Earlier, we reported about the deal where Netflix would acquire Warner Bros in a transaction worth $82.7 billion. The Netflix-Warner Bros deal also applies to the latter's television and film assets, namely HBO and HBO Max. Therefore, film personalities around the world have concerns regarding its potential impact on the theatrical business. The latest to talk about the Netflix-Warner Bros deal is actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Having boggled our minds as a character levitating in a hotel hallway in Christopher Nolan's Inception, Gordon-Levitt knows a thing or two about what it means to watch a film in a theatre. Speaking to Variety at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the actor said that there is no substitute to the communal experience that comes with watching a film in a theatre. "It is a big part of what makes us human I believe. I hope against hope that that will keep happening," the actor said about the experience thereof in light of the deal between Netflix and Warner Bros.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt argued that a particular company cannot change the way we consume cinema. He also said that it is ultimately up to people to decide whether or not to watch films in theatres. The actor recommended watching films in theatres, championing the cause just like his Inception filmmaker Christopher Nolan has been doing for all these years.
Meanwhile, Netflix has promised that it would keep supporting the theatrical release of Warner Bros films. Coming back to Gordon-Levitt, the actor most recently appeared in a direct-to-streaming release, Prime Video's Killer Heat.
