“As for AMC, we will do all in our power to ensure that Warner does not do so at our expense.”
“These coronavirus-impacted times are uncharted waters for all of us, which is why AMC signed on to an HBO Max exception to customary practices for one film only, Wonder Woman 1984, being released by Warner Brothers at Christmas when the pandemic appears that it will be at its height,” he told Variety.
“Clearly, Warner Media intends to sacrifice a considerable portion of the profitability of its movie studio division, and that of its production partners and filmmakers, to subsidise its HBO Max start up,” he continued.
He noted that Warner now hopes to do this for all their 2021 theatrical movies, “despite the likelihood that with vaccines right around the corner the theatre business is expected to recover”.