The streaming service has removed a handful of original movies that were previously available exclusively to its subscribers—including the Seth Rogen time-travel comedy An American Pickle, Robert Zemeckis's remake of The Witches starring Anne Hathaway and Octavia Spencer, and the Cole Sprouse and Lana Condor rom-com ...
Why platforms like HBO Max are removing streaming TV shows : Planet Money Over the past year, dozens of shows have been disappearing from streaming platforms like HBO Max and Showtime. Shows like Minx, Made for Love, FBoy Island, and even big budget hits like Westworld have been removed entirely.
“Moonshot” starring Cole Sprouse and Zach Braff, “Superintelligence” starring Melissa McCarthy (and written by her husband Ben Falcone), the 2020 remake of “The Witches,” “An American Pickle” starring Seth Rogen, “Locked Down” starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Anne Hathaway, and Sundance title “Charm City Kings” were the ...
Every month, Max brings on new movies and TV shows to add to its content library, and every month, some are taken away. In October 2023, movies and TV shows are disappearing from Max in a slow trickle before the last day of the month when over 100 titles will be removed.
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Why did HBO Max remove everything?
OFFENBERG: HBO Max is trying to save on residuals. HOROWITZ-GHAZI: Streaming companies pay residuals to the writers and directors and actors of their original shows every year those shows stay on the platform. So by removing a show like "Made For Love," streamers could be saving millions.
By removing these films and shows, especially the ones HBO Max created rather than licensed, executives can cut expenses immediately. Warner Bros. Discovery has promised at least $3 billion in synergies stemming from the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery, announced in May.
NEW YORK (AP) — In a highly unusual move that rattled Hollywood, Warner Bros. axed the “Batgirl” film planned for HBO Max, opting to shelve the $90 million film as the reorganized studio revamps its approach to streaming and DC Comics films.
This long list is made up of Dr. No, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds are Forever, The Man with the Golden Gun, Moonraker, Octopussy, The Living Daylights, GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, Casino Royale, and Quantum of Solace. In the mood for some musicals?
After more than a year, HBO Max has relaunched on Amazon's U.S. Prime Video Channels. Both companies announced Tuesday that they inked a new deal through at least 2024. For HBO Max, it revives an avenue to increase subscriber numbers after it shed roughly 2 million subscribers following its 2021 Amazon exit.
No, John Wick: Chapter 4 will not be on HBO Max since it's not a Warner Bros. movie. Last year, the company released its films in theaters and on the streamer on the same day. However, they now allow a 45-day window between the theatrical release and the streaming release.
Other noteworthy films leaving HBO Max this month include “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” “Contagion,” the extended version of “Dances with Wolves,” “Ghostbusters,” “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” “Love & Basketball” and “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping.
In February 2023, the list of titles expiring on HBO Max includes the iconic 1988 comedy Coming to America; the classic true-story crime-drama I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932); extended versions of Max Payne and American Psycho; the 2018 movie Crazy Rich Asians, and the Dark Knight trilogy movies Batman Begins ...
HBO is out of the adult entertainment business, as the network quietly removed all of the erotic-themed movies and TV shows from its channels and streaming services. “Over the past several years HBO has been winding down its late-night adult fare,” an HBO representative told TheWrap.
Blockbuster movies such as the chilling sequel The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, the joyous musical In the Heights, the wizarding prequel Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and its sequel The Crimes of Grindelwald, and popular franchises such as John Wick and Jurassic Park will be leaving the service in ...
The biggest premiere of the month is Season 2 of the maximalist period piece Winning Time, which will chronicle the lead-up to the rematch between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. And for even more sports, there's a new season of Hard Knocks, set at the Aaron Rodgers-occupied New York Jets training camp.
Other popular movies leaving Peacock in July 2023 are The Hunger Games movie series, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Legacy, The Fast and the Furious, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Fast Five, Angels & Demons, The Da Vinci Code, The Day After Tomorrow, Jaws, and Jurassic Park, among others.
Next up, the two feature-length Sex and the City movies are back on the streaming service for those eager fans waiting for And Just Like That… Season 2. Also, funny enough, all three film remakes of A Star Is Born – from 1954, 1976, and 2018 – will be streaming on Max this month.
At least for ad-free viewing, HBO Max is a better value. You don't have to pay for extra streams just to watch 4K HDR video, and you get more simultaneous streams than Netflix's middle price tier anyway.
With the launch of HBO Max, the new site has a hub devoted to just movies under the Turner Classic Movies banner. The number of acclaimed films can be pretty overwhelming, and shy of Criterion Channel, you won't find a better collection of classic Hollywood, indie, and foreign films available for streaming.
In addition, 20 original HBO Max shows will be taken off the platform, including teen drama “Generation,” animated anthology series “Infinity Train,” holiday-themed reality dating show “12 Dates of Christmas” and “Sesame Street” spinoff “The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo.” It is currently unclear whether they will be ...
Why are streaming services removing original content?
Previously, content has been usually removed from streaming services due to licensing agreements. This removal means that the particular television series and films are no longer available to view on that streaming service, but may reemerge on another streaming service as the licensing shifts.
As Warner Bros. Discovery has been canceling shows and gradually dismantling HBO Max over the past few months, CEO David Zaslav has insisted that the entertainment giant had a plan for all of that content beyond disappearing it for tax credits and to avoid paying royalties.
According to the creator, while it remains unclear exactly why Infinity Train was scrubbed from HBO Max, "we do know it was a direct order from Discovery, and it's about saving money somehow." He went on to say that "across the industry, talent is mad, agents are mad, lawyers and managers are mad, even execs at these ...
