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Nolan, whose thriller "Tenet" was released by
Warner Bros earlier this year, said the work of top talent was
being used "as a loss leader for the streaming service."
"There's such controversy around it, because they didn't tell
anyone," Nolan told TV show Entertainment Tonight in an
interview released on Monday.
In the unprecedented announcement last week, Warner Bros said
all its 2021 movies, including potential blockbusters like
"Godzilla vs Kong" and "The Suicide Squad," will be available on
HBO Max for one month starting on the same day they hit
theaters.
"They've got some of the top filmmakers in the world, they've
got some of the biggest stars in the world who worked for years
in some cases on these projects very close to their hearts that
are meant to be big-screen experiences," Nolan said.
"And now they're being used as a loss-leader for the streaming
service - for the fledgling streaming service - without any
consultation," he told ET.
Warner Bros on Monday had no comment on Nolan's remarks.
HBO Max was launched in May and competes in a streaming market
that includes Disney+ and Netflix.
In a separate statement to the Hollywood Reporter, Nolan called
HBO Max "the worst streaming service" and said the Warner Bros
plan "makes no economic sense."
Nolan said he believed that movie going would bounce back in the
long term once coronavirus vaccines were widely available and
movie theaters that have been shuttered around the world could
reopen.
"What you have right now in our business is a lot of the use of
the pandemic as an excuse for sort of grappling for short-term
advantage," he told Entertainment Tonight.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Christopher Cushing)
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