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In attempt to lure Nolan back to WB they cut him a check for his Tenet fees (that he turned down) in order to get him to come back from Universal....

Posted by Remlik (aka Remlik) Oct 16 '24, 11:14

it didnt work

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/christopher-nolan-new-movie-rejected-warner-bros-1236179734/?fbclid=IwY2xjawF84VFleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHenU5fezeViJrNr-yZTGP3A8g9dTV9JrdP8NmsHq1KZm-4MdOR45VmPSIg_aem_slXYpO4r9GobAZEqN56bJQ (variety.com)

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I wonder what he considers the correct marketing strategy for a film as shitty as Tenet. -- nm - David Oct 16, 11:58 8
- And this is some fucking revisionist trash right here. It might be sexist and racist, too. - David Oct 16, 12:06 3
  - yeah that stood out to me as well. That was a really bad paragraph -- nm - Remlik Oct 16, 12:39
  - Tim Burton's Black Panther would not have been as good. But what about Tim Burton's Barbie? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 16, 12:13 1
    - (They would have saved so much on the budget by using second hand toys thenselves) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 16, 12:14
- waiting until theaters were actually open to selling tickets, for starters -- nm - mr mooch Oct 16, 12:01 3
  - Sure, that was the missing link for a terrible film. -- nm - David Oct 16, 12:05 2
    - Oppenheimer was bad and still made a billion dollars -- nm - mr mooch Oct 16, 12:07 1
      - When you have to lie with your argument, you know you've lost. -- nm - David Oct 16, 12:17
to be clear, their position was “we’ll give you millions in royalties we already owe you, as a little treat” -- nm - mr mooch Oct 16, 11:18 1
- "we can always accrue a couple hundred million of Executive salaries and bonuses against your movies...poof that profit is now a loss" -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 16, 11:26
Well—Joker 2 was disrespectful to Nolan -- nm - Trending Oct 16, 11:15

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