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Why Warner Bros Shook Up Its Feature Exec Ranks As It Braces For An Auteur-Driven 2025 Slate


Last week Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group saw the double exit of lynchpin executives as it embarks on a period of rebuilding.

So, at a time when the mandate is to create cultural moments from the original works of Paul Thomas Anderson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Bong Joon Ho, Ryan Coogler and more, why is the studio letting go of two execs who were instrumental in turning Barbie into Warner Bros’ highest grossing movie ever at $1.44 billion worldwide? One source tells us that Goldstine is “the ultimate team player” and that the only major fight he had with upper leadership was over the release of Dune: Part Two during the strikes; the exec arguing that the movie needed its cast of Zendaya and Timothee Chalamet to open the film (the pic debuted to $82.5M stateside). He’s been a consistent adopter of the changing modes of selling a movie, from embracing social media on The Purge franchise to making Kilar’s theatrical day-and-date releases a success with big viewership on the Max service and opening weekends for pics like Dune and Godzilla vs. Kong, and more.

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