It’s probably a legit observation about DC, if entirely the wrong conclusion. DC is now owned by Warner Bros. which is owned by AT&T. The amount of backlash against Warners in the past month has been pretty incredible, particularly from the creative class.
The main thing brewing here is the decision to put all 2020 and 2021 movies directly onto HBO Max. People fear lost revenue, which is both real and imagined: most movies are not money makers, but streaming is even more opportunity for Hollywood accounting. “I went to bed working for the world’s best studio and woke up working for the worst streaming service.” Twenty million cable subscribers get HBO Max for free, yet they have only six million accounts.
Next, AT&T’s risk aversion is slowly upsetting the studio model. Which may not be a bad thing, but the summary dismissal of Johnny Depp from playing Grindelwald felt pretty SJW. Except, um, he lost that libel case to The Sun hard. The English judge ruled that the allegations of wife-beating were factual; he’s continuing to self-own by suing Amber Heard for libel in the US. Even if he’s a big money maker, AT&T does not have patience for this kind of drama.
The main thing brewing here is the decision to put all 2020 and 2021 movies directly onto HBO Max. People fear lost revenue, which is both real and imagined: most movies are not money makers, but streaming is even more opportunity for Hollywood accounting. “I went to bed working for the world’s best studio and woke up working for the worst streaming service.” Twenty million cable subscribers get HBO Max for free, yet they have only six million accounts.
Next, AT&T’s risk aversion is slowly upsetting the studio model. Which may not be a bad thing, but the summary dismissal of Johnny Depp from playing Grindelwald felt pretty SJW. Except, um, he lost that libel case to The Sun hard. The English judge ruled that the allegations of wife-beating were factual; he’s continuing to self-own by suing Amber Heard for libel in the US. Even if he’s a big money maker, AT&T does not have patience for this kind of drama.
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