WarnerMedia recently made the difficult decision to release Warner Bros.' entire 2021 theatrical slate in theaters and on HBO Max at the same time. Realizing that next year is likely another write-off, the company is clearly looking to recoup its losses through the newly launched streaming platform.
There's been a sizeable amount of backlash aimed at Warner Bros. from filmmakers like Christopher Nolan (Tenet) and Denis Villeneuve (Dune), and The Suicide Squad star Margot Robbie is now sharing her take on this touchy subject.
Choosing her words carefully, the Harley Quinn actress tells The Hollywood Reporter that her main hope is that the studio will do right by the people who make it what it is.
"We know there are people at Warner Bros. whom we have brilliant relationships with that are very talent-friendly and are responsible for the incredible reputation Warner Bros. has had over the past decades as the predominant talent-forward studio," Robbie says. "We are hopeful that this will work itself out and that Warner Bros. will do right by its storytellers."
"All we can do is come back to, 'Why are we doing this in the first place?' If we were money-oriented people, we'd probably be working in a different industry," the wealthy star of Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey continued. "For us, it's the excitement of telling stories and being on sets and giving people a platform, and stuff like [the Warner Bros. news] doesn't change that."
How much attention Warner Bros. will pay to any of these comments is hard to predict, but it's doubtful they'll change course as they're so far only dealing with a relatively vocal minority.
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