Warner Bros. Sends 2021 Film Slate Simultaneously to Theaters and HBO Max

Extraordinary decision to make films available for a month on streamer reflects dire straits for theaters

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Warner Bros. will release its entire 2021 theatrical slate of films on streamer HBO Max the same day those films premiere in theaters, the company said today.

The extraordinary decision means an expected 17 films from the studio will simultaneously debut on the silver screen and the small screen next year, including high-profile sequels such as Godzilla vs. Kong, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, Space Jam: A New Legacy, The Suicide Squad and Matrix 4, as well as Sopranos prequel movie The Many Saints of Newark and the science-fiction thriller Dune, adapted from the Frank Herbert novels.

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