DUNE director Denis Villeneuve disagrees with Warner Bros. decision to stream on 'HBO Max'

DUNE from WARNER BROS. The studio announced that in 2021. They will stream their new movies both on "HBO Max" and in theaters. That decision didn't go over well with film directors of their movies. Denis Villeneuve helmed "Dune" whose film will premiere October 2021. He wrote a biting article in "Variety."

He says, "I learned in the news that Warner Bros. has decided to release “Dune” on HBO Max at the same time as our theatrical release, using prominent images from our movie to promote their streaming service. With this decision AT&T has hijacked one of the most respectable and important studios in film history." 

"There is absolutely no love for cinema, nor for the audience here. It is all about the survival of a telecom mammoth, one that is currently bearing an astronomical debt of more than $150 billion. Therefore, even though 'Dune' is about cinema and audiences, AT&T is about its own survival on Wall Street. With HBO Max’s launch a failure thus far, AT&T decided to sacrifice Warner Bros.’ entire 2021 slate in a desperate attempt to grab the audience’s attention...."

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(Denis Villeneuve. Photo by Stephen Lovekin for Variety).