Agent’s praise for new movies ‘Obsession’ and ‘Backrooms’ sparks anger with studios

Maha Dakhil just can’t catch a break.

The outspoken CAA super-agent who represents everyone from Tom Cruise to Natalie Portman to Anne Hathaway, recently told attendees as part of a Forbes Iconoclast Summit in New York on June 3 that filmmakers don’t necessarily need film executives to execute their vision.

“We are seeing that we don’t even need studios to green-light...