Looks like they’re using the removed content for tax write offs

Someone explain the logic. Movies not released yet. Understandable but ones already made and have been streaming. Why?

And with the constant content they make to keep people engaged of course it would be some duds. Can't be banking on relasing 3 new content a month and expect them all to hit

If only this happened before matrix 4 dropped

wait what’s happening are we about to lose hbo max ?

Bruh💀

thewrap.com/hbo-max-layoffs-warner-bros-discovery-q2-earnings-preview

Did a trial to get past the paywall for this

WBD is in a precarious situation when it comes to appeasing Hollywood’s top creators, which was made even more urgent on Wednesday after the studio shelved the DC Comics film “Batgirl.” The entertainment industry was caught by surprise that the mostly completed film staring Leslie Grace, which cost about $90 million to make, won’t be seen theatrically or on its streaming services.

Speculation that layoffs were at hand began rippling through HBO offices late Tuesday afternoon, with one insider stating the pay-TV channel’s employees are “all freaking out” and that “all I know is they’re folding HBO Max into HBO, and there will be redundancies.”

“Everyone in Warner Bros. Discovery is nervous at the moment, and they’re starting to look at alternative job options in case they get the axe,” a company insider said. “Sounds like they’re not doing HBO Max scripted shows anymore with HBO taking over, so less scripted shows overall.”

HBO Max development is expected to be especially hard hit with layoffs with two sources placing the amount of dev staff cuts at 70%. “HBO Max has a development team, which is a lot of overhead,” the agent with knowledge explained. “And why do you need a development team at HBO and HBO Max? It’s redundant. Just have Casey Bloys’ team do all the scripted TV development.”

I think AT&T is partially responsible for this

They attempted to spend like Netflix and couldn't handle the debt, sold the company and now Discovery is actually making business decisions

This is also a preview of what the future holds for a plenty of other services. Wouldn't be shocked if Warner is flipped again within the next few years

Wow that is sad

Wtf

They dead ass killing this s*** lmfao

Y'all couldn't just rebrand?

Canceling/removing ALREADY released content for tax write offs is insane lmfao that's what I can't get my mind off

That’s pretty much what happened. Throwing all those movies on HBO max instead of theatrical releases was a terrible business move that costed them millions

Sure it was nice for us, but s*** like that is why they had to get sold off to discovery

Loool man anyone praising this move is a dipshit

Awful awful stuff

Whole company being gutted

Rip HBO
Rip DC
Rip creative decisions

Only thing there will be left is Discovery

Didn't RDCWorld sign an HBO deal?

If Zalsav thinks HBOMax is a flop I wonder what he thinks of Discoveryplus. That's the one app they offer a year for free and still hardly any subscribers.

Was it HBO or HBO Max?

If it's Max that's about to be gone

Damn, just when the boys were coming up

it's over hbo max was really the too-good-to-be-true streaming service, best catalog of films I've ever seen on a streaming service that wasn't mubi or criterion.

Go unscripted

Batgirl is gonna be the new Roger Corman Fantastic Four

Tbh they probably tryna merge discoveryplus and hbomax into one app and keep the price the same. Only thing that could make sense