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- Warner Bros has reupped Walter Hamada as president of DC Films. He will continue to oversee the DC film slate, along with features produced for the HBO Max streaming platform. Terms of the new deal were not disclosed, but Hamada’s new contract runs through 2023.
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Oct 19, 2022 · October 19, 2022 7:30am. Walter Hamada. 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...
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Aug 5, 2022 · Amid the shelving of the HBO Max film Batgirl and the clear desire of Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav to find new leadership for the DC universe, DC Films president Walter...
Oct 19, 2022 · Published Oct 19, 2022. DC Films president Walter Hamada will exit his post and Warner Bros Discovery brand entirely after a 15-year run with the production house. 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.
- Warner Bros. Discovery is still looking for its Kevin Feige.
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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.
Want to read more about DC? Check out the DC properties affected by the Warner Bros. Discovery merger and find out why Warner Bros. Discovery is keen to make a Man of Steel sequel.
Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.
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Oct 19, 2022 · Published Oct 19, 2022. Hamada says goodbye to Warner Bros after 15 years. Images via DC. Walter Hamada has officially stepped down as the head of DC Films at Warner Bros. Discovery....
Jan 5, 2021 · Walter Hamada has signed a multi-year deal extension to remain president of DC Films, insiders tell Variety. The extension is through 2023, one individual familiar with the talks noted....
According to The Hollywood Reporter, his overseeing of the DC film Shazam! (2019) at New Line impressed Toby Emmerich, the then-President and chief content officer of Warner Bros. Pictures. In January 2021, he signed an extension to his contract with DC Films until 2023.
