WONDER WOMAN 
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING 
OCEAN'S 8 
What a difference a blockbuster makes.“Wonder Woman,” the comic-book global juggernaut about the do-gooding warrior princess, has lifted spirits around the Warner Bros. lot and reenergized the struggling DC Comics cinematic universe, which many critics and fanboys had written off. “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “Suicide Squad” may have grossed a combined $1.6 billion globally, but the consensus was they were dark, dour and creatively inert. “Wonder Woman,” with its message of female empowerment, has been a panacea,...
Warner Bros. Pictures
Toby
Emmerich
Chairman, Warner Bros. Pictures Group
In January, Emmerich survived a lengthy corporate bake-off against marketing chief Sue Kroll to become head of the pictures group. The veteran executive is tasked with helping Warner Bros. revitalize its under-performing slate of DC films. Emmerich enjoyed a sizzling run at the summer box office, riding on the success of “The Meg” and “Crazy Rich Asians,” while demonic scarefest “The Nun” kicked off the fall season on a high note. The studio hopes the eagerly awaited “A Star Is Born” will be an awards magnet. Looming over it all is the challenge of appeasing a new corporate parent with little Hollywood experience, as AT&T finalized its acquisition of Time Warner, Warners’ former parent company. Emmerich, who came aboard in 1992, previously ran New Line.
