Warner Bros. Discovery has made many changes to the studio and gutted some aspects of it. It seems like every day there is a new big change or another movie or TV series is canceled. Good, The Batman director Matt Reeves and his production company 6th & Idaho survived.
Reeves is the studio’s first director to be awarded a first look film contract since the days of the Warner Bros Pictures Group co-presidents / CEO. Michele De Luca And Pamela Abdy they were hired by the head of Warner Bros. Discovery David Zaslav to lead the film division.
Reeves is also back with the Warner Bros. Television Group and the president Channing Dungey, where he is also working The Batman spin-off series The Penguin with Colin Farrell and the Arkham Asylum series.
According to the report, De Luca and Abdy “hope to see him grow into the key type of director Todd Phillips was with The Hangover And Joker franchise and what Clint Eastwood he has always been in the studio ”.
Reeves said in a statement: “Making this legendary studio my home is a dream. I am so excited to work with Mike, Pam and Channing and our teams to bring captivating stories that I am truly passionate about to the big and small screen. “
De Luca added: “Pam and I gratefully inherited the relationship with Matt from The Batmanand through the early stages of planning The Penguin series for HBO Max. We were thrilled to finalize his overall deal because it’s a cornerstone of what we want to do with the directors who are working in the studio. We want to create an atmosphere where all of these directors can excel and do their job and stay with us once they are within the Warner family. Keeping Matt and creating a home for him to do more projects in the Batman universe but also original was very important to us.
“Warner has always had a tradition of being a home base for directors, of which Clint Eastwood is prominent. We want to continue that tradition, especially with the people we’ve been successful with. We want to create an atmosphere where we get repeat business with these directors. We believe that any studio built around a list of directors who work in the studio over and over is a good business strategy. ”Abdy said:“ We believe it essential for the health of the studio to be a vibrant place for writers / directors and the most famous directors shoot more movies with us.
“Someone like Matt, we’ll buy him whatever he wants to do. We’re making an investment in whatever Matt feels drawn to, in the Batman universe and beyond. He has an open invitation to go wherever his interests lead him. We will take care of whatever Matt wants to do. In terms of the writers / directors out there working in this very high genre space, with everything Matt has done, from Let me in from the monkey trilogy to The Batman, he’s in a class all by himself. “
Dungey, President, Warner Bros. Television Group went on to say, “Matt is one of the most imaginative and creative minds in the industry. We look forward to continuing our partnership with the wonderful 6th & Idaho team and expanding the world that Matt artfully created with The Batman movie through our upcoming The Penguin series.
Under the terms of the film agreement, “Warner Bros. Pictures Group’s production divisions – Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, Warner Animation Group and DC-based Films – will have the preview rights to Reeves’ work as a screenwriter and director and / or producer “.
Reeves is a very talented director and I have no doubt we can expect greater things from him at WB.
Source: Deadline
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
