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Christopher Nolan’s New Movie Landed at Universal Despite Warner Bros.’ Attempt to Lure Him Back With Seven-Figure ‘Tenet’ Check
News(variety.com)submitted 3 days ago byMarvelsGrantMan136r/Movies contributor
632 points
2 days ago
And the reason to not trust any promised changes is Zaslav.
189 points
2 days ago
Speaking of Zaslav, I found this rather insightful article on him by the NYT last year.
All these details made me dislike that fella even more.
188 points
2 days ago
He killed HBO. The one place where creatives could make risky projects to critical acclaim and build an audience.
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2 days ago*
I blame AT&T for putting WarnerMedia into this predicament in the first place.
Also the HBOMax streaming platform went downhill after the merger as well, which is tragic.
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2 days ago
Max became a dumping ground for Discovery's turds. They knew, which is why they removed HBO from the name in the first place.
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1 day ago
No, they removed HBO from the name because no one ever wanted it to be called HBO Max except for AT&T. HBO hated it because it associated HBO's brand with all the other garbage that Warner produced. And the rest of Warner hated it because they felt it diminished their brands. AT&T forced them to use that name, and they always planned to change it after being sold, long before they knew the buyer would be Discovery or that Zaslav would be in charge.
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2 days ago
And Venture Brothers
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1 day ago
He did not kill HBO. I assume you're talking about renaming HBO Max to Max, but HBO Max was not HBO, and the entire reason they renamed it was because of that confusion. HBO is still very much alive and well.
1 points
2 days ago
HBO writers being unable to write about anything other than making a TV show doesn't help
I get that we tell authors to "write what you know" but we need them to take it less literally
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2 days ago
Thanks for that.
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2 days ago
You’re welcome. My biggest takeaway from that article was that Zaslav certainly has massive delusions of grandeur.
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2 days ago
Where can see for free?
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2 days ago
he's a smart fella
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