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Releasing 'Tenet' is Now a $200 Million Gamble

Warner Brother is making Howard Ratner proud with this insane wager. The coronavirus pandemic has us all on edge. As restrictions ease and people try to go back to normal life, movie theaters are working to figure out what they can show and how they can show it. The biggest movie with chances of returning for people to watch is Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending original film Tenet. As of right now, Warner Brothers is planning on releasing the film in theaters in July, making it the first film since the COVID-19 pandemic to debut worldwide. While Nolan's track record speaks for itself, it's not just the draw of the audience but also the insane worry that comes with going to the theater that any release has to manage. Do people really want to be cooped up for a reportedly 3-hour and 15-minute movie? Even if it's spectacular, I can't imagine sitting near a stranger for that long. And when someone inevitably coughs...game over, man. But who knows what the world will look like in mid-July? Read More...

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Published By: NoFilmSchool - Tuesday, 26 May, 2020

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