Kate Aurthur editorDuring a wide-ranging conversation among screenwriters for Variety’s upcoming Virtual FYC Fest, Judd Apatow called the recent decision by Warner Bros.
to release its entire 2021 slate of movies simultaneously both in theaters and on HBO Max “a sea change in the industry.”Apatow’s latest film with Universal, “The King of Staten Island,” was among the first movies to skip theaters entirely because of the coronavirus pandemic, and went straight to premium video-on-demand in June.
Apatow said that the decision was made mutually with the studio when they all realized that the only other option was to wait at least a year. “It was a very respectful conversation about how to get the movie out there,” he said.
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