“Wonder Woman 1984” was the start of Warner Bros.’ year-long experiment with releasing movies in theaters and on HBO Max simultaneously; but while director Patty Jenkins said it was a necessary move, she hopes she can “avoid it forever.”
Jenkins was asked about the day-and-date decision as part of a panel on Thursday at CinemaCon, and her remarks were met with applause by the audience of movie theater owners. Releasing “WW84” was the “best choice in a bunch of bad choices at the moment,” she said, given that COVID-19 vaccines had yet to receive emergency approval and the film’s Christmas Day release coincided with the biggest spike in infections in the U.S.
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