Warner Bros. took the stage at CinemaCon this morning with Warner Bros Domestic Distribution Chief Jeff Goldstein and International Distribution Cheif Andrew Cripps hosting. The duo donned pink suits in tribute to this summer's much-anticipated film "Barbie".
"Hello, everybody, we're both tickled pink," Goldstein said.
The pair went on to talk about the success of "Evil Dead Rise" premiering this past weekend, as well as taking a look at the legacy of their former colleague MGM's Erik Lomis.
They played a sizzle reel celebrating their 100years with flashes of Elvis, Inception, A Star Is Born, Man of Steel, Mad Max Fury Road, Great Gatsby, and others while Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling in Love With You" played in the background.
Warner Discovery CEO David Zaslav also took the stage, saying, "We tell the stories, and you bring the people in." He went on talk about his time at the company and how he's seen so many ideas come to life.
"Mike (DeLuca and Pam Abdy) and I were sitting in a room with James Gunn and he was writing the Superman script," said Zaslav; the filmmaker telling the Boss how the DC universe was his family growing up.
He also spoke about the loss of Harry Belafonte, saying "I wanted to pay tribute to him who like Sidney (Poitier), inspired me."
Touching on what CinemaCon is all about, Zaslav said, "I'm convinced, there is no other place to see a motion picture, to have impacts on all parts of the world…we believe in full windowing of the business, we don't believe in streaming. We're in no rush to bring movies to Max." He added, "We're a storytelling company, we're not in the broadband business, we're not in the phone business." He went on to ask theatre owners to help bring people back to theatres.
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