What this means for his long-rumoured trilogy is unsure, but news arrives that Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman’s company T-Street has signed a two-picture producing deal with Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group. No word on whether Johnson will direct either of these projects, but it does mean he’ll have as consistent home after projects for Disney, Netflix and Lionsgate.
Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy, who took over as the studio’s co-chairs and CEOs in 2022, orchestrated the deal. It marks the producers’ first collaboration with Warner Bros., having previously worked with Lionsgate on the box office hit “Knives Out,” Netflix on its sequel “Glass Onion,” Disney on “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” and Focus Features on the neo-noir thriller “Brick.” It’s unclear if Johnson will direct either of the two films that he’ll be overseeing at Warner Bros.
“Mike and Pam’s renewed commitment to original storytelling and the theatrical experience make Warner Bros. Discovery an ideal place to help us bring the filmmakers we love to audiences around the world on a grand scale,” said Johnson and Bergman. “We’re thrilled to have them as partners.”
Life and illness has meant we’ve not had a regular edition of Making Tracks for a couple of weeks, but there will be one this week as we meet up at Megacon in Birmingham for an as-live episode, where we’ll be sure to discuss this and all the latest news.