Now Introducing HBO Max Classic

[Arachnerd]

Can't wait to find out what other animated properties are going to be unceremoniously cancelled.

 

[Dr.]

An about-face, apparently, on this particular shutdown.

Warner Bros. Discovery Makes U-Turn On Closure Of Writers & Directors Workshops, Moves Schemes To Diversity Unit – Deadline

 

[CaptainWagner]

An about-face, apparently, on this particular shutdown.

Warner Bros. Discovery Makes U-Turn On Closure Of Writers & Directors Workshops, Moves Schemes To Diversity Unit – Deadline

bullying works

 

[Sithborg]

Someone was about to sue, I think.

 

[Arachnerd]

About time honestly. No way were any of those people going to take this swimmingly.

 

[Ninjablade]

Good on the DGA for not letting that bull**** fly.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Cartoon Brew - Cartoon Network Studios, As You Know It, Is Gone Thanks To David Zaslav
Warner Bros. Television Group (WBTVG) laid off 82 scripted, unscripted, and animation employees on Tuesday, and will not fill 43 more vacant positions. The 125 positions represented 26% of the companies workforce across those units.

The Verge - Warner Bros. Discovery is effectively killing Cartoon Network

Earlier this month, Cartoon Network’s Craig of the Creek and its spinoff Jessica’s Big Little World had their season episodes orders cut back by 50 percent. While both shows (and the upcoming Craig of the Creek movie) are still happening, the way they’re being pared back despite being part of one of Cartoon Network’s most successful current franchises feels reflective of things to come. In all likelihood, Warner Bros. Discovery intends to keep the Cartoon Network brand alive the same way that it probably wants to keep the HBO name around (at least somewhere, perhaps as a tab) on whatever platform HBO Max and Discovery Plus are about to become.

But it feels quite possible that the Cartoon Network of the future might really just be more of a nostalgic brand Warner Bros. Discovery keeps around as Warner Bros. Animation is given the tools to develop new iterations of its old IP like Velma and yet another Powerpuff Girls show.

Polygon - Cartoon Network is not dead, says Warner Bros. — but its future is uncertain

 

[Arachnerd]

That article is innaccurate (hence why I deleted an initial post from that source) and clickbait-y. It is indeed true that Cartoon Network Studios will merge with Warner Bros animation, but no one in the former is losing their job, nor is the Cartoon Network channel being purged. People who work for Cartoon Network have debunked it on Twitter, and the Variety article about this situation sets things straight.

 

[antsman41]

Seriously… he’s pure evil.

 

[Lily Adler]

Warner Bros. TV Group Lays Off 82 Staffers, Consolidates Some Unscripted and Animation Departments in Belt-Tightening Restructure

 

[Primal Slayer]

How has HBO (Max) NOT made a Fables series yet? in true WB fashion they have this acclaimed comic series that their just sitting on as it collects dust and everyone else is doing adaptions of these characters.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

The Hollywood Reporter - Warner Bros. Discovery to Take $2B-Plus Writedown on Content and Development Amid Restructuring

 

[squeekness]

Warner Bros. Discovery to Take $2B-Plus Writedown on Content and Development Amid Restructuring

Better not be anything I like!

 

[Arachnerd]

Here's to another creative onslaught, yay.

 

[Closerframe]

Pretty soon HBO and WB will only consist of Batman, Game of Thrones, Euphoria and Succession spin-offs. Oh well. Maybe someone else will buy the company in the next two years *fingers crossed*

 

[Prison Mike]

Barbarian is on HBO Max now!

 

[Still Wynning]

Pretty soon HBO and WB will only consist of Batman, Game of Thrones, Euphoria and Succession spin-offs soon. Oh well. Maybe someone else will buy the company in the next two years *fingers crossed*

I am not usually in favor of other companies merging and absorbing other companies, but if there was one that I wouldn’t mind buying up HBO/WB when this entire thing starts going under, it would be Apple TV+. They clearly have a good eye for talent and content, and would actually respect the properties they own and give them proper due. Also, they actually value animation and wouldn't treat it and the writers/creators as lesser than the live-action stuff.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2 Release Date Won’t Be in 2023 | TVLine

 

[Lily Adler]

I am not usually in favor of other companies merging and absorbing other companies, but if there was one that I wouldn’t mind buying up HBO/WB when this entire thing starts going under, it would be Apple TV+. They clearly have a good eye for talent and content, and would actually respect the properties they own and give them proper due. Also, they actually value animation and wouldn't treat it and the writers/creators as lesser than the live-action stuff.

I still argue Apple TV+, Paramount+, Peacock, and to a lesser extent Disney+ shouldn't exist.

 

[Filmfreak]

Apple TV+ overall definitely had the best content this year, so I'm glad it exists.

 

[Prison Mike]

I’m glad they all exist

 

[samsnee]

I still argue Apple TV+, Paramount+, Peacock, and to a lesser extent Disney+ shouldn't exist.

Interesting. You think Disney should just license?

 

[Lily Adler]

Interesting. You think Disney should just license?

Weird I never got a notification that you quoted me.

It's just based on my blaming Disney for starting the fracturing of legacy media among several streaming services requiring us to have more than Netflix, Prime, and Hulu. I wonder if Disney should have just bought Comcast share in Hulu and threw all their content on there...

 

[metaphysician]

Eh, the fracturing was inevitable. If Disney didn't do it then, someone else would have done it, and then Disney would have joined in eventually anyway. The siren song of full control and all the profits was too strong. Studios won't stop trying to slice up the market into tiny wholly-owned pieces until they've been *personally* kicked in the face repeatedly by "running a streaming platform is harder than it looks" and "too small to be competitive".

And of all potential parties to run their own in-house streaming service, Disney is near the top. Even once the market stops fragmenting, Disney should *still* be one of the small number of services remaining, because their catalog is more than large enough to justify it. They certainly have a better business premise then either Hulu or Amazon Prime.

( Well, Amazon Prime *as a competitive streaming service*. Amazon Prime works fine for what it ultimately is, which is something of a prestige toy to give Bezos a foot in Hollywood. )

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

HBO Max & Discovery+ Combo Service Launch Date Moved Up [to Spring 2023] – Deadline

Warner Bros. Discovery earnings miss across the board