Warner Bros. hates women

OK, all you sleepy Hollywood beat writers out there - time to wrap up your Friday flack lunches and follow up once more on a Nikki Finke item. This one's a doozy: She's reporting that Warner Bros president of production, Jeff Robinoff, has decreed that the studio is no longer doing movies with women in the lead. That's right, men have to be starring in every picture made (he's not even reading scripts with women in the top spot). Finke says she's getting this from three producers, which doesn't necessarily make it true but certainly makes it intriguing (and probably at least a little true). Warner just took a hit with Jodie Foster's disappointing "The Brave One," although as Finke points out, the studio has always been more of a guy place. Year-to-date, Warner places third among the major studios, with a 14 percent market share (Paramount is tops, at 16.5 percent). (Deadline Hollywood Daily)