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[Doctor Jones]

Looks like AT&T are trying to dump WB and run fast out of Hollywood. A total disaster.

How are they dumping WB? That sounds like AT&T is cutting and running out of the game. That would mean WB is up for grabs. I've seen others say this but I don't understand how this is the case. It just sounds like AT&T (who still owns Warner) is merging with Discovery to boost the both of them.

As for the name, please call it something other than HBOMax. It really dilutes and cheapens HBO.

 

[Prison Mike]

How are they dumping WB? That sounds like AT&T is cutting and running out of the game. That would mean WB is up for grabs. I've seen others say this but I don't understand how this is the case. It just sounds like AT&T (who still owns Warner) is merging with Discovery to boost the both of them.

As for the name, please call it something other than HBOMax. It really dilutes and cheapens HBO.

Warner Media will no longer be under AT&T. It’s spinning off into a new company with Discovery. AT&T will still exist as a separate company from the newly formed Warner/Discovery company.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Warner Media will no longer be under AT&T. It’s spinning off into a new company with Discovery. AT&T will still exist as a separate company from the newly formed Warner/Discovery company.

This is what I get from CNBC:

"Under the agreement, AT&T will unwind its $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner, which closed just under three years ago and form a new media company with Discovery. The deal would create a new business, separate from AT&T, that could be valued at as much as $150 billion, including debt, according to The Financial Times."

So by separate, they mean they don't own WarnerMedia anymore and once the merge with Discovery happens, they're taking the money and running out of the game completely?

I know AT&T will own a stake in this merger, but doesn't that mean they will still partly be involved?

Spoiler

 

[Prison Mike]

This is what I get from CNBC:

"Under the agreement, AT&T will unwind its $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner, which closed just under three years ago and form a new media company with Discovery. The deal would create a new business, separate from AT&T, that could be valued at as much as $150 billion, including debt, according to The Financial Times."

So by separate, they mean they don't own WarnerMedia anymore and once the merge with Discovery happens, they're taking the money and running out of the game completely?

I know AT&T will own a stake in this merger, but doesn't that mean they will still partly be involved?

Spoiler

AT&T as a separate company won’t have a stake in the newly formed company...however, it’s shareholders will own 71% of it. AT&T as a company and its shareholders are two separate entities (legally).

Basically, if I own a share of AT&T, I now also own 71% of one share of the new company. But AT&T doesn’t own anything of that new company.

 

[Detective Conan]

 

[Drunken Rider]

Warner Bros Discovery?

 

[Doctor Jones]

AT&T as a separate company won’t have a stake in the newly formed company...however, it’s shareholders will own 71% of it. AT&T as a company and its shareholders are two separate entities (legally).

Basically, if I own a share of AT&T, I now also own 71% of one share of the new company. But AT&T doesn’t own anything of that new company.

 

[Detective Conan]

 

[Primal Slayer]

Ad version coming in June. $9.99
HBO Max Will Debut Ad-Supported Tier At $9.99 In First Week Of June – Deadline

HBO portion will remain ad-free. I feel like they'll end up losing money if they dont gain a significant amount of people since HBO will now have to drop its prices for every other add-on they have w/Amazon, etc..I'd imagine.

 

[Lily Adler]

Ad version coming in June. $9.99
HBO Max Will Debut Ad-Supported Tier At $9.99 In First Week Of June – Deadline

HBO portion will remain ad-free. I feel like they'll end up losing money if they dont gain a significant amount of people since HBO will now have to drop its prices for every other add-on they have w/Amazon, etc..I'd imagine.

I'm hearing the ads will be prerolled before and after show and not during?

 

[samsnee]

I rewatched Sneakers. One of Robert Redford’s better movies later in his career with a great cast (Sidney Poitier, Dan Akyroyd, River Phoenix). Highly recommend.

 

[Prison Mike]

I’ve been rewatching Everwood on HBO Max. When the show first aired, I was in high school and empathizing with Ephram throughout the series. Now that it’s been almost 20 years later, I find myself empathizing with the dad way more, especially with him trying to reconnect with his son during the first season. Time really puts things in perspective.

 

[Asr]

Finally got around to watching X-Men Dark Phoenix since it's leaving at the end of the month, I'm guessing to Disney+ which I don't get. Eh didn't think it was as terrible as I've heard it was. Definitely could've been way better, especially as an ending for the series with FOX, but overall I didn't hate it.

Lots of things I'm going to miss about FOX's X-Men movies that an MCU version probably won't have - the serious & dramatically-weighted tone/atmosphere that they always captured (the MCU movies are always too damn quippy and light-hearted for my tastes, and not serious enough), and especially the core cast members - McKellen & Fassbender as Magneto, Stewart & McAvoy as Xavier, Jackman as Wolverine. Some of the other actors are more replaceable, but I can't see those characters being easily replaced by new actors. Huge shoes to fill for sure.

 

[Detective Conan]

Warner Bros.' HBO Max Same-Day Movie Releases Blamed for AT&T Selling WarnerMedia

 

[Drunken Rider]

^A company's Double Edge Sword Hypocrisy at its finest.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Winter Soldier and Black Panther wrestled with some political themes while remaining entertaining.

I think MCU's X-men will be similar.

 

[Detective Conan]

 

[Micromind]

 

[samsnee]

Anyone watch the Friends reunion yet? How’s it rank compared to the Fresh Prince reunion.

edit: so I watched it. It was fine. As a fan of the series, I think it served its purpose. It was was hard watching some of the overly botoxed faces. Matthew Perry seemed off but I read he had to have emergency dental surgery that day so that was probably it. Lisa Kudrow looked great. Matt LeBlanc seemed like a fun guy to hang out with.

The James Corden part was pointless. I forwarded through the treacly testimonial stuff because that’s not what I signed up for. The best parts are them just sitting around reminiscing and telling stories to each other.

 

[samsnee]

Looks like we are finally getting all the Harry Potter movies this month

Available June 1
A Shot In The Dark (HBO)
The American President
The Aviator (HBO)
Bangkok Dangerous (HBO)
Black Rain (HBO)
Bless The Child (HBO)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Camelot
Cold Case
The Conjuring 2
Curse Of The Pink Panther (HBO)
Dirty Pretty Things (HBO)
Disaster Movie (Extended Version) (HBO)
Doctor Sleep (Director’s Cut) (HBO)
Dr. Strangelove
Drillbit Taylor (HBO)
Eight Men Out (HBO)
El Cantante
El Nombre Del Hijo (Aka The Name Of The Son)(HBO)
El Remedio (Aka The Prescription) (HBO)
Extract (HBO)
Eyes Wide Shut
Fast Company (HBO)
Feast Of Love (HBO)
The Green Mile
The Grifters (HBO)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy(HBO)
How To Be Single (HBO)
Humboldt County (HBO)
Iris (HBO)
It Takes Two (HBO)
Jerry Maguire
Just Married (HBO)
Kajillionaire (HBO)
Kung Fu Hustle
Leapfrog: Math Adventure to the Moon
Leapfrog: Numbers Ahoy
Leapfrog: The Letter Factory
The Manhattan Project (HBO)
Matchstick Men (HBO)
Mindhunters (HBO)
Miss Congeniality
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
National Lampoon’s Dorm Daze 2: College @ Sea (Extended Version) (HBO)
National Lampoon’s Vacation
Orange County (HBO)
Other People’s Money (HBO)
Pale Rider
The Pink Panther (HBO)
The Pink Panther, 2006 (HBO)
The Pink Panther 2, 2009 (HBO)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (HBO)
Presumed Innocent (HBO)
Rat Race (HBO)
Return Of The Pink Panther (HBO)
Revenge Of The Pink Panther (HBO)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Shazam!
Sherlock Holmes
Son Of The Pink Panther (HBO)
Stoker (HBO)
Take Me Home Tonight (HBO)
This Is 40 (Extended Version) (HBO)
Three Days Of The Condor (HBO)
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
Trail Of The Pink Panther (HBO)
True Romance
Victor/Victoria
Wedding Crashers
The Wedding Singer
Without a Trace

Available June 2
To Your Eternity (Dubbed) (Crunchyroll Collection)

Available June 3
The Fungies! (Max Original Season 2A Premiere)
Juan Luis Guerra 4.40: Entre Mar Y Palmeras(HBO)

Available June 4
Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It(Warner Bros. Film Premiere)
El Ultimo Balsero (Aka The Last Rafter) (HBO)

Available June 5
Clueless (HBO)
Off the Air: Season 10

Available June 6
Rizzoli & Isles

Available June 8
Billy on the Street
Killerman (HBO)

Available June 9
Young Hearts

Available June 10
Lazor Wulf: Season 2

Available June 11
Betty: Season 2
In the Heights (Warner Bros. Film Premiere)

Available June 12
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (HBO)

Available June 15
Revolution Rent (Documentary Premiere)

Available June 17
Summer Camp Island (Max Original Season 4 Premiere)
The Little Things (HBO)
Genera+ion (Max Original Season 1, Part 2 Premiere)

Available June 18
Super Friends

Available June 19
Fatale (HBO)

Available June 21
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark (Special Episode) (HBO)

Available June 22
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)

Available June 24
LFG (Max Original Documentary Premiere)

Available June 25
Explota Explota (Aka My Heart Goes Boom!)(HBO)

Available June 29
The Legend of the Underground: Documentary Premiere (HBO)

 

[Prison Mike]

I’ve never watched the Harry Potter films. I might start this month.

 

[samsnee]

I’ve only seen one all the way through.

 

[CaptainWagner]

Looks like we are finally getting all the Harry Potter movies this month

Available June 1
A Shot In The Dark (HBO)
The American President
The Aviator (HBO)
Bangkok Dangerous (HBO)
Black Rain (HBO)
Bless The Child (HBO)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Camelot
Cold Case
The Conjuring 2
Curse Of The Pink Panther (HBO)
Dirty Pretty Things (HBO)
Disaster Movie (Extended Version) (HBO)
Doctor Sleep (Director’s Cut) (HBO)
Dr. Strangelove
Drillbit Taylor (HBO)
Eight Men Out (HBO)
El Cantante
El Nombre Del Hijo (Aka The Name Of The Son)(HBO)
El Remedio (Aka The Prescription) (HBO)
Extract (HBO)
Eyes Wide Shut
Fast Company (HBO)
Feast Of Love (HBO)
The Green Mile
The Grifters (HBO)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy(HBO)
How To Be Single (HBO)
Humboldt County (HBO)
Iris (HBO)
It Takes Two (HBO)
Jerry Maguire
Just Married (HBO)
Kajillionaire (HBO)
Kung Fu Hustle
Leapfrog: Math Adventure to the Moon
Leapfrog: Numbers Ahoy
Leapfrog: The Letter Factory
The Manhattan Project (HBO)
Matchstick Men (HBO)
Mindhunters (HBO)
Miss Congeniality
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
National Lampoon’s Dorm Daze 2: College @ Sea (Extended Version) (HBO)
National Lampoon’s Vacation
Orange County (HBO)
Other People’s Money (HBO)
Pale Rider
The Pink Panther (HBO)
The Pink Panther, 2006 (HBO)
The Pink Panther 2, 2009 (HBO)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (HBO)
Presumed Innocent (HBO)
Rat Race (HBO)
Return Of The Pink Panther (HBO)
Revenge Of The Pink Panther (HBO)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Shazam!
Sherlock Holmes
Son Of The Pink Panther (HBO)
Stoker (HBO)
Take Me Home Tonight (HBO)
This Is 40 (Extended Version) (HBO)
Three Days Of The Condor (HBO)
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
Trail Of The Pink Panther (HBO)
True Romance
Victor/Victoria
Wedding Crashers
The Wedding Singer
Without a Trace

Available June 2
To Your Eternity (Dubbed) (Crunchyroll Collection)

Available June 3
The Fungies! (Max Original Season 2A Premiere)
Juan Luis Guerra 4.40: Entre Mar Y Palmeras(HBO)

Available June 4
Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It(Warner Bros. Film Premiere)
El Ultimo Balsero (Aka The Last Rafter) (HBO)

Available June 5
Clueless (HBO)
Off the Air: Season 10

Available June 6
Rizzoli & Isles

Available June 8
Billy on the Street
Killerman (HBO)

Available June 9
Young Hearts

Available June 10
Lazor Wulf: Season 2

Available June 11
Betty: Season 2
In the Heights (Warner Bros. Film Premiere)

Available June 12
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (HBO)

Available June 15
Revolution Rent (Documentary Premiere)

Available June 17
Summer Camp Island (Max Original Season 4 Premiere)
The Little Things (HBO)
Genera+ion (Max Original Season 1, Part 2 Premiere)

Available June 18
Super Friends

Available June 19
Fatale (HBO)

Available June 21
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark (Special Episode) (HBO)

Available June 22
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)

Available June 24
LFG (Max Original Documentary Premiere)

Available June 25
Explota Explota (Aka My Heart Goes Boom!)(HBO)

Available June 29
The Legend of the Underground: Documentary Premiere (HBO)

Forget the Harry Potter franchise, we've got ALL THE PINK PANTHER MOVIES!

 

[Asr]

The number of movie series/franchises that WB has claim to (and has available on HBO Max) is downright insane. It's a major plus that I haven't seen a lot of the older ones.

I've only seen a couple of the Harry Potter movies in bits and pieces and need to stake out a few days to get through all of them.

 

[Kane52630]

They really can't figure out how to do names and logos anymore...

Discovery announces new name of WarnerMedia merger: Warner Bros. Discovery