Pamela Abdy

It will make a lot of money for Warner Brothers, but that's not enough.

And as the, uh, Mike and Pam Abdy are the studio heads, and they were dismissed by the new brass.

Uh, and 10 months ago, nine months ago, they were g- grabbing Best Picture, Best Director, Screenplay, Actor, uh, uh, and, and so much more.

I think Supporting Actor, uh, for, for, for, for Weapons as well.

And Dan Buckley put these together thinking and telling everybody who would listen, "This is gonna turn us around." Then he was then removed, just like Mike and Pam, who when "Lord of the Rings" comes out next week, "The Hunt for Go-" I mean, next week.

[laughs] Sorry.

When "Lord of the Rings" comes out in 2027 and is a giant hit, that is Mike and Pam Abdy who put that work into it.

But whoever is sitting in that chair will get to stand, walk in front of it, and take the accolades.

Uh, the biggest shift, however, and the one that makes me the most nervous personally, is that the heads of feature films over at Warner Brothers are being kicked out.

Uh, Pam Abdy-

Mm

... and Mike De Luca, who have been there since 2022 and have finally been able to start getting their vision for Warner Brothers out last year when Warner Brothers had that incredible, incredible run of films, they're not being brought over.

Who knows, who knows what's really going on? I- I'm just a little bit disappointed because the people who are going to be in charge now, whose names I cannot remember off the top of my head, they have been at Paramount for a little bit, and the stuff that Paramount has been making versus what Warner Brothers has been making is really not comparable.

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.shut out Pam Abdy and Mike De Luca in favor of the Paramount people, it gets me a little bit worried personally.

Yeah.

He was at Fox, Makers, and Endemol before that, so he has entertainment experience.

Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein, the current heads of Paramount, are expected to take broader control of the film operation with Pam Abdy and Mike De Luca out at WBD.

Diane Glasgow came over from Meta Facebook to a senior product role.

Taken together, this doesn't just look like bring in some tech people.

Ellison is expected to focus on strategy, creative direction, and technology, while Kreiz handles more of the day-to-day operations and integration of these two enormous companies.

And we're already seeing the leadership shakeup, right? Warner Brother film chiefs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy are reportedly out, who just had stellar couple years with number one movies, making Warner Brothers a powerhouse at the box office again.

They are out, and other pieces of the company are already being reorganized.

But DC appears to be a very different story.

In fact, it started on Saturday, September 19th [laughs].

Now, an infamous date in Alejandro Inarritu and potentially Tom Cruise's careers, uh, and certainly for Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy.

We're gonna talk about them.

So yes, that was the date of the very first press screenings for Digger.

This happened on the weekend that David Ellison announced that the deal was done for him to control Paramount and Warner Brothers, which of course is releasing Digger.

Ah.

And a fitting weekend for Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy to be callously shown the door, hearing about their dismissal for weeks via town gossip and then the press, only for Ellison to make it official with a tense exchange, uh, as they went into the weekend.

Now, was 2025 an incredible year for De Luca and Abdy? It sure was, which many people online are bringing up, but you're only as good as your most recent performance, and wow, has 2026 been a [censored] show for the duo.

Paramount would invite the duo to stay on post-merger.

Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy are out of WB.

Mm.

Paramount's John Greenstein and Dana Goldberg will oversee both studios.

Over budgets to 180, and this morning it became official, even though you were tweeting about it last night.

Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy, they are now out at Warner Brothers.

They will not be the studio heads heading into what will be called Skydance as the overlord.

I'm guessing they're gonna keep their brand recognition as, you know, tiles and all that underneath, but it's still depressing all around.