The editor-in-chief at GQ who was concerned within the determination to drag an article essential about Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav can be producing a film at Warner Bros. Photos, in keeping with a brand new report by Variety.
On Monday, GQ ran a narrative by freelance film critic Jason Bailey titled “How Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav Turned Public Enemy Quantity One in Hollywood.” As The Washington Post detailed earlier as we speak, the article was edited from its unique model and later pulled after Bailey requested for his byline to be faraway from it. The Put up reported that the choice to edit the piece got here after people at Warner Bros. Discovery complained to the journal in regards to the story, which in its unique model in contrast Zaslav to “Succession” character Logan Roy and to Richard Gere’s businessman character in “Fairly Girl.”
Nonetheless, as Selection reported, one of many people contacted was reportedly GQ Editor-in-Chief Will Welch, who can be connected as a producer to a movie arrange at Warner Bros. referred to as “The Nice Chinese language Artwork Heist.” The movie is to be directed by “Depraved” and “Loopy Wealthy Asians” filmmaker Jon M. Chu, with a script by Ken Cheng, Jessica Gao, and Jimmy O. Yang; it’s primarily based on a 2018 GQ article.
A Warner Bros. Photos consultant didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark about whether or not the challenge continues to be in improvement on the studio or if Welch stays connected as a producer. Nonetheless, a Warner Bros. Discovery rep advised Selection that nobody on the company stage was conscious of Welch’s ties to the film studio.
As for the choice in regards to the edits to the piece, a Warner Bros. Discovery spokesperson mentioned Bailey didn’t attain out for touch upon the piece earlier than publishing.
“The freelance reporter made no try to achieve out to Warner Bros. Discovery to fact-check the substance of the piece earlier than publishing — a regular follow for any respected information outlet. As can be customary follow, we contacted the outlet and requested that quite a few inaccuracies be corrected. Within the strategy of doing so, the editors in the end determined to drag the piece,” a WBD spokesperson advised IndieWire.
“A chunk printed by GQ on Monday was not correctly edited earlier than going reside. After a revision was printed, the author of the piece requested to have their byline eliminated, at which level GQ determined to unpublish the piece in query. GQ regrets the editorial error that led to a narrative being printed earlier than it was prepared,” a spokesperson for GQ advised Selection.
GQ didn’t instantly reply to IndieWire’s request for remark. A rep for Chu didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
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