Netflix has reportedly told Warner Bros . Discovery brass that the streamer will release the Burbank lot’s movies in theaters, should a merger of the two conglomerates go through.

Bloomberg reported on the news.

Sources tell Deadline that it makes sense that Netflix would be required to meet filmmaker contractual obligations from movies absorbed from a potential merger. However, what happens thereafter following a Netflix purchase of Warner Bros, remains unknown.

Netflix has used theatrical to qualify auteur driven movies like Alfonso Cuaron’s multi-Oscar winner Roma and Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman for Academy Awards consideration. The streamer, which has largely resisted committing to a wide global theatrical release for even their most expensive $200M-plus movies like Red O

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