Matt Damon, Christopher Nolan, and Anne Hathaway posing together at The Odyssey New York premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater
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Warner Bros Lost $50 Million on Nolan’s Tenet, Panicked, and Made a Call That Has Since Sent $1.2 Billion to Their Rival Universal

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The story of how one studio decision cost Warner Bros. its most bankable director — and handed a fortune to a competitor — starts with a single pandemic-era gamble.

Christopher Nolan spent 20 years making Warner Bros. its biggest hits. Then the studio put his peers’ films on streaming without a warning, and he walked out the door with the next Best Picture winner in his back pocket.

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Nadia Santiago

Nadia Santiago is a writer who lives between the clouds and the coastline, and writes about all the things your heart knows but your mouth can never quite say.