It's Over.....WB to send their entire 2021 movie slate to HBO Max same day as theaters

[DlAMONDZ]

My soon to arrive 4k TV is ready

 

[winb83]

Dreams come true. Disney are you listening?

 

[winb83]

It is. It’s a good consumer move but the deadline article acknowledges Wonder Woman is going to lose money. Pretty sure the matrix will also along with Godzilla and Kong.

the person who figures out how to make movies at the same size and budget of Wonder Woman and tenet while also streaming will be lord and ruler of the world.

It’s either take this gamble or shelf movies for 2021 due to COVID. No take backsies. This will likely be the new normal and other companies will follow suit. Disney was already reconsidering on Black Widow.

They’ll simply reduce budgets to match.

 

[Jello Biafra]

Movie theaters as we know them to be are doomed.

 

[DrDealgood]

Free HBO Max with my AT&T Gigabit internet

What's your data cap though and what's the monthly bite?

 

[8WON6]

I'm confused with the way the twitter headline reads. they are "releasing their entire lineup all at once on HBOMAX and in theaters"?

So will each movie have it's own schedule theater/HBO date and it will play on HBO app for a month? Like Wonder Woman 2?

 

[DrDealgood]

It’s either take this gamble or shelf movies for 2021 due to COVID. No take backsies. This will likely be the new normal and other companies will follow suit. Disney was already reconsidering on Black Widow.

They’ll simply reduce budgets to match.

Not happening. Not unless you plan to not hire any stars or you can outsource all your CGI to Bangladesh.

But do expect AT&T (who now own HBO and WB) to try and own the pipelines even harder though.

 

[winb83]

I'm confused with the way the twitter headline reads. they are "releasing their entire lineup all at once on HBOMAX and in theaters"?

So will each movie have it's own schedule theater/HBO date and it will play on HBO app for a month? Like Wonder Woman 2?

Same day theater and HBO MAX and available on MAX for 1 month after.

 

[winb83]

Not happening. Not unless you plan to not hire any stars or you can outsource all your CGI to Bangladesh.

But do expect AT&T (who now own HBO and WB) to try and own the pipelines even harder though.

You're only worth what you can draw. If the work dries up they'll cave.

 

[MartyMcFly]

It’s either take this gamble or shelf movies for 2021 due to COVID. No take backsies. This will likely be the new normal and other companies will follow suit. Disney was already reconsidering on Black Widow.

They’ll simply reduce budgets to match.

I want to see the reduced budget end of it. Cause now you’re asking actors and writers and directors to take reduced salaries as well. Then they’ll ask for more on the backend (whatever the hell the backend looks like) which will continue to eat into studio profits and that’s not a game the studios want to get into

 

[MartyMcFly]

Not happening. Not unless you plan to not hire any stars or you can outsource all your CGI to Bangladesh.

But do expect AT&T (who now own HBO and WB) to try and own the pipelines even harder though.

Yeah that’s what I’m saying. There’s a lot of mouths getting fed and now we’d be asking them all to eat less. Including the ones we don’t see on camera who aren’t millionaires

 

[humminbird]

What's your data cap though and what's the monthly bite?

data doesn't count on hbo max when you're part of the plan

 

[Rekkapryde]

Think about this, AT&T/WARNER MEDIA gets to keep all the profits.

and that's why they are doing it.

Since I have AT&T fiber, I get HBO Max for free. This also entices people to switch from other ISPs to AT&T if it's available in their area.

Gangster move on all fronts.

Don't have to share with the big movie theaters either like you said.

 

[Zero]

Them high quality rips the day of

 

[Rekkapryde]

Disney is at a stronger position. Their movies make more than WB movies do and their streaming service is already doing gangbusters will minimal content. Already they have 73 million worldwide for Disney+. Not saying it won't happen, but they don't have to rush anything.

AT&T is a cell phone provider and ISP as well. Get users to switch over to those mediums and platforms and they still eat. It's bigger than we think and I'm sure that went into the number crunching and strategy.


Releasing any big movie into the theater knowing you have to split half with the theater chain right now just sucks. Using your streaming platform to keep most of the bread and up the subscribers is a smart move.

How long they continue this will be the key.

I still don't think theaters will be back to their traditional status in bringing in huge amounts of dough until 2023 maybe. 2022 is still too soon IMO.