Tja, oorspronkelijk bedoeld als HBO max film, een strategie van de oude CEO. De nieuwe CEO heeft andere ideeën.
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Much of the decision came down to the following: Warner Bros Discovery boss David Zaslav rejecting of Kilar’s strategy to lean heavily into building streaming subscriptions for HBO Max. That was punctuated by his Project Popcorn initiative that put the entire 2021 theatrical slate — including Dune, Godzilla Vs Kong, King Richard, The Matrix 4 — day-and-date in theaters and on HBO Max when theater attendance was sparse during the pandemic. Even after he was shown the door, Kilar continued to call the strategy a win. Many did not agree, particularly after Top Gun: Maverick waited and grossed north of $1.3 billion. It’s a decidedly different world from when Kilar made the move. Wall Street is no longer impressed by subscriber numbers as much as profits, as seen by the precipitous decline of Netflix’s stock value.
Boekhoudkundig komt het Warner Bros Discovery, blijkbaar goed uit, moeten ze de kosten niet in de boeken opnemen.
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a “purchase accounting” maneuver available to Warner Discovery because the company has changed hands, and also changed strategy from the previous regime. This opportunity expires in mid-August, said sources, and it allows Warner Bros Discovery to not have to carry the losses on its books at a time when the studio is trying to pare down $3 billion in debt across its divisions.
Was van oorsprong niet bedoeld voor het grote scherm, en past met z'n bescheiden budget niet bij de andere DC films.
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Batgirl is a gritty entry — not near the budgets of DC theatricals The Flash and Aquaman 2 — and wasn’t designed to compete with tent pole theatrical releases, and neither for that matter was Scoob! In addition, there were introductions of characters in that film that the studio wanted to save for those DC theatrical titles. Rather than spend vast sums pumping up the budgets of each film to compete in theatrical marketplace, and then spend $80 million in global P&A, the studio felt that scrapping both of the movies was a better choice, when coupled with the purchase accounting maneuver. DC will be preserved as a place that takes big swings, from Aquaman 2 to Flash, Black Adam, Shazam 2 and a sequel to its billion dollar Joker, and another Wonder Woman.
https://deadline.com/2022(...)strategy-1235084032/Ik ben er niet rouwig om, hoeveel van die Amerikaanse superhelden gaan ze nog verzinnen. Superman, Batman, batgirl, superwoman, Flash, Arrow, Black Widow, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Doctor Strange, Hulk, Wolverine, Captain Marvel, the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Guardians of the Galaxy, Umbrella academy.
Sommigen zijn nog goed genoeg om op 1.5x snelheid te bekijken, maar de meeste zijn
Ik wil meer dan een hoop CGI gevechtsscenes en een verhaal waarin eender wat kan omdat ze superkrachten hebben.
Liever een Riddick of Jason Bourne dan de fucking Flash
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