Dune producer Legendary leaves Warner Bros., purchasing itself round

Shocker: There are issues at Warner Bros. Discovery. There appear to be nothing however issues at Warner Bros. currently, from the cancellation of Batgirl to the dumping of quite a lot of programming off HBO Max to the persevering with story of Ezra Miller, jet-setting menace. What’s another?

And this can be a huge one. In response to Deadline, Legendary — the studio behind Dune and the latest rash of Godzilla/King Kong films — is purchasing itself round to different studios now that its cope with Warner Bros. has expired and it apparently didn’t like the brand new provide that Warner Bros. made. If Legendary does depart, it could possibly be a giant deal, since Dune and the MonsterVerse had been an essential a part of the Warner Bros. catalog.

Legendary is reportedly in talks with Sony and Paramount. That stated, Warner Bros. has been right here earlier than. It first teamed up with Legendary in 2005; between then and 2014, Legendary produced the Darkish Knight trilogy, Pacific Rim, and extra. Then they labored with Common for some time earlier than returning to Warner Bros. to launch Detective Pikachu in 2019. So perhaps that is simply one other cycle.

Legendary Photos could depart Warner Bros. behind

That stated, issues are altering at Warner Bros. To begin, it’s now Warner Bros. Discovery after its latest merger, and is now headed up by CEO David Zaslav, who’s behind among the studio’s most up-to-date controversial choices. Perhaps it’s time for Legendary to alter too.

It’s additionally potential that Legendary remains to be smarting from the pandemic-era, pre-Zaslav choice to launch films like Dune concurrently in theaters and on HBO Max. In any case, for unusual viewers, this most likely gained’t imply a lot; Dune: Half 2 will nonetheless come out in the end, no matter who distributes it. For Warner Bros., it may imply quite a bit, however we’ll have to attend and look ahead to the small print.

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