Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman’s firm T-Road has signed a two-picture producing deal with Warner Bros. Movement Image Group.

Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy, who took over because the studio’s co-chairs and CEOs in 2022, orchestrated the deal. It marks the producers’ first collaboration with Warner Bros., having beforehand labored with Lionsgate on the field workplace hit “Knives Out,” Netflix on its sequel “Glass Onion,” Disney on “Star Wars: The Final Jedi” and Focus Options on the neo-noir thriller “Brick.” It’s unclear if Johnson will direct both of the 2 movies that he’ll be overseeing at Warner Bros.

“Mike and Pam’s renewed dedication to unique storytelling and the theatrical expertise make Warner Bros. Discovery a great place to assist us convey the filmmakers we like to audiences all over the world on a grand scale,” stated Johnson and Bergman. “We’re thrilled to have them as companions.”

As producers, T-Road has not too long ago backed first-time director Chloe Domont’s firey office drama “Honest Play” and Wire Jefferson’s Oscar-winning satire “American Fiction.” After every of these movies premiered on the pageant circuit, “Honest Play” debuted instantly on Netflix whereas “American Fiction” was launched by Amazon MGM in theaters and earned $22 million globally. On the TV facet, the corporate has produced “Poker Face” with Natasha Lyonne and Netflix’s sequence “3 Physique Downside.” T-Road is presently gearing as much as make the third installment of “Knives Out.”

De Luca and Abdy beforehand ran MGM and left the studio after its sale to Amazon. The duo newly struck a pact for Tom Cruise to develop and produce unique and franchise movies at Warner Bros. Additionally they arrange Paul Thomas Anderson’s subsequent film, in addition to “Alto Knights,” a mob film with Robert De Niro.

“Rian and Ram are the masterminds of so many wildly entertaining movies and are an excellent artistic duo who might be proper at dwelling among the many Warner Bros. Movement Image Group household of storytellers who’re working to convey extra nice films to theatergoers globally,” stated De Luca and Abdy. “As Warner Bros. Discovery continues to spend money on the way forward for leisure for audiences of all ages, we’re past excited to have Rian and Ram right here with us.”

T -Road is represented by CAA and legal professional Stephen Clark.