Warner Bros. Pictures today unveiled Warner Bros. Clockwork, its new specialty film label, along with the division’s first acquisition, “TI AMO!,” from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Sean Baker.
Warner Bros. Clockwork has acquired global distribution rights to the film, excluding France, and will release it in theaters globally in 2027.
“TI AMO!” marks Sean Baker’s highly anticipated follow-up to the Palme d’Or-winning “Anora,” for which he made Oscar history by winning four Academy Awards: best director, best original screenplay, best film editing and best picture.
Baker will write, direct, edit, cast and produce, reteaming with “Anora” producers Alex Coco and Samantha Quan. The team’s production companies, Cre Film and Rapt Film, are producing, and the film is financed by FilmNation Entertainment.
Led by former Neon film executive Christian Parkes, Warner Bros. Clockwork is a home for singular filmmakers who powerfully connect with audiences theatrically around the world. The label builds on Warner Bros.’ longstanding legacy of producing socially relevant, provocative and culturally resonant cinema for global audiences.
“Sean Baker is an artist who embodies everything we believe in at Clockwork, and ‘TI AMO!’ will be another gift to Cinema. Plus, his poster game is on point,” Parkes said in a statement.
Reporting to Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy, co-chairs and CEOs of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, Parkes oversees the day-to-day operations of the label.
Warner Bros. Clockwork’s remit includes independently produced and acquired projects, in-house feature development, and the restoration of classic Warner Bros. films — all for worldwide theatrical release.
The deal was negotiated by Warner Bros. Clockwork’s head of production and acquisitions, Jason Wald, and Warner Bros. executive vice president of business affairs Erik Elner, with attorney Jamie Feldman on behalf of the filmmakers and Laine Kline on behalf of FilmNation Entertainment.
