Christopher Nolan: HBO Max is the worst streaming service

Tenet has condemned director Christopher Nola Stunning announcement from WarnerMedia It will release 2021 films open in its theaters on the same day on HBO Max.

“Some of the biggest filmmakers and movie stars in our industry fell asleep the night before thinking they were working for some great movie studios and woke up to find out they were working for the worst streaming service.” The Hollywood Reporter.

“Warner Bros. had an incredible machine to do the work of filmmakers everywhere, both in theaters and at home, and they are eliminating it as we speak. They don’t even understand what they are losing. There is no economic benefit from their decision. Even the most casual and street investor can see the difference between crash and inactivity. “

Nolan has a long-standing relationship with the Warner Bros., which began in 2005 with Batman Begins and continued until his latest film. Tenet.

But the scientific action thriller, the first Hollywood tent-pole to open in theaters in September Nationwide epidemic Shutdown, but also failed to break, War reportedly lost 100 million Warner Bros.

Warnermedia’s decision last week marks the latest in a series of titanic changes to the film’s release, thank you Nationwide epidemic of corona virus. Studios and cinemas are experimenting with new release strategies that could have been unimaginable a year ago, especially for expensive films. Wonder Woman, Dune And The Matrix.

But Warner Bros. ‘The decision to release a full year release of his film Slate online at the same time in theaters is still the most seismic shift.

As for the HBO Max, the streamer could not set the streaming world exactly when it launched in May, drawing 8 million subscribers by the end of September, according to the report. By comparison, Disney Plus, with its Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars content, has 10 million subscribers in its first day live. By September, that number had risen to 73 million.

Nolan will raise his voice in response to Warner Bros. ‘The decision, in an interview with ET, was self-inflicted.

“Oh, I mean, distrust,” he said, describing his response. “Especially the way they did it. There’s this kind of controversy around it, because they didn’t tell anyone.”

“In 2021, they met some of the world’s top filmmakers, they got some of the world’s biggest stars, who worked on these projects over the years, very close to their hearts. -Screen experiences. They will mean as wide an audience as possible. … and now they are used as a loss-leader for a streaming service – for a losing streaming service – without any consultation. “

Warnermedia and Nola did not immediately respond to a request for comment.