Sean Baker Says Filmmakers ‘Have to Put Foot Down’ Following Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal, Won’t ‘Go for the $150 Million Studio Thing’ Post ‘Anora’

Anora” director Sean Baker, who is at the Red Sea Film Festival as the head of the international jury, commented on the industry’s most burning current topic while speaking at the Jeddah-based event: Netflix agreeing to buy Warner Bros., including its film and TV studios, its gaming business, HBO Max and HBO.

The director said he “doesn’t think any of us should be commenting until we all know how [the deal] is going to play out,” but that “filmmakers have to put our foot down” when it comes to preserving three-month-minimum theatrical windows.

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