{"id":585077,"date":"2026-04-15T05:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T05:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/585077\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T05:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T05:11:11","slug":"warner-bros-michael-de-luca-pam-abdy-mum-on-paramount-on-cinemacon-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/585077\/","title":{"rendered":"Warner Bros.’ Michael De Luca & Pam Abdy Mum On Paramount On CinemaCon Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tMichael De Luca and Pam Abdy<\/a>, co chairs and co-CEOs of Warner Bros.<\/a> Motion Pictures Group, took the stage Tuesday at CinemaCon<\/a> at a potential crossroads for the storied studio, whose parent has a deal to sell itself to Paramount<\/a>. They didn\u2019t mention the pending deal but recalled how they\u2019ve built up the Warners slate from just six releases in 2022 when they arrived to 11 last year with major hits from Sinners to One Battle After Another to Weapons.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cThat is what committing to originality can get you. And that does not happen without all of you. We want to thank you for the incredible support that you have shown for our entire slate,\u201d the duo told theater owners from the stage at the big annual exhibition conference in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cWe have no intention of slowing down\u201d production, De Luca said. \u201cNow, it\u2019s 14. And in 2027 we are hopefully looking at 18.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tParamount<\/a> CEO David Ellison has said he expects the merger to close in the third quarter, but it has kicked up an enormous backlash in the creative community, which fears fewer films and TV shows and major job cuts. Over 1,000 creatives signed an open letter<\/a> to that effect this week. The CinemaCon crowd is unhappy as well with the head of its host organization warning in remarks this morning<\/a> of a dangerous consolidation of power.<\/p>\n

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\n\tEllison has pushed back on critics<\/a>, saying the industry has changed, promising a combined 30 movies a year<\/a> and vowing to be a good steward.<\/p>\n

\n\tThere was speculation as to whether he\u2019d appear in Vegas but it seems not as the deal still needs approval by Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders and regulatory approvals overseas.<\/p>\n

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\n\tRELATED: Warner Bros. Confirms New Specialty Label, Clockwork; Sean Baker\u2019s \u2018Ti Amo!\u2019 Is First Pic \u2013 CinemaCon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy, co chairs and co-CEOs of Warner Bros. Motion Pictures Group, took the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585078,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[232746,88,234046,120970,4208,5251],"class_list":{"0":"post-585077","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-cinemacon","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-mike-de-luca","11":"tag-pam-abdy","12":"tag-paramount","13":"tag-warner-bros"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}