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Michael De Luca

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Scott Mendelson • August 27, 2024

Assessing MGM Under Amazon Rule

From August 2022, when Amazon officially acquired MGM, through to this past weekend’s flop Blink Twice, the studio released copious features greenlit by predecessors Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy. So, how’d they do? Not great… but not awful considering the grim new normal.
Matthew Belloni • November 13, 2023
Warners Reverses Course in ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Fight
Warner Bros. film chiefs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy
In a surprising about-face, Warner Bros. executives will allow the filmmakers of Coyote vs. Acme, a $70 million live action/CGI hybrid Looney Tunes film, to shop the movie to other potential distributors.
Matthew Belloni • June 2, 2022
Warner Bros. Goes All In on Disney
Zaslav
David Zaslav would like nothing more than to replicate the Marvel miracle, to mine the archives for new franchises and compete with Pixar on animation. But DC isn’t Marvel, and new WB film chiefs Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy will need more than just Igerian ambition to compete.