The Warner Bros. Thread | Will NOT merge with Paramount...capitalism is still terrible

[TMP]

Congrats to Zaslav for his future anointment as king of the dunces. Better than Iger, I suppose.

[Scubasteve716]

Is kinda funny everyone thought WB would be sold and yet they are buying something else lol

[Cappoedameron]

Where's the governor to stop Zaslav, investigate his shady ass business practices of buying stuff and paying debt by cancelling things or selling beloved IPs. Fuck this clown, get rid of him already.

[Maggie]

RIP Paramount. Sad to see it end this way. But better than being bought by Skydance??

[21C]

Just now, Cappoedameron said:

Where's the governor to stop Zaslav, investigate his shady ass business practices of buying stuff and paying debt by cancelling things or selling beloved IPs. Fuck this clown, get rid of him already.

How tf is it illegal to try to make a profit.

[SpiderByte]

Paramount Max with Showtime Plus!

[Eric Prime]

On 3/12/2020 at 4:09 PM, Eric Wonka said:

Capitalism is gonna kill us faster than corona will

Still relevant!

[AMC Theaters Enjoyer]

Hell world. We live in hell world.

[Eric Prime]

1 minute ago, AMC Theaters Enjoyer said:

Hell world. We live in hell world.

[dallas]

"Paramount is under enormous pressure to find a strategic partner or buyer, as it's staring down a mountain of debt."

 

[Arlborn]

18 minutes ago, 21C said:

How tf is it illegal to try to make a profit.

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Such an odd question. There are literal thousands of ways to make profit illegally.

 

Not that this would be illegal necessarily, although it probably should considering that eventually we'll end up with only 2 or 3 relevant studios for all of Hollywood. Ain't that gonna be fun? Yep, so much fun.

[El Squibbonator]

So if the WB/Paramount merger happens, does this mean we can expect even more cancellations?

[misterpepp]

2 minutes ago, El Squibbonator said:

So if the WB/Paramount merger happens, does this mean we can expect even more cancellations?

 

Yes, almost certainly. Not necessarily on the finished product stage (although not ruled out), but definitely projects in development and pre-production.

[Eric Prime]

5 minutes ago, Arlborn said:

Such an odd question. There are literal thousands of ways to make profit illegally.

 

That reads as somebody who knows from experience. 🤔

[El Squibbonator]

5 minutes ago, misterpepp said:

 

Yes, almost certainly. Not necessarily on the finished product stage (although not ruled out), but definitely projects in development and pre-production.

Now I'm hoping this doesn't happen, because there are a bunch of movies in development at both Warner Bros. and Paramount that I'd hate to see get axed. Paramount has an Avatar: The Last Airbender movie planned for 2025, for example; you think Warner Bros. would keep that around? 

[ChipDerby]

3 minutes ago, El Squibbonator said:

Now I'm hoping this doesn't happen, because there are a bunch of movies in development at both Warner Bros. and Paramount that I'd hate to see get axed. Paramount has an Avatar: The Last Airbender movie planned for 2025, for example; you think Warner Bros. would keep that around? 

 

Depends on the production costs etc etc etc

[El Squibbonator]

It would be hilarious, though, if Paramount distributes Coyote Vs. ACME, then ends up getting bought by Warner Bros. anyway-- it would make the whole effort to have the movie written off entirely pointless, because at the end of the day they'd still own the distribution rights to it!

[Scubasteve716]

16 minutes ago, El Squibbonator said:

So if the WB/Paramount merger happens, does this mean we can expect even more cancellations?

On the Paramount side not the WBD side. WBD would take over Paramount look at what they are doing and axe whatever they don’t like essentially.

[TMP]

The layoffs are gonna be messy 😕 

[Maggie]

22 minutes ago, El Squibbonator said:

So if the WB/Paramount merger happens, does this mean we can expect even more cancellations?

 

19 minutes ago, misterpepp said:

 

Yes, almost certainly. Not necessarily on the finished product stage (although not ruled out), but definitely projects in development and pre-production.

Mission 8 cancelled? After all, The 7th one lost money