Why HBO Max Reportedly Will Remove Even More Movies & TV Shows
screenrant.comWhy HBO Max will continue to purge movies and TV shows from the service is becoming more and more clear. Warner Bros. Discovery, who owns HBO Max, recently shelved their $90 million superhero film, Batgirl, while it was in post-production, as well as a planned Scooby Doo animated sequel, Scoob! Holiday Haunt. The abrupt cancellations of both projects shocked Hollywood, as well as fans looking forward to both. It has become apparent that a new strategy is being implemented by the new leadership at WB Discovery (which merged earlier this year) that will see more casualties to come.
Stirring up even more controversy is the news that WB Discovery has removed six HBO Max original films from the streaming service. Those films include Seth Rogen's American Pickle, Robert Zemeckis' The Witches remake, Melissa McCarthy's Superintelligence, Locked Down starring Anne Hathaway, the Sundance hit Charm City Kings, and Moonshot, which had only been on the service for just over two months. The removal of these HBO Max exclusives was never officially announced and was only discovered by Reddit users who noticed their absence.
Related: Why Warner Bros Cancelled DC's Batgirl Movie
Now it's being reported that WB Discovery will purge even more movies and TV shows from HBO Max in a move that's more financial than anything else. Per IndieWire, the removal of the previously-mentioned movies are part of a longer list of films and scripted series that are being pulled off HBO Max and Discovery+. Warner Bros. Discovery’s first quarterly earnings report is due on Thursday, and these moves appear to be preemptive of that, with a major restructuring expected as Warner Bros. Discovery executives seemingly prepare to «turn two SVOD (subscriber video
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