Warner Brothers' 2021 release schedule is a glimpse at the future of cinema

Streaming is here to stay

In September, after a handful of delays, Warner Bros. released Christopher Nolan’s big, time-twisty blockbuster Tenet into theaters. The movie, everyone at the studio was saying, was going to herald the big return of films to theaters.

As if wishing it would make it so.

The film has pulled in a worldwide total of just shy of $360 million, a far cry from…