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Toby Emmerich Takes Over Warner Bros. Studios as Corporate Shake-Up Continues

Published Tue, 09 Jan 2018 13:56:07 -0600

Warner Bros. continues to shuffle the deck chairs on the Titanic following the disastrous performance of Justice League in 2017 and as the company prepares to battle the government over the right to make sweet corporate love down by the fire with AT&T. We've already seen former DC Films head Jon Berg pay the ultimate price for Justice League's failure to perform at the box office, with Walter Hamada named as his replacement. Now, more major changes have rocked even higher levels at the studio as a lawsuit from the Justice Department attempting to block the merger heads to court.

According to a report from sandwich-themed Hollywood gossip blog The Wrap, Toby Emmerich has been promoted to Chairman of the Warner Bros Motion Picture Group. Warner Bros CEO Kevin Tsujihara will "step back" from running day to day operations at the studio, though he retains his position, and former President Sue Kroll will step down and take on a producer role. Her duties will be covered by Blair Rich, new president of worldwide marketing, and Ron Sanders, new president of worldwide distribution, both reporting to Emmerich.

"We need to constantly adapt our operations to stay ahead of [these] changes, while preserving our creative excellence," said Tsujihara in a statement. "Bringing together film and home entertainment marketing and distribution will allow us to strategically manage film titles through their entire lifecycle. We'll be better able to respond to consumer demand, while still creating unique theatrical and home entertainment experiences, and provide increased benefits to our filmmaking, exhibition and retail partners."

Would any of this have ever happened if Warner Bros. had just released the Snyder Cut? We may never find out for sure, but we're pretty sure we know the answer.