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HouseOfTheSun

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  1. What’s actually hilarious is that Zaslav probably saw the ridiculous sum Warner gave Snyder to make his version of the movie and nearly busted an aneurysm.
  2. Truthfully it’s a pretty low risk basket. Discovery content is cheap and relatively profitable. But you’re right a lot of Warner projects for the last 10-15 years have been indulgent artistic projects that are not good investments that very few people end up caring about. I’m guessing the days of Warner handing out cash for those movies is done.
  3. After paying down debt, Zaslav is going to use Warner cash flow to expand Discovery’s content and either cut down Warner to the bare essentials or at the very least never expand beyond what it currently is. HBO max overseas has been halted, Originals slashed, TNT/TBS programming cut, CNN+ shut down immediately…anything on the Warner side that requires an investment to expand is gone. All of that goes to discovery.
  4. I’m not really seeing how this is a Chapek move at all. Chapek has done nothing but expand outside the classic Disney brands. In fact that’s what he and Iger were at odds about originally. He’s pushed Hulu, Star, FX to the moon.
  5. I don’t think he should remain CEO. He’s just not the guy. I think the reigns will be handed over sooner or later. Maybe someone like Staggs or Mayer returns, heck even Rice himself, Sarandos. Perhaps even Walden, Daniel, or D’Amarro will get a very quick ascent to the top. in fact I actually don’t think it’s out of the realm of possibility that privately the board has told him he’s not returning. He answers to the the chairman at the end of the day. I think it’s possible the Board wants Dana Walden as the next CEO and that Rice needed to go for her pathway to be clear. Walden and Rice had been together for a very long time. To see that she’s inheriting his position and not leaving with him is surprising to me. I think she’s the best bet for who Chapek is replaced by.
  6. That’s a jarring headline to read but if it is true that it’s an open secret that he was angling for the job and that he initially threw himself into the mix for the Warner job, Chapek has pretty clear grounds to fire him without ceremony…regardless of what people will say. Walden is more than enough to fill the shoes.
  7. And now back to the regularly scheduled issue of Johnny Depp being a shit tier actor.
  8. Slashing HBO Max’s original budget, likely hamstringing true HBO budget. Lol that cash Warner generates is going straight into Discovery’s reality side to push more production.
  9. Clint Eastwood is also beyond geriatric and Sully which was his last real hit was 6 years ago now.
  10. …? Wouldn’t that be the case everywhere then? It’s getting good to great reception everywhere
  11. Top Gun is gonna do what American Sniper did and everyone on these boards are going to be confused as to what went wrong with their predictions. This shits gonna be Boomer Endgame.
  12. It hasn’t been interesting since the shock and awe of Endgames 357m domestic / 1.2B worldwide opening. Marvel continues to be the only interesting follows as they’re the only ones capable of doing enormous numbers.
  13. There’s no way someone as green as Josh is getting the job this quickly. He needs to stay at the parks while someone who has deep connections with Hollywood takes over. They need to go with Peter Rice
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