Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman’s T-Street have signed a two-film production deal with Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group.
Michael De Luca and Pam Abdi, who took over as co-presidents and CEOs of the studio in 2022, coordinated the deal. This marks the producers’ first collaboration with Warner Bros., having previously worked with Lionsgate on the box office hit “Knives Out,” Netflix on its sequel “Glass Onion,” and Disney on “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” and Focus Features on. New thriller “Brick”. It’s not clear if Johnson will direct either of the films he will oversee at Warner Bros.
“Mike and Pam’s renewed commitment to original storytelling and the theatrical experience makes Warner Bros. Discovery an ideal place to help us bring the filmmakers we love to audiences around the world at scale,” Johnson and Bergman said. “We are pleased to have them as partners.”
As producers, T-Street recently backed first-time director Chloe Dumont’s fiery drama “Fair Play” and Oscar-winning director Cord Jefferson’s satire “American Fiction.” After each of these films debuted on the festival circuit, “Fair Play” debuted directly on Netflix while “American Fiction” was released by Amazon MGM theatrically and grossed $22 million globally. On the television side, the company produced “Poker Face” with Natasha Lyonne and the Netflix series “3 Body Issues.” T-Street is currently preparing to release the third part of the movie “Knives Out”.
De Luca and Abdy previously ran MGM and left the studio after it was sold to Amazon. The duo recently inked a deal with Tom Cruise to develop and produce original films and franchises at Warner Bros. They also set up Paul Thomas Anderson’s next film, as well as “Alto Knights,” a mob thriller with Robert De Niro.
“Ryan and Ram are the masterminds of so many highly entertaining films, and they are a wonderful creative duo who will be right at home among the family of storytellers at Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group working to bring more great films to theatergoers globally,” he said. Di Luca and Abdi. “As Warner Bros. Discovery continues to invest in the future of entertainment for audiences of all ages, we are very excited to have Ryan and Ram here with us.”
T-Street is represented by CAA and attorney Stephen Clark.