RE: ‘Dune’ Producer Legendary Entertainment May Sue Warner Bros. Over HBO Max Deal7 Dec 2020 22:11
This is exactly what the AMC CEO was pointing to with his comments on Friday.
"“Clearly, Warner Media intends to sacrifice a considerable portion of the profitability of its movie studio division, and that of its production partners and filmmakers, to subsidize its HBO Max start up,” Aron continued. “As for AMC, we will do all in our power to ensure that Warner does not do so at our expense. We will aggressively pursue economic terms that preserve our business.“
I give it a week after the US FDA announce Emergency Use Authority on the Pfizer vaccine for Warner Bros to backtrack on their decision and if both AMC and Cineworld say they won't show any films that breach the theatre window then the producers will only become more discontent and litigous.