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Why Did Warner Bros. Bury Clint Eastwood’s New Movie?
Juror #2 made it to just 28 theaters over the weekend. “Money is all that matters” to studio CEO David Zaslav, one Hollywood insider confides.
Discovery, is ultimately responsible for withholding Juror #2 ’s release and marketing resources — in much the same way he has canceled completed movies, including Batgirl and Coyote vs. Acme — presumably in service of managing WBD’s $40 billion in corporate debt. Eastwood’s 2019 bio-drama, Richard Jewell, had sold a lackluster $44 million worth of tickets globally, and the kind of mid-budget, adult-skewing fare the director favored was becoming a dying breed at the box office. In 2020, the company announced it would shift its entire 2021 film roster, releasing impending blockbusters such as Nolan’s Tenet and Villeneuve’s Dune onto the HBO Max streaming service the same day they would arrive in whatever theaters remained in operation.
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