Mess at Warner Bros with the premiere of "Dune"

The Warner Bros thing and the mess that they bring with the distribution and premiere of their productions is a separate case in the industry. Dune, perhaps the most anticipated film of 2020 (and for COVID unfortunately also of 2021) ended up being announced, following the strategies of other platforms, with a simultaneous release in theaters and on the HBO Max platform. Decision that the studio made last year with the entire catalog of films scheduled for 2021. The news was received with great negativity by collaborating directors such as Dune’s own director, Denis Villeneuve and Christopher Nolan. After these reactions, Deadline echoed information in which Warner did not seem to be so clear at least, the hybrid premiere of Dune. The news reported on the company’s backward move regarding Villeneuve’s film, informing that it will premiere in Venice in September and then hit theaters, a couple of months before entering the HBO Max catalog. Now this information has been denied via Twitter by Johanna Fuentes, head of communications for WarnerMedia and by Jeff Goldstein, director of distribution of Warner Bros. Fuentes wrote: “Dune will be released in theaters and on HBO Max the same day in the United States” and remarked due to recent news that “there were no changes” regarding that decision. Goldstein, for his part, corroborated this information to the medium, reaffirming that Dune will be part of the plan for the entire catalog to have this simultaneous release Denis Villeneuve and Legendary Pictures against Warner’s strategy Another actor that enters into this conflict of interest in the distribution of the film is the production company for Legendary Pictures, which contributed 75% of the film’s budget.In several negotiations with Warner, the production company believes that the transfer and launch of the adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novel risks losing commercial visibility, because it is a work divided and devised in two parts by its creator. Villeneuve for his part, he was very critical of Warner’s decision, a circumstance that could put the operation of the next film at risk. “There is absolutely no love for cinema here, nor for the audience. It is about the survival of a telecommunications mammoth that currently has an astronomical debt of more than 150 billion dollars ”, the director lashed out harshly at the company and later pointed it out as“ a decision to survive on Wall Street ”and“ a desperate attempt to capture the attention of the audience. ”In Spain there is no confirmed date, neither on HBO nor in theaters. Its premiere in October in neighboring countries such as Portugal augurs a similar date for our borders. The summer remains to know if the beginning of the conquest of Arrakis by Paul Atreides finally occurs that month (if Warner does not change his mind again).