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Rumors of HBO's death were greatly exaggarated https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1555314596143108097?t=GwIY7zl1EFphzOqxWf67jg&s=19
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McCloud posted:Rumors of HBO's death were greatly exaggarated He also clarified that "HBO and HBOMax" means "95% HBO and no new exclusive scripted content for HBOMax" and that HBOMax is literally dying in Summer 2023 when they fold it into Discovery+ and rename the service. https://twitter.com/azalben/status/1555297044020862977 https://twitter.com/azalben/status/1555295932153008129
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Aug 5, 2022 00:04
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Lol at Grace Randolph. Folding HBO Max and Discovery+ into a rebranded service has been in the rumblings for a while. I'm remember reading about it pre-merger I'm pretty sure.
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Aug 5, 2022 00:08
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Edward Mass posted:https://twitter.com/ladygaga/status/1555222357882458114/ Whoa
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Aug 5, 2022 00:09
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Chairman Capone posted:Here's the real Joker news: Double whoa
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Aug 5, 2022 00:10
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McCloud posted:Shocking news Lol, they were gonna give Berlanti a second bite at the apple regarding Green Lantern.
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Aug 5, 2022 00:14
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McCloud posted:Shocking news They ruined Diggle's Arrow ending for a show that never happened.
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Aug 5, 2022 00:15
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:He also clarified that "HBO and HBOMax" means "95% HBO and no new exclusive scripted content for HBOMax" and that HBOMax is literally dying in Summer 2023 when they fold it into Discovery+ and rename the service. Hell yeah, can't wait for the Shark Week Cinematic Universe
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Aug 5, 2022 00:18
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Bogus Adventure posted:Hell yeah, can't wait for the Shark Week Cinematic Universe Shark Week and the Property Brothers are going to join the Justice League.
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Aug 5, 2022 00:20
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Just for posterity to ensure I wasn't making this up, I found the article back in March that said HBO Max and Discovery+ were gonna be combined and rebranded into a new streaming platform. This was before the merger was completed. https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/hbo-max-discovery-plus-combined-streaming-service-bundle-1235204060/
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Aug 5, 2022 00:21
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Bogus Adventure posted:Hell yeah, can't wait for the Shark Week Cinematic Universe The unironic "90 Day Fiance Universe" in the presentation as one of their top 6 IPs is much funnier than the Shark Week Universe. Also, "Genredom" is my new favorite business slang.
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Aug 5, 2022 00:22
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Spacebump posted:Shark Week and the Property Brothers are going to join the Justice League. Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:The unironic "90 Day Fiance Universe" in the presentation as one of their top 6 IPs is much funnier than the Shark Week Universe. Sharks and Property Brothers are going to team up to take on the Brotherhood of Ego led by No-Neck Ed, Angela, Colt, and Andrei.
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Aug 5, 2022 00:25
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"The anime is dying, cloud." https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1555306847392899073 They also confirmed that they are not shelving The Flash, but had to shelve Batgirl to "protect the DC brand." https://twitter.com/BenjySarlin/status/1555321206227755009
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Aug 5, 2022 00:27
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Confirms they have a "10-year plan" for DC and the new DCCU will be centered around Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman; with the Joker mixed in. Sounds like the same tent-pole lineup as the previous DCCU lineup except they are dumping Cyborg and The Flash. This time, it will be planned out from the beginning to be a more synergistic cinematic universe. https://twitter.com/CultureCrave/status/1555303924306886656 https://twitter.com/ErikDavis/status/1555314583560024064
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Aug 5, 2022 00:33
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Releasing what is probably an "eh" movie? NO WE MUST PROTECT THE DC BRAND Releasing a movie starring an actual child groomer? FULL STEAM AHEAD
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Aug 5, 2022 00:36
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Pillowpants posted:Marvel likes formats so I’d imagine we get a few origin story movies of like Storm, iceman, X and magneto etc before they unite the Xmen to fight the avengers for reasons. The part I'm interested in is how they manage to fold in the mutants concept- it's probably gonna be multiverse hijinks but it'll still be tricky.
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Aug 5, 2022 00:40
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Codependent Poster posted:Releasing what is probably an "eh" movie? NO WE MUST PROTECT THE DC BRAND Like they have to bite the bullet and reshoot, or else bury it entirely like they just did with Batgirl (and since they just did that with Batgirl and a few other projects, that would mean taking an additional, much bigger loss, which, yeah.)
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Aug 5, 2022 00:42
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With regards to the Flash movie in specific WB is still in the "It's just a little slimy, it's still good, it's still good" stage, and that pig's about to go airborne.
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Aug 5, 2022 00:43
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Thank God the brands are finally synergizing for maximum market penetration and SEO potential! Maybe this time around WB can hire some actually loyal directors and give us the screen-accurate adaptation of quarterly earning reports and three-year business plans we've all been waiting for!!!
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Aug 5, 2022 00:44
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:"The anime is dying, cloud." WB dumping animation seems wrong, considering their rich animation history, but I guess we'll see how that affects the rest of HBO programming. Re: The Flash, I guess they're hoping people can separate their feelings about Ezra enough to enjoy the spectacle of the film, but that's a hell of a gamble.
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Aug 5, 2022 00:49
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All of this does not appear to be playing very well https://twitter.com/TomTopplerr/status/1555303227339448320
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Confirms they have a "10-year plan" for DC and the new DCCU will be centered around Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman; with the Joker mixed in. Even with new leadership I bet they still panic and retool yet again when their first movie doesn't do "Endgame" level numbers.
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Aug 5, 2022 00:59
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McCloud posted:WB dumping animation seems wrong, considering their rich animation history, but I guess we'll see how that affects the rest of HBO programming. It seems weird for the creator of Looney Tunes to dump animated content, but honestly, except for maybe Space Jam have there been any major successful projects from the classic WB animated IPs made recently?
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Aug 5, 2022 01:03
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Just keep in mind that this is like an investment call for the bean-counters. Talk of "reset" has nothing to do with the story, which nothing was talked about there. It's all production stuff, the things that will effect the bottom dollar. They're doing a reset on how they're handling this stuff from how it was previously (Very poorly) and are going with a 10 year plan, whatever that is.
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While looking in to WB Discovery's plan to dump animated content, I learned that not only do they currently make (but, just announced yesterday is cancelled) an animated show about the fictional life of Ellen Degeneres as a 7-year old called "Little Ellen," but that it was entering its 4th season. They had an entire new season completed that will never be released. How did that concept make it so many seasons?
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Maxwell Lord posted:The part I'm interested in is how they manage to fold in the mutants concept- it's probably gonna be multiverse hijinks but it'll still be tricky. They might not need to - Ms. Marvel was revealed to be a Mutant at the end of her series (with the X-Men animated series theme and everything), so they're definitely laying the groundwork without going to other universes. And it's not like the MCU hasn't already done the "they were here all along, just hiding" thing a bunch of times already.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:It seems weird for the creator of Looney Tunes to dump animated content, but honestly, except for maybe Space Jam have there been any major successful projects from the classic WB animated IPs made recently? The DCAU comes to mind, as well as Brave and the Bold. Teen Titans go seems pretty popular, and Harley Quinn seems to be doing pretty well. Edit: For a given value of "recently" of course
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The new Looney Tunes stuff they made for HBO Max was pretty solid. Dunno how well it did tho.
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McCloud posted:The DCAU comes to mind, as well as Brave and the Bold. Teen Titans go seems pretty popular, and Harley Quinn seems to be doing pretty well. Yeah. Harley Quinn is recent and, although it is hard to tell exactly how popular/successful it is since it is streaming only and doesn't have public numbers, I think counts as successful. But, the other two examples premiered 9 and 14 years ago. So, not exactly recent. I don't think there has been a successful animated Looney Tunes series for decades. Srice posted:The new Looney Tunes stuff they made for HBO Max was pretty solid. Was it popular or widely seen? A lot of "good" stuff isn't necessarily "successful" and I didn't even know they had a new Looney Tunes series. Edit: Considering their move away from streaming exclusive content, has there been a major network or cable animated WB kids show in a while? Cartoon Network and Adult Swim seem to have lost a lot of their pop culture relevance from ~15 years ago when they were huge. There's a lot less successful animated content recently on TV and most of it seems to be aimed at older audiences and/or in syndication. Fox and Disney seem to have backed away from major new animated content for network TV and prime-time as well. It's mostly The Simpsons continuing on life support. Leon Trotsky 2012 fucked around with this message at 01:44 on Aug 5, 2022 |
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Alexander Hamilton posted:I’m sorry I mentioned Zach Braff It's fine, you can blame Zach Braff, he's the one who sucks. Barry Convex posted:Eternals isn't nearly as bad as its Rotten Tomatoes score would suggest, Captain America Civil War isn't as good as it's RT score would suggest either so we'll call it even.
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Spacebump posted:Shark Week and the Property Brothers are going to join the Justice League. Dear Lord if we could see the KFCxJL crossover in live action
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McCloud posted:Shocking news The show is very likely dead and I’ve thought so well before this week (two of the leads were cast over a year ago and there’s been almost no news since), but this source isn’t particularly credible afaik
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Aug 5, 2022 05:29
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Zero One posted:Even with new leadership I bet they still panic and retool yet again when their first movie doesn't do "Endgame" level numbers. I don't think absolutely anybody will be surprised, either.
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Aug 5, 2022 07:28
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“We are resetting the DC universe” Presumably by using the exact same characters in the exact same way Lol
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:This time, it will be planned out from the beginning to be a more synergistic cinematic universe. This reminds me of how in software everyone's always hankering for a full rewrite to fix the drastic, unforeseen problems resulting from the last rewrite.
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Giant Freakin Robot is a fake news source. A lot of the HBO Max news is pretty predictable and was known beforehand from a combination of actually reading past the headline and not trusting poo poo-stirrers. Unfortunately some content people love got caught in the crossfire, I mourn Joe Pera Talks With You and Made for Love, but people were really willing to believe all the worst rumors immediately for the drama factor. I really underestimated how upset people would be about Batgirl being cancelled but it appears that being announced a few days ago was just a plan to get the wildest headline out of the way early.
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Zero One posted:Even with new leadership I bet they still panic and retool yet again when their first movie doesn't do "Endgame" level numbers. Coming soon to a theater near you Batman: Starring Robert Downey Jr as Bruce Wayne, Jon Favreau as Alfred, Tom Holland as Robin and Mickey Rourke as Bane Superman starring Chris Hemsworth as Superman, Natalie Portman as Jimmy Olsen, and Tom Hiddleston as Lex Luther
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:It seems weird for the creator of Looney Tunes to dump animated content, but honestly, except for maybe Space Jam have there been any major successful projects from the classic WB animated IPs made recently? This is all to say that WB has always been a scummy company that spites itself out of ignorance. The precirved prestige and value of Warner animation was a mix of Roger Rabbit, Spielberg, and them taking a chance on Batman: TAS which almost definitely wouldn’t have happened without the success of the Burton films.
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I wonder when this "10 year plan" is theoretically supposed to start, because Momoa has an Aquaman movie coming out next year and he'll be like 45 at that point. Cavill is pushing 40 as well, I assume they plan to recast all of the roles?
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