Sphere Studios Head Carolyn Blackwood On How They’re Repackaging IP For Their Unique Theaters: “It’s A Brand New Medium”

Carolyn Blackwood, the former longtime Warner Bros. executive who now heads Sphere Studios, lived through the boom-and-bust DVD era. Sphere’s approach to cinema, by comparison, has more staying power and potential, she says, because it involves much more than repackaging familiar images on shiny new discs.

“It’s not like we were remastering it for the Criterion Collection,” she says of last year’s release of a re-conceived, tech-fueled version of The Wizard of Oz. “Our goal and purpose is creating these unforgettable experiences. They’re intended to be their own thing.”

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