Dennis Villeneuve hits out at Warner Bros for moving ‘Dune’ to HBO Max: “They might just have killed the franchise”
Dune so that it will open in theatres and become available on HBO Max on the same day.Last week, Warner Bros announced that it will provide the simultaneous release for all of its 2021 movies, in response to the coronavirus pandemic’s severe impact on the stability of the traditional theatre-first release model.In a searing new essay for Variety, the Dune director said there was “absolutely no love for cinema, nor for the audience” in Warner Bros’ decision.“It is all about the survival of a telecom mammoth, one that is currently bearing an astronomical debt of more than $150 billion,” he wrote.“Therefore, even though ‘Dune’ is about cinema and audiences, AT&T is about its own survival on Wall Street.