HBO Max is expected to layoff around 70% of their development staff.
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) August 3, 2022
“Sounds like they’re not doing HBO Max scripted shows anymore with HBO taking over, so less scripted shows overall,” says one company insider.
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A long list of more original movies & TV shows will be removed from HBO Max soon.
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) August 3, 2022
Content being targeted for removal includes TV shows & movies that are not performing well but have an opportunity for a partial tax write off.
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A ‘Scoob!’ sequel ‘SCOOB!: HOLIDAY HAUNT’ has been cancelled by Warner Bros Discovery.
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) August 2, 2022
The film cost $40M and was intended to release on HBO Max.
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That's like,.. pretty terrible news for HBO no?It's bizarre to me. They seemed like they were an OK Netflix competitor. But Discovery seems intent on shutting HBO Max down.
It's bizarre to me. They seemed like they were an OK Netflix competitor. But Discovery seems intent on shutting HBO Max down.I heard the batgirl movie was bad anyway
It's hard to believe they just shelved two basically completed movies because the tax write off was preferable to spending more on marketing.
Wow I thought HBO was a success? Or is this the transition to subscription streaming a failure?I heard nothing but good things about them. I feel this is other elements in the company having different priorities.
Warner Bros Discovery state that kids & animation content will be seeing a broad range of cuts across streaming & linear platforms. pic.twitter.com/bSvNtDJy3A
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) August 4, 2022
The combined HBO Max & Discovery+ streaming service will launch in Summer 2023 in the U.S. pic.twitter.com/LHFRRhxmYK
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) August 4, 2022
Expected, but lame.The combined HBO Max & Discovery+ streaming service will launch in Summer 2023 in the U.S. pic.twitter.com/LHFRRhxmYK
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) August 4, 2022
As expected, layoffs have hit Casey Bloys' HBO Max team.
An estimated 14 percent of Bloys' team -- an estimated 70 people -- have been let go as part of the workforce reduction following the merger of Warner Media with Discovery. The moves are the latest step in cost-cutting for the combined Warner Bros. Discovery under CEO David Zaslav.
It's not over yet... HBO Max has announced an additional list of titles leaving the service *this week* (1/4):
— Alex Zalben (@azalben) August 17, 2022
12 Dates of Christmas
About Last Night
Aquaman: King of Atlantis
Close Enough
Detention Adventure
Dodo
Ellen’s Next Great Designer
Elliott From Earth
(cont'd)
New titles leaving HBO Max this week (3/4):
— Alex Zalben (@azalben) August 17, 2022
OK K.O.! - Let's Be Heroes
The Ollie & Moon Show
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures
Ravi Patel’s Pursuit of Happiness
Select Sesame Street Specials
Make It Big, Make It Small
Share
Squish
Summer Camp Island
(cont'd)
From a cursory search, some of these shows, like say INFINITY TRAIN, seem to be available on demand. But other shows like GENERA+ION aren't available anywhere else (at the moment). Which makes this... Very upsetting?
— Alex Zalben (@azalben) August 17, 2022
In a company-wide memo, chairman Channing Dungey told staff that the company plans to fully consolidate its tv animation divisions, merging Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) and Cartoon Network Studios (CNS). Going forward, Sam Register will continue as head of WBA and CNS, as well as Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe, the latter of which will continue to operate independently from the other two.Maybe not as bad as it was spoken about:
According to the memo, all three labels will continue to exist, but perhaps more in name than in action. Both development and production at WBA and CNS will now be merged, extending on the cross-studio teams that were already in place for programming, casting, legal, and business affairs, and artist relations. This means that Cartoon Network Studios no longer has any independent say on either creative or operational matters, something that has never happened before in its existence.
Under boss David Zaslav, Warner Bros. Discovery has expressed a desire to focus more heavily on IP across all its businesses, so now that CNS has to share development and production resources with WBA, it's difficult to imagine a future in which the studio's original animation output can match what it has been in the past.
I work there. You can stand by whatever you’d like, but you sensationalizing it and guiding people to extrapolate that CNS is basically dead is really shitty, especially for those of us who still have a job there. Do better.
— David DePasquale ???? Lightbox Expo 513 (@wolfinsheeps) October 12, 2022
The appointments will be effective on November 1 https://t.co/hL5H78G2Un
— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) October 25, 2022
The only returning members of the old DCEU are rumored to be Jason Momoa (as a new character), Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Daniela Melchior and Viola Davis
— Geek Vibes Nation (@GeekVibesNation) December 19, 2022
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henry cavill should be in that list, imo. Not sure why they couldn't just reboot his supermanYeah I bet superman and wonderwoman have similar struggles to batman post Bale.
henry cavill should be in that list, imo. Not sure why they couldn't just reboot his supermanThey want someone younger, but yeah I feel like he's a pretty solid superman.
But we just had a great meeting with Henry and we’re big fans and we talked about a number of exciting possibilities to work together in the future.
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) December 15, 2022
So reboot after aquaman 3?A lot of DC fans love her.
And why Viola Davis? She's great in other roles but not suicide squad.
if you're going to reboot why not just recast everyone?Not sure how much you've been following the DC stuff.
I love Margot Robbie but even she has been playing Harley for a long time. start over. Anya taylor-joy maybe.
hell, focus on some new characters even. Aquaman is just never going to be that compelling...
I did a quick Google search for DC characters. only looked at page 1 and amethyst and beast boy both already sound more interesting.
Not sure how much you've been following the DC stuff.not following it much. ...and what I've read doesn't always land with me since I've skipped everything. ..even moreso than marvel.
James Gunn took over the DC stuff. He seems to be salvaging his own stuff (like Suicide Squad) and rebooting most of the other things.
It sounded like they also wanted to include The Batman as that's been pretty well loved.
I'm going to call this the official WBD thread, at least while they're making so many changes.Rumor debunked.
This is a rumor:The only returning members of the old DCEU are rumored to be Jason Momoa (as a new character), Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Daniela Melchior and Viola Davis
— Geek Vibes Nation (@GeekVibesNation) December 19, 2022
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I keep seeing posts with this untrue theory. We're not recasting everyone except The Suicide Squad.
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) December 19, 2022
Rumor debunked.Unless superman never joins the rest, how could they not recast?I keep seeing posts with this untrue theory. We're not recasting everyone except The Suicide Squad.
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) December 19, 2022
personally I wish superhero movies would go to the "James bond" format.The good news, the new Superman is not an origin story.
recast whenever but it's not really a "reboot" of the franchise. enough already with the retelling of origin stories. just make a stand alone movie with a plot that's cool. don't worry about continuity. fudge off already with cross overs.
Max officially announced, coming May 23rd https://t.co/NQORvvhHbb pic.twitter.com/1yiRzZuCm5
— Wario64 (@Wario64) April 12, 2023
New ‘Big Bang Theory’ Series in the Works at Max https://t.co/qINtRtwILc
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) April 12, 2023
This will flop. All these new or rebooted series usually fail. Only one that really ever worked was fraserNew ‘Big Bang Theory’ Series in the Works at Max https://t.co/qINtRtwILc
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) April 12, 2023
This will flop. All these new or rebooted series usually fail. Only one that really ever worked was fraserI feel like some of these are very different things. I don't think How I Met Your Father is related to the original show?
Joey failed, how I met your father is... did it get cancelled yet? And the 90s show sucked.
This will flop. All these new or rebooted series usually fail. Only one that really ever worked was fraseroh fudge you,.. i liked it a lot.
Joey failed, how I met your father is... did it get cancelled yet? And the 90s show sucked.
oh fudge you,.. i liked it a lot.i agree. I liked it a lot too.
Accurate! (They are not only both incredible actors, but also wonderful people). https://t.co/1FtwYIDeYj
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) June 27, 2023
i agree. I liked it a lot too.I've yet to watch it. I heard its atrocious.
No actors from the Justice League are reprising their role in the James Gunn DCU (https://variety.com/2023/film/news/aquaman-2-jason-momoa-drunk-claims-amber-heard-cut-scenes-elon-musk-letter-1235747775/amp/)Isn't the actor part old news?
Isn't the actor part old news?I think some people were still assuming that Momoa would be Aquaman.
Milly Alcock has been cast as Supergirl in the DCU.
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) January 29, 2024
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Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice director Zack Snyder has said DC is making the Caped Crusader "irrelevant" if he can't kill. https://t.co/cZS3LTMCxk pic.twitter.com/GshQeK5rNT
— IGN (@IGN) March 7, 2024
"Batman can't kill is canon. And I'm like, 'okay, the first thing I wanna do when you say that is I wanna see what happens'. And they go, 'well don't put him in a situation where he has to kill someone'.
"You're protecting your god in a weird way, right? You're making your god irrelevant if he can't be in that situation. He has to now deal with that. If he does do that what does that mean? What does it tell you, does he stand up to it? Does he survive that as a god? As your god, can Batman survive that?"
He also compared it to his other comic book film Watchmen and its mature story. "Once you've lost your virginity to this f**king movie and then you come and say to me something about like, 'My superhero wouldn't do that'. I'm like 'Are you serious?' I'm like down the f**king road on that. It's a cool point of view to be like 'my heroes are still innocent. My heroes didn't f**king lie to America. My heroes didn't embezzle money from their corporations. My heroes didn't commit any atrocities'. That's cool. But you're living in a f**king dream world."
Snyder already stepped aside, that's why he made those comments.no really. so like i googled it and found a website that claims to document the times batman killed someone. you get a bunch of stuff like this:
Also batman kills a few people in various movies. I thought he was just like most modern super heroes where killing is no bueno but it still happens from time to time.
Batman Begins (2005) - The League of Shadowsthat's not really "killing" them. batman has been in many circumstances where he "failed to save" someone but that's not the same thing as putting a gun to someones head and pulling the trigger. yes some of batman's actions have resulted in the death of a person but the important part is none of those actions were made with the intent to kill someone.
Bruce Wayne's journey to becoming Batman begins on a worldwide trek, where he lives and breathes the underworld. He is approached by Ra's al Ghul whose teachings help Bruce turn fear against his enemies. The master and student defer in their definition of justice, however, leading to Bruce defying the League of Shadows and rite of passage: killing a criminal. Bruce creates a diversion by setting their temple on fire to escape. Members of the League of Shadows lost their lives to the flames and explosion on the mountainside.
no really. so like i googled it and found a website that claims to document the times batman killed someone. you get a bunch of stuff like this:Even that, there's quite a few fans who find that reasoning dubious.
that's not really "killing" them. batman has been in many circumstances where he "failed to save" someone but that's not the same thing as putting a gun to someones head and pulling the trigger. yes some of batman's actions have resulted in the death of a person but the important part is none of those actions were made with the intent to kill someone.
Is that not the same as spiderman and others?I've never seen Spider-man and others knock guns out of their (kind of) allies' hands.
Is that not the same as spiderman and others?i mean, yeah kinda mostly. there aren't too many in the original set of super heros (DC and marvel) that or going around killing in purpose. pretty much all of them are altruistic. it's just not cannon for them like it is for batman.