How quickly the fortunes of a Hollywood studio head can change.
Just weeks after the word around town was that their jobs were in jeopardy, Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group studio heads
#MichaelDeLuca and
#PamAbdy have passed a key test of their film strategy and will likely live to fight another day thanks to the critical and commercial success of
#RyanCoogler’s “Sinners” and the birth of a new franchise with
#JaredHess’ “A Minecraft Movie,” according to multiple insiders who spoke with TheWrap.
Coogler’s vampire horror film’s $48 million domestic opening weekend and extremely rare A CinemaScore — the first for a horror film in 39 years — has strengthened the pair’s position following earlier misfires like
#ToddPhillips’ “Joker: Folie à Deux” and
#BongJoonho’s “Mickey 17.”
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