The Village Roadshow is suing Warner Bros. over the simultaneous release of The Matrix Resurrections, according to an exclusive report in The Wall Street Journal (that is hidden behind a paywall). The primary complaint of the lawsuit relates to Warner Media chief Jason Kilar's "Project Popcorn," a pandemic era initiative that offered all of Warner Bros.' 2021 theatrical releases simultaneously on HBO Max for the first 31 days of theatrical release. According to the WSJ report, although Warner Bros. paid out over $200 million in new compensation to people talent in the 2021 theatrical line-up, including The Little Things, The Suicide Squad, and Reminiscence; however, people involved with The Matrix Resurrections (at least not Village Roadshow) did not receive the same additional compensation.
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