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Oct 19, 2022 · After 15 years at Warner Bros and four as the president of DC Films, Walter Hamada has finally left the Burbank, CA lot. Sources tell Deadline the exec is waiting for the senior Warner Bros...
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Oct 19, 2022 · Hollywood super-boss Walter Hamada is leaving the Warner Bros. brand after 15 years as an executive and nearly four years as the President of DC Films. Hamada is an award-winning producer and business magnate that built up his career producing horror.
Aug 5, 2022 · Warner Bros. DC Films president Walter Hamada has come to the verge of exiting the studio amid the shelving of the HBO Max film 'Batgirl.'
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By Ryan Leston
Posted: Oct 19, 2022 3:40 pm
DCEU chief and DC Films president Walter Hamada has reportedly left the building.
According to Deadline, the long-running DC producer has exited Warner Bros. Discovery after fifteen years at the company.
Hamada has been in charge of DC’s big screen output since 2018 – a contract that was renewed in 2021 that should have taken Hamada through until 2023. However, according to Deadline's sources, it looks as though the company’s new management following the Warner Bros. Discovery merger wants him out sooner.
Given that Warner Bros. Discovery has been openly searching for its own Kevin Feige, perhaps it was only a matter of time. That post is said to have gone to The Lego Movie producer, Dan Lin but it’s not quite a done deal. According to Deadline's inside sources, Hamada has been expecting his exit for some time, with his office packed up and ready, while he has not been part of any recent DC creative meetings.
Although the DC universe faltered many times, Hamada is credited for some of its biggest hits, including the recent Peacemaker series – a spin-off from James Gunn’s soft reboot of The Suicide Squad.
Hamada was reportedly offered a producing deal but turned it down. And though he was ready to exit after the Batgirl fiasco, it’s said that Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy convinced him to stay on to at least see Black Adam through.
What happens next in the DC universe remains to be seen, but for now at least, DC is leaderless and Warner Bros. Discover CEO David Zaslav is yet to find his Kevin Feige.
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Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.
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Oct 19, 2022 · Walter Hamada, the longtime head honcho of the DC Films banner under Warner Bros. Pictures, has officially exited his role at the studio, Deadline confirmed Wednesday.
Oct 19, 2022 · Walter Hamada has officially stepped down as the head of DC Films at Warner Bros. Discovery. Hamada worked for Warner Bros. for over 15 years, and served as the President of DC Films...
In January 2018, after Justice League underperformed critically and commercially, Warner Bros. appointed Hamada as the President for DC-based film production at Warner Bros. Pictures. In this capacity he oversaw production of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) and other DC-based films.
