Michael De Luca Warns About the Danger of Hollywood Cutting Development Funds for Original Material: ‘If You Cut Too Deep Your Pipeline Dries Up’

Michael De Luca Warns About the Danger of Hollywood Cutting Development Funds for Original Material: ‘If You Cut Too Deep Your Pipeline Dries Up’

Warner Bros. Pictures chief Michael De Luca offered a master class in being a studio executive during his session Saturday at the Produced By conference hosted by the Producers Guild of America. “The North Star [is] the relentless pursuit of new talent and fresh voices, and a way to refresh the pipeline, because if you don’t look for new voices and new talent, and you rely on what’s worked before, innovation dies within your organization,” De …