Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav To Take Stage At CinemaCon In Rare Appearance For A Conglom Boss
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Deadline has learned that Warner Bros Discovery CEO and President, David Zaslav, will be teeing off Warner Bros studio presentation at CinemaCon on Tuesday AM, April 25.
While it’s standard for the heads of motion picture studio divisions, read Sony’s Tom Rothman, Universal’s Donna Langley, and former Warner Bros chief Toby Emmerich to share the spotlight on stage with their respective distribution and marketing executives as they show off their cinematic wares before exhibitors, it’s quite rare for the head of a publicly trade media conglomerate to speak at CinemaCon.
It’s not anything that News Corp Boss Rupert Murdoch has done, nor Disney CEO Bob Iger. In recent memory, the highest ranking Warner Bros executive to speak at the Las Vegas Caesars Palace confab was Warner Bros Entertainment chairman and CEO Kevin Tsujihara.
In the wake of WarnerMedia’s experimentation with a 2021 theatrical day-and-date pandemic plan on its streaming HBO Max platform, Zaslav has been a huge champion for theatrical windows since taking the reins of Warner Bros Discovery.
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