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Michael De Luca

Pam Abdy, Mike De Luca

Hollywood’s Heroes of the Year Are… The Warner Bros. Duo

In 2025, Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy went from dead executives walking to a six-month stretch of blockbusters and Oscar contenders that silenced the town and offered a middle finger to their boss, David Zaslav. In an era when I.P. has taken over Hollywood, and their studio has been sold to Netflix (or Paramount?), they decided to go out swinging…
Matthew Belloni • December 30, 2025
Kim Masters • August 18, 2025
One Call Changed Zach Cregger’s Life
Zach Cregger
A lively conversation with horror’s new reigning duo, writer-director Cregger and producer Roy Lee, on the ‘Weapons’ bidding war, their new twist on ‘Resident Evil,’ and a fateful early-morning phone conversation.
Scott Mendelson • August 12, 2025
So, Who Gets the Credit for Warner Bros.?
Warner Bros Weapons
David Zaslav’s once-flailing movie studio has notched its sixth straight $40 million-plus opening weekend, including two of the three top earners of the year. In simple terms, Warners’ hot streak comes from placing smart bets and making the most of them, but there’s always an asterisk in the new tangled Hollywood calculus.
David Zaslav, James Gunn
Matthew Belloni • June 12, 2025
Is Warner Bros. Ready for Its Close-Up?
'Superman' (or any single movie) won’t move a media company’s stock price like its overall television business does. But now that David Zaslav is spinning off his linear assets, there’s about to be a lot more pressure on the film studio to perform.
sinners movie
Scott Mendelson • April 22, 2025
Is ‘Sinners’ a Winner?
The Ryan Coogler period horror-drama won the weekend, the Cinemascores, and word of mouth despite its unusual deal framework and the anxiety around Warner Bros. Here’s what Sinners says about the state of the business.
sinners movie
Kim Masters • April 14, 2025
The Mike-and-Pam Respite & Ellison’s Strange Structure
The latest industry chatter surrounding ‘Sinners’ and the murky timeline for Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy’s potential exit from Warner Bros.; a likely org chart wrinkle for Paramount under David Ellison; and why many in town are speculating about the ascent of Josh D’Amaro in the Disney C.E.O. sweepstakes.
Minecraft Movie
Scott Mendelson • April 8, 2025
Minecraft Games
A Jack Black video game tentpole offered up the year’s brightest box office., and saved Mike and Pam’s jobs—for now. So what went right with the ‘Minecraft’ movie?
De Luca, Abdy, Zaslav
Kim Masters • March 11, 2025
Can Mike & Pam Survive at Warners?
As Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy’s first full slate for Warner Bros. hits theaters, the talk around town is about the studio’s big budgets, risky bets, and how David Zaslav, a notorious belt-tightener, let his deputies spend so much.
Todd Phillips
Matthew Belloni • October 8, 2024
‘Joker 2’ Was a Flex, Not a Sabotage
‘Folie á Deux’ may repulse moviegoers, but Todd Phillips isn’t inflicting self-harm or sabotaging Warner Bros., he’s showing off his clout as a billion-dollar grosser.
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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.