They own shares but I think the executive control is fully under the new Discovery management
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HBO Max to lay off 70% of staff and end scripted content (UP: Actually, no to both)
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They own shares but I think the executive control is fully under the new Discovery management
I think we need a full list of which shows these were for context.
That's what I thought. Someone was telling me that AT&T still owned WB Discovery.
I expect Titans is going to be canceled as well. sort of a money burner
Told we would miss Jason Killar
I just couldnt predict just HOW MUCH we would miss him
Dude was a superhero compared to Zaslav. Killar loved HBO max so much...
Just a reminder WB had record revenue and record Oscar victories in last 2 decades in his last act as president
This really sucks.
I just couldnt predict just HOW MUCH we would miss him
Dude was a superhero compared to Zaslav. Killar loved HBO max so much...
Just a reminder WB had record revenue and record Oscar victories in last 2 decades in his last act as president
This really sucks.
Are these the shows in danger? Or are there more? I honestly don't know what's a Max exclusive and what's HBO proper at this point, but I don't care for any of the shows listed. (I wanted to like Our Flag Means Death but meh)
They don't. AT&T shareholders got the part of the company AT&T corporate would have owned.
There are more than those. Those are just some of the most public shows.
I'm incredibly bummed about this news but also gently excited to be able to lower my monthly streaming bill.
Good thing the reaction has been so positive, or they might have been in trouble.
So I'm looking at the list of HBO Max Originals as listed on wikipedia, which is all the stuff getting either potentially canned or moved over to the main production operation.
Turns out I dont actually watch a lot of their original content. Mainly what I'm personally worried about is Doom Patrol and several animated shows. I know Peacemaker and Harley Quinn are well liked as well. (Peacemaker is likely safe I'd guess)
Apparently HBO Max is also in joint production supporting Sesame Street these days, in a deal that doubles their output with episodes hitting HBO Max first and arriving on PBS 9 months later. Hopefully they just move it over to HBO to keep the funding going.
But man, there's so much ongoing and in development. So many people are going to lose their jobs, this is going to rock the fuck out of the industry. Dreadful. I hope their main production expands to take on a bunch of it.
Turns out I dont actually watch a lot of their original content. Mainly what I'm personally worried about is Doom Patrol and several animated shows. I know Peacemaker and Harley Quinn are well liked as well. (Peacemaker is likely safe I'd guess)
Apparently HBO Max is also in joint production supporting Sesame Street these days, in a deal that doubles their output with episodes hitting HBO Max first and arriving on PBS 9 months later. Hopefully they just move it over to HBO to keep the funding going.
But man, there's so much ongoing and in development. So many people are going to lose their jobs, this is going to rock the fuck out of the industry. Dreadful. I hope their main production expands to take on a bunch of it.
It seems really dumb to pull content that already exists and is already on the platform. For why?
well i purchased the annual sub so im in for the ride whether i like it or not for the rest of the sub lol
just in case i should watch everything i can
just in case i should watch everything i can
They're having a shareholder meeting tomorrow though. Not much time to gauge the reaction and pivot.
I love James Gunn but I will just believe a Season 2 of Peacemaker is getting released when it's actually out, not before. It's not like Batgirl's directors were nobodies either and still got blindsided by this.
fuuuuck. I forgot Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin was HBO Max. It's actually really good, I hope it survives.
This is so fucking dumb lol
Peacemaker was a big success so it becoming HBO proper seems likely.
I agree with this.
But it can't be understated how shocking of a move it was to cancel Batgirl and that the directors of it found out the same time we did.
Peacemaker doesn't feel like an HBO type of show. Doesn't fit the 'prestige' of the channel
I think all the DC animation stuff is probably screwed. Does not seem like something Zaslav will be a fan of at all.
We were that fuckin' close to a Fionna & Cake series.
For fucks-ass sake.
Edit: Ohhhh man there's gonna be some angry folks over the loss of "Our Flag Means Death."
Edit 2: I wonder what this means for Sesame Street. Obviously the show isn't ending or anything but HBO was a major financial contributor.
For fucks-ass sake.
Edit: Ohhhh man there's gonna be some angry folks over the loss of "Our Flag Means Death."
Edit 2: I wonder what this means for Sesame Street. Obviously the show isn't ending or anything but HBO was a major financial contributor.
Harley Quinn barely even got a Season 3, so this is one of the most obvious cancellations.
The same channel that had Silicon Valley, Eastbound and Down, Vice-Principals?
Thanks for the link. That's the list I was looking for.
I guess I didn't get into many of the Max Originals. Tokyo Vice was ok, but I wouldn't miss it. Close Enough says it already ended anyway.
We need to chill out on some of the random twitter post though.
We will know tomorrow what happens and then after that we will start hearing about the shows that will get the axe.
We will know tomorrow what happens and then after that we will start hearing about the shows that will get the axe.
I assume the HBO people will decide if they take any of these shows. If not, then that's a bigger problem. Last thing anyone wants is Zaslav telling the HBO people how to run their section
ehhh, they have had their misses too and besides Peacemaker is quality stuff.
I mean, with all due respect to James Gunn and how much clout he has rightfully earned throughout the years, but Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah weren't nobodies like I've said on my previous post. They are two of the most hot new directors out there right now, revitalized Will Smith's biggest franchise with what was the biggest box office film of the first year of the pandemic with Bad Boys For Life and that film was very well received, they just directed the critically and public acclaimed Ms. Marvel and still got ruthlessly blindsided by this.
With how Zaslav is operating WB, I have little faith that Gunn knows better than any of us or Arbi and Fallah before they got the news that Batgirl was scrapped.
After all the fucking headache that was migrating my subscription from HBOgo to HBOmax (it didn't migrate, I had to make a new one)...
At least where are the HBO shows like House of the Dragon going to be streamed at, and the Warner Brothers movies? They better not limit that shit to fucking cable.
At least where are the HBO shows like House of the Dragon going to be streamed at, and the Warner Brothers movies? They better not limit that shit to fucking cable.
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