, president, international theatrical distribution, Warner Bros Pictures, said that Russia — which is currently being boycotted by studios — makes up about 5 of international annual box office on average, indexing higher or lower depending on the year. The war “is a tragedy that’s happening. Over the last couple of years, we’ve all learned to live with uncertainty. Including theaters being shut around the world. This is for a different reason, and we have to hope there is some semblance of a solution,” he said during an appearance at CinemaCon.

“I don’t know – is it ceasefire, and a pullout? I just don’t know at this point. Only that there are no Hollywood releases at all going into the country.

It wouldn’t be the return of CinemaCon in full force without the cheerleaders. As exhibitors, distributors, and press trooped back into Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, it didn’t take long to get some dramatic data points about the true power of theatrical releases.

Cinépolis CEO Alejandro Ramírez Magaña, who oversees the world’s fourth-largest theater chain, had a message for studio execs sitting at front-and-center reserved tables: The best way to avoid piracy is a healthy and exclusive theatrical window. On the flip side, day-and-date streaming is perfect if you want your film to be pirated — it’s virtually a guarantee for illegal downloading and a loss of revenue. And: He brought receipts (and his corporate communications team sent them to IndieWire).

Day-and-date continues to be a highly unpopular strategy among the exhibitors at CinemaCon. Marvel’s “Black Widow” went day-and-date in theaters and on Disney+ on 2020. Ahead of its merger with Discovery,...

Executives sound optimistic note, trumpet big screen experience.

Exhibition executives and producers called for more family films and extolled the virtues of local content and data in Monday’s (April 25) broadly optimistic CinemaCon opening day panels, marking the event’s proper return since pre-pandemic 2019.

Piracy was another issue that rose to the fore in sessions that trumpeted theatrical distribution and exhibition as attendees gathered at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. (CinemaCon was cancelled in 2020 and there was a truncated event in August 2021.)

Warner Bros president of international theatrical distribution Andrew Cripps noted how piracy was “rampant” in Russia and China...

Executives sound optimistic note, trumpet big screen experience.

Exhibition executives and producers called for more family films and extolled the virtues of local content and data in Monday’s (April 25) broadly optimistic CinemaCon opening day panels, marking the event’s proper return since pre-pandemic 2019.

Piracy was another issue that rose to the fore in sessions that trumpeted theatrical distribution and exhibition as attendees gathered at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. (CinemaCon was cancelled in 2020 and there was a truncated event in August 2021.)

Warner Bros president of international theatrical distribution Andrew Cripps noted how piracy was “rampant” in Russia and China...

“Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” welcomed a boost in ticket sales at the international box office, though the third installment in the “Harry Potter” spinoff series already seems to be running out of steam.

Over the weekend, “Fantastic Beasts 3” added 71.7 million from 66 foreign markets, taking the film’s international tally to 150.4 million. After debuting to a less-than-enchanting 43 million in North America, “The Secrets of Dumbledore” has collected 193.4 million to date.

Along with United States and Canada, the Warner Bros. film opened this weekend in France, collecting 7.1 million; Mexico, collecting 7.1 million; Brazil, collecting 4.7 million; and Korea, collecting 4.1 million. Among holdover territories, the third “Fantastic Beasts” earned 5.3 million in Germany, 4.6 million in Japan and 3.6 million in the United Kingdom. In China, where roughly 50 of movie theaters are closed due to Covid-19, the movie has grossed 14.7 million.

“The Secrets of Dumbledore,” which carries a huge 200 million price tag, will be reliant on...

Warner Bros/DC’s The Batman has winged its way past three-quarters of a billion dollars at the worldwide box office, maintaining its spot as the highest-grossing film of the year, globally and domestically. The worldwide cume through Sunday is 751.1M with the Matt Reeves-directed spin on the Caped Crusader counting 386.1M at the international box office and 365M in North America.

The milestone comes as the blockbuster will launch on HBO Max tomorrow (April 18), and also will air on HBO at 8 Pm Et Saturday, April 23.

On crossing 750M, Jeff Goldstein, WB’s President of Domestic Distribution, said, “The incredible response we’ve seen at theaters across the country is a testament to both the enduring power of this iconic DC Super Hero and the huge appetite out there to experience great movies on the big screen. We congratulate everyone involved on reaching this impressive milestone.”

Added Andrew Cripps,...

While Warner Bros. saw “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” get off to a rough start at the box office, the studio had some good news as its other big 2022 blockbuster, “The Batman,” became only the fifth film since the Covid-19 pandemic began to gross 750 million worldwide.

“The Batman” joins a list led by Sony’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home” (1.89 billion) and also includes the Chinese films “The Battle at Lake Changjin” (902.5 million) and “Hi, Mom” (822 million) as well as MGM’s James Bond movie “No Time to Die” (774 million).

“The incredible response we’ve seen at theaters across the country is a testament to both the enduring power of this iconic DC superhero and the huge appetite out there to experience great movies on the big screen,” Warner domestic distribution head Jeff Goldstein said in a statement. “We congratulate everyone involved on reaching this impressive milestone.”

“The Batman” got...

Warner Bros/Legendary Pictures’ Dune has hit a new milestone, crossing the $400M mark worldwide. Through Monday, the international box office cume is $292.3M with $107.8M from domestic for a an estimated global haul of $400.1M so far.

The epic film starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Javier Bardem and more, debuted to great acclaim at the Venice Film Festival last year. In recent weeks, it has earned 10 Oscar nominations and leads the BAFTA noms with 11 mentions — though, head-scratchingly, visionary helmer Denis Villeneuve was left out of the directing races by both of those awards bodies. Villeneuve is, quite rightly, a DGA nominee.

His Dune adaptation of Frank Herbert’s 1965 classic sci-fi novel had a strategic offshore rollout following the Venice debut. It boasts China as its biggest overseas market (having scored a rare 2021 date) with $39.5M, followed by France ($32.6M), UK ($30M), Germany ($22.5M) and Russia ($21.3M); all through Sunday.

Warner Bros/Legendary’s sci-fi epic Dune is crossing the $300M mark globally today, with North America totaling $71M through Monday and including $228.3M at the international box office.

The Denis Villeneuve-directed world-building movie, based on Frank Herbert’s classic novel, initially debuted at the Venice Film Festival where it garnered strongly positive response. It has been on a staggered opportunistic release pattern since, smartly staying away from No Time To Die and Venom 2, and expanding two frames ago in step with the domestic release. This past weekend saw an offshore drop of 54% (when excluding China that translates to 34%). France boosted 3% during vacation play while other dips were slight in Korea (-14%), Germany (-22%), Brazil (-27%), Japan (-30%), the UK (-32%) and Spain (-35%).

Korea, which has been soft of late, is notable at No. 1 this past frame — as well as on Monday and Tuesday this week, and has cumed $7.6M through Tuesday.

Senior figures from Warner Bros, Universal, Studiocanal, Vue, Odeon all participated.

Premium cinema experiences hold the key to the continued recovery of the international box office, according to senior exhibition executives on a panel held on the first day of CineEurope (October 4-7) in Barcelona.

“People are searching out quality and a premium experience,” said Mark Way, managing director at Odeon Cinemas and president of AMC Europe, on the CineEurope session titled ‘2021: A Different Cinema Landscape?’.

Way cited AMC-owned Odeon’s investment in its premium Luxe brand, with 47 of its 340 European venues now converted to Luxe sites.

“These...

What does the international box office and cinema landscape look like in an emerging post-pandemic world? That was the gist of an executive roundtable at CineEurope in Barcelona today. Among the key takeaways: the relationship between exhibition and distribution and a need for more collaboration in terms of reaching consumers. With so much content available in-home, the bar has been raised for returning people’s habits to the theatrical experience.

Andrew Cripps, Warner Bros President of International Theatrical Distribution commented, “We have to recognize how the world has dramatically changed… Getting the consumer out of the house to consume entertainment is a challenge, and God knows it was a challenge before. The bar is higher, and collectively between exhibition and distribution, we have to do better.”

He continued, “We have more data at our fingertips collectively than we have ever had. The data is available… We have to collectively act on that.

Taking a low-key approach, Warner Bros. presented new footage Tuesday for its theatrical slate over the next seven months at exhibitors’ confab CinemaCon in Las Vegas.

The studio’s reel shown at the showroom at Caesars Palace included new footage of “The Batman” starring Robert Pattinson and the opening sequence for “The Many Saints of Newark” that is a prequel to “The Sopranos.” A glimpse at the first trailer for “The Matrix 4” was also revealed, along with its title: “The Matrix: Resurrections.” For Clint Eastwood’s neo-Western drama “Cry Macho,” the presentation was a mini-homage to Eastwood’s career with praise via recorded comments by Steven Spielberg, Meryl Streep and other cinema luminaries. The tributes were mixed with “Cry Macho” movie clips.

Beyond the near-term theatrical slate, Warner Bros. teased that five movie adaptations of its DC Comics properties are expected down the road.

The hour-long presentation was mostly...

Warner Bros went completely virtual at CinemaCon on Tuesday with a pre-recorded hourlong reel sans executives onstage. We understand that the lack of brass had nothing do with Covid, nor any kind of day-and-date head-ducking, rather their senior ranking domestic and international distribution guys were unable to attend the confab for respective personal commitments. Warners does have other members from its distribution team attending the confab who were in the audience.

Projected on the big screen in Caesars’ Colosseum Theatre, Domestic Distribution president Jeff Goldstein greeted everyone at the top of the reel followed by Warner Bros Pictures Group president and chief content officer Toby Emmerich.

Goldstein addressed the elephant in the room, the studio’s 2020 pandemic theatrical-day-and-date HBO Max model, saying that “controversial choices” were made “but we worked through it all with you, our partners.” Deadline has consistently heard from exhibitors that Warner Bros has been generous with...

The Patty Jenkins-directed DC sequel has grossed more than $100M worldwide according to Warner Bros.

Wonder Woman 1984 opened to $16.7M domestic last weekend in the U.S. and Canada where 60% of 5.5k theaters are shutdown. The film is also available on the studio’s streaming service HBO Max which is only available stateside, but will expand abroad in 2021. Though its second weekend globally, the film’s worldwide cume stood last Sunday at $85M.

“Congratulations to Patty Jenkins, Gal Gadot, Chuck Roven and the entire cast and crew who made ‘Wonder Woman 1984,’ allowing fans and film lovers to return to the thrilling experience of being at the movies. Audiences around the world where markets are open have been showing up to watch the next chapter in Diana Prince’s action-packed story,” said Warner Bros Domestic Distribution President Jeff Goldstein and International Distribution President Andrew Cripps in a joint statement on New Year’s Eve.

You’re in the billion-dollar club, Harry.

Two decades after it was released in theaters, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” has surpassed $1 billion at the global box office. The first chapter in the magical series about everyone’s favorite boy wizard hit the milestone thanks to a 3D and Imax rerelease in China.

“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” landed the top spot on box office charts in China last weekend, amassing $13.6 million from 16,000 screens.

The movie has generated $1.001 billion to date, making it the second installment in the eight-film franchise to cross the billion-dollar mark. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2,” the final chapter in the saga, made $1.34 billion worldwide in 2011. In total, the series has grossed $7.74 billion at the box office.

“We are thrilled to see ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’ delight a new generation of audiences,” said Andrew Cripps, Warner Bros. Pictures’ head of international distribution.

Nearly two decades after he first graced the big screen, the boy wonder lives on at the box office.

Over the Aug. 14-16 weekend, 2001’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone — the first title in the blockbuster franchise — magically flew by the $1 billion mark at the global box office after being rereleased in China and other international markets.

The milestone was announced by Warner Bros. president of international distribution Andrew Cripps.

The Sorcerer’s Stone becomes the second Harry Potter pic to join the billion-dollar club behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2 ($1.34 ...

Nearly two decades after he first graced the big screen, the boy wonder lives on at the box office.

Over the Aug. 14-16 weekend, 2001’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone — the first title in the blockbuster franchise — magically flew by the $1 billion mark at the global box office after being rereleased in China and other international markets.

The milestone was announced by Warner Bros. president of international distribution Andrew Cripps.

The Sorcerer’s Stone becomes the second Harry Potter pic to join the billion-dollar club behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2 ($1.34 ...

Fantasy film originally opened around rest of world 19 years ago.

The weekend’s release of Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone in China has pushed the fantasy hit past the $1bn global box office mark 19 years after it debuted in cinemas across the rest of the world.

Warner Bros president of international distribution Andrew Cripps announced the milestone on Tuesday (August 18) days after a 4K 3D restoration of the fantasy hit opened in China (August 14) – where local audiences have been watching the film for the first time and the early running total has climbed to $17.1m.

The Sorcerer’s Stone...

It’s not so much mischief managed as it’s magic managed: Warner Bros’ reissue of Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone has become the second film in the franchise to cross $1B worldwide. The film, originally released in 2001, counts a global cume of $1,001,260,000 after debuting in a remastered 4K 3D version in China this weekend. The entire series has now grossed $7.74B.

When the 19-year-old HP1 re-released in the Middle Kingdom last Friday, it set a new single-day gross record in the post-covid era, and then did so again on Saturday. Across the three-day session it drew muggles to the tune of $13.6M on 16,000 screens (including $2.1M from 594 IMAX screens). Through Tuesday evening local time, the movie was still playing strongly behind local epic The Eight Hundred.

Earlier on, in what feels like a lifetime ago amid the uncertainty of the coronavirus crisis, Hollywood studios were approached to bring...

Warner Bros. Pictures has hired industry veteran Toby Tennant as vp Emea regional distribution.

Tennant will be based in the studio's London office, reporting to president of international distribution Andrew Cripps in a newly created position aimed a maximizing communication and operational effectiveness with regional partners, both internal and external, and working across both Warner Bros. affiliate and licensee territories.

Tennant was perviously vp sales and distribution Emea at 20th Century Fox International and later Disney following its acquisition, overseeing 42 territories across the region.

“Toby has an impressive track record of driving theatrical distribution ...

Warner Bros. Pictures has hired industry veteran Toby Tennant as vp Emea regional distribution.

Tennant will be based in the studio's London office, reporting to president of international distribution Andrew Cripps in a newly created position aimed a maximizing communication and operational effectiveness with regional partners, both internal and external, and working across both Warner Bros. affiliate and licensee territories.

Tennant was perviously vp sales and distribution Emea at 20th Century Fox International and later Disney following its acquisition, overseeing 42 territories across the region.

“Toby has an impressive track record of driving theatrical distribution ...

Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, Wonder Woman 1984 coming up for studio in 2020.

Former Fox International executive Toby Tennant has joined Warner Bros in the new role of vice-president, Emea regional distribution.

Based in London and set to start on March 9, Tennant will report to the studio’s president of international distribution Andrew Cripps and gets to work on a slate that features the upcoming Christopher Nolan thriller Tenet, currently set for a July launch in many key markets, as well as Wonder Woman 1984 (June).

Tennant most recently served as vice-president of sales and distribution Emea for Fox International, where...

Warner Bros. Pictures has named Toby Tennant to the newly created position of vice president of Emea regional distribution.

Tennant was previously vice president, sales and distribution Emea for Twentieth Century Fox International before it was acquired by Walt Disney Company. At Fox, he oversaw 42 territories across Emea.

Tennant will join Warner Bros. on March 9, and has responsibility for optimizing theatrical releases, driving theatrical sales strategy and growing opportunities for the upcoming Warner Bros. slate, which includes “Wonder Woman 1984,” Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” and Roald Dahl’s “The Witches.”

He reports to Warner Bros. president of international distribution Andrew Cripps, who said: “Toby has an impressive track record of driving theatrical distribution sales across Emea. He will play a key role in the region as we refine our operational efficiencies and distribution strategies to build on our market success.”

Tennant joined the Twentieth Century Fox theatrical team in 2000 as...

Warner Bros has appointed Toby Tennant to the newly created position of Vice President, Emea Regional Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures.

Tennant will report to Andrew Cripps, President International Distribution, and will be based in the London office. He was previously Vice President, Sales and Distribution Emea for Twentieth Century Fox International before it was bought by Disney.

At Fox, Tennent oversaw 42 territories across Emea. He will join Warner Bros on March 09, 2020 with a responsibility to optimize theatrical releases, drive theatrical sales strategy and grow opportunities for the upcoming slate which includes Wonder Woman 1984, Christopher Nolan’s Tenet and Roald Dahl’s The Witches.

Cripps said, “Toby has an impressive track record of driving theatrical distribution sales across Emea. He will play a key role in the region as we refine our operational efficiencies and distribution strategies to build on our market success. I look forward to working with him...

Chris Aronson, former distribution head at 20th Century Fox, has been named president of domestic theatrical distribution at Paramount Pictures, the studio announced Monday.

Aronson will report to Marc Weinstock, president of worldwide marketing and distribution, and Mary Daily, co-president of worldwide marketing and distribution.

“In an ever-evolving distribution landscape, Chris has the ideal balance of experience in the arena and strategic acumen, as well as strong filmmaker relationships,” Weinstock and Daily said in a joint statement. “We are thrilled to have him onboard and can’t wait to see where his leadership takes our distribution strategy and team.”

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Aronson, who will start at Paramount on Dec. 2, is taking over for Kyle Davies, who is exiting his role as the head of Paramount’s domestic distribution division, where he has served since 2016.

“Kyle...

The conference runs from November 19 to 21.

Executives from Paramount and Sony are among those confirmed to speak at the Emerging Cinema Markets Conference 2019 (ECM19), which will be held in Istanbul from November 19 to 21.

ECM19 will focus on the emerging markets in Turkey, the Middle East, Central Asia, Europe and Africa.

Cameron Saunders, executive vice president Emea at Paramount Pictures, will give one of three keynote speeches on emerging cinema markets, alongside Debbie Stanford-Kristiansen, CEO at Gulf region cinema chain Novo Cinemas, and Arturo Guillén, senior vice-president and global managing director at analytics firm Comscore Movies.

Oliver Pasch, sales director at Sony Digital Cinema Europe,...

In today’s film news roundup, Strand buys drama “My Name is Sara,” “Bare Knuckle Brawler” is purchased, and Andrew Cripps gets a new gig at Warner Bros.

Acquisitions

Strand Releasing has acquired all North American rights to Steven Oritt’s Holocaust drama “My Name Is Sara.”

“My Name Is Sara” tells the true life-story of Sara Góralnik, a 13-year-old Polish Jew whose entire family was killed by Nazis in 1942. After a grueling escape to the Ukrainian countryside, Sara steals her Christian best friend’s identity and finds refuge in a small village, where she is taken in by a farmer and his young wife and discovers the dark secrets of her employers’ marriage, compounding her own secret.

The screenplay was written by David Himmelstein and stars Zuzanna Surowy as the lead, Eryk Lubos, Michalina Olszanska and Paweł Królikowski.

Strand plans for a 2020 spring release.

“My Name Is Sara” was...

Warner Bros. Pictures announced on Tuesday that it has hired former Fox executive Andrew Cripps as the studio’s new president of international distribution.

Cripps previously served as Fox’s president of international distribution, before being let go in the cuts following Disney’s $71.3 billion acquisition of Fox’s film and TV studios.

Cripps is a highly regarded film distribution executive with more than three decades of experience in leading overseas theatrical distribution for a number of major Hollywood studios, including United International Pictures, Paramount and IMAX.

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“Andrew is the consummate distribution executive, with a wide breadth of experience on both the studio and exhibitor side,” said Warner Bros. President of worldwide distribution Ron Sanders, to whom Cripps will report, in a statement. “With the continuing growth and importance of the international box office,...

Exclusive: Highly respected industry veteran Andrew Cripps has been named President, International Theatrical Distribution, at Warner Bros Pictures. He previously was Fox’s International Theatrical Distribution president and among the senior brass who left in the wake of the Disney merger.

His Warner Bros appointment follows news that Evp International Distribution Tom Molter is exiting the studio.

Cripps is a platinum international theatrical distribution executive with a three-decade-plus track record that includes United International Pictures, Paramount, Imax and, most recently, Fox. He now will report to Ron Sanders, President, Worldwide Distribution, and President, Warner Bros Home Entertainment.

In the new role, Cripps will be responsible for overseeing all matters relating to the international theatrical distribution of the studio’s slate of motion pictures, which includes releases from Warner Bros Pictures and New Line Cinema. He’ll also work closely with Sanders on the development of theatrical growth opportunities and additional revenue streams for the division,...

Andrew Cripps has landed at Warner Bros., where he'll serve as president of international theatrical distribution.

The veteran studio executive most recently served in the same job at 20th Century Fox prior to the Disney-Fox merger.

Cripps' new appointment was announced by Ron Sanders, president of worldwide distribution and president of home entertainment at Warner Bros.

"Andrew is the consummate distribution executive, with a wide breadth of experience on both the studio and the exhibitor side," said Sanders, to whom Cripps will report.

Added Cripps, "As the international market continues to expand, this feels like a ...

Andrew Cripps has landed at Warner Bros., where he'll serve as president of international theatrical distribution.

The veteran studio executive most recently served in the same job at 20th Century Fox prior to the Disney-Fox merger.

Cripps' new appointment was announced by Ron Sanders, president of worldwide distribution and president of home entertainment at Warner Bros.

"Andrew is the consummate distribution executive, with a wide breadth of experience on both the studio and the exhibitor side," said Sanders, to whom Cripps will report.

Added Cripps, "As the international market continues to expand, this feels like a ...

Hire follows news that evp of international distribution Tom Molter is departing Warner Bros.

Andrew Cripps, who departed Fox International earlier this year in the wake of the Disney merger, has been named president of international theatrical distribution at Warner Bros Pictures.

The experienced and highly regarded Cripps will oversee international theatrical distribution of Warner Bros and New Line films, and will work closely with president of worldwide distribution and president of Warner Bros Home Entertainment Ron Sanders to grow theatrical opportunities and additional revenue streams for the division.

Cripps will also oversee the team that manages sales and distribution...

A second round of layoffs has hit Disney-owned Fox divisions, this time affecting New York-based ad sales employees at the former Fox Networks Group.

The division was dissolved following Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox’s film and TV assets, a large portion of which went over to Disney. The division also included the Fox broadcasting network, which stayed behind with Fox. The layoffs are a mix of VP and director level.

Major layoffs hit Fox in the ensuing days after Disney closed its $71.3 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox’s film and TV assets.

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Mark Kaner, president of 20th Century Fox Television Distribution, and Greg Meidel, president of Twentieth Television, were both among high-level executives to be laid off on the TV side.

Kaner had headed the division since 1994. Meidel...

No Avatar 2. No Star Wars: Episode IX.

Disney’s star-less CinemaCon presentation on Wednesday evening (April 3) was the first time the industry got to see Disney and Fox executives side-by-side since the $71.3bn acquisition closed, and will be remembered first and foremost for stunning footage from Jon Favreau’s upcoming summer release The Lion King.

There was also the sense of much to do and lots of planning ahead from an opening sizzle reel that featured outsized tentpoles from both studios and a sly moment when Wolverine is seen asking, “What is this place?”

Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn...

Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn spoke to exhibitors at CinemaCon in his first public speech since Disney completed its merger with 20th Century Fox.

Horn was joined by Fox vice chair Emma Watts, the senior-most member of 20th Century Fox to make the transition to Disney. Chairman/CEO Stacey Snider departed from the company following the merger’s completion on March 20, with distribution chiefs Chris Aronson and Andrew Cripps also leaving.

“I’m still getting my mind around all this and internalizing it,” Horn said. We are truly excited because together we will be more than the sum of our parts.”

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