HBO Max has been in the news a lot lately, for all the wrong reasons. First, Warner Bros. Discovery has decided to completely suspend two projects the bad girl Scooby-Doo animated films and films, Scoob: vacation spot, although both were actually in production. Now it seems to be there lots of other content that we won’t see on HBO Max At least not when we expected it. It seems that a decision has been made to delay the theatrical release of some of the service’s films, including that of Baz Luhrmann. Elvis.
Warner Bros. was one of the first studios to come up with a new theatrical release plan during the pandemic that would see all films arrive on HBO Max 45 days after their theatrical debut, following the decision to publish the day and date of the WB 2020 list on HBO Max. However, this decision was made under the old World Bank regime and, according to sources in the one who makes decisions , the new bosses have decided to handle the HBO Max releases on a “case by case” basis. So while some movies may still start streaming 45 days after release, not all of them will.
The first victim of this new plan is Elvis starring Austin Butler as the King of Rock and Roll and Tom Hanks as his manager, Colonel Tom Parker. The film was supposed to be released on HBO Max next week under the previous plan, but has now been removed from the schedule. Even if it has been confirmed Elvis will arrive on HBO Max at some point, no new release date has been announced.
Needless to say, this sucks for anyone looking forward to watching Elvis on HBO Max and really everyone who signed up for HBO Max in hopes of seeing some theatrical releases on the service soon. At this point, it is one of the strengths of the service.
While it’s possible to see why WBD might want to delay the release of some HBO Max movies, if they are successful at the box office, the studio won’t want to undermine it by releasing the film too soon. The fact is, most studios did the same thing after WB made that decision. Universal also manages Peacock versions case by case, but Disney pulled it all out Light year a Doctor Strange in the multiverse of madness which grossed nearly a billion dollars worldwide right around that 45 day window.
Clearly, many things are changing at Warner Bros. under new management and it will take some time for the dust to settle down and we have a good idea of what things will be like in the future, both on the theatrical and streaming side. Maybe it’s just the rare movie that takes over 45 days to arrive on HBO Max, or maybe most of them are now overdue. If movies make more money in theaters and on VOD / Blu-ray doing this, and the loss of HBO Max subscriptions is minimal, then it looks like what seemed like the “new normal” could be back to the way it was. . to be to be.
Source: Cinemablend
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