Warner Bros. Film Shakeup: Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy to Replace Toby Emmerich as Studio Head
thewrap.comannounced they would exit their roles as Motion Picture Group chairman and president this summer after Amazon completed its $8.5 billion acquisition of the storied studio.
The move is a homecoming for DeLuca, who joined Warner’s New Line Cinema as an intern at age 19 and rose to president of production.
In 2001, after a series of big-budget flops like Adam Sandler’s “Little Nicky” and Kevin Costner’s “13 Days,” DeLuca was sacked from the studio — and replaced by Toby Emmerich.
DeLuca then moved to DreamWorks before heading into film production. In 2020, he took over as chairman of MGM’s Motion Picture Group, following Jonathan Glickman’s departure after a nine-year tenure, and Abdy joined as the Motion Picture Group president shortly thereafter in April 2020.
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