Bart & Fleming: While WGA, CAA & WME Fight In Court, Streamers Rewrite Movie Paydays; Will Legendary Challenge WarnerMedia Over ‘Dune’ & Godzilla Vs. Kong’ HBO Max Move?

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Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades at Daily Variety. In this weekly column, two old friends get together and grind their axes, mostly on the movie business.FLEMING: We haven’t done this column since March, when the pandemic had just begun to show it would present unprecedented hardship for exhibitors that show films, and the studios that make them.

Distribs have regarded their streaming arms as salvation for movies piling up along with interest costs because not enough theaters are open in the U.S.

to justify P&A campaigns or create revenue events. The boldest move came with last week’s announcement by WarnerMedia that, in light of those hardships, it will put its entire 2021 Warner Bros film slate on HBO Max —