THB #175: Stuck In A Loop

The Zasamaniacs

I sat down to write a column about how there is almost nothing being written about these days aside from Zaslav, Netflix woes, Chapek, and summer box office and the confusions that have ensued. In particular, I thought I would write about how all this writing about Zaslav was really blind guessing, as we really don’t know what the public-facing state of Warner Bros Discovery will be in the months to come.

Then Joe Adalian’s very good Buffering newsletter landed in my inbox, today titled, “HBO Max Is Doing Well — So Of Course Changes Are Coming.”

Indeed… Joe outlines the many things none of us really know about what is coming at “HBO Max.” His outline headers in bold… and my shorter answers…

➽ Will Warner Bros. keep making movies just for Max? 
This is not a real question. It was created by Jason Kilar’s idea of the future, which is no longer the idea of the future at Warner Bros Discovery.

We need a better definition of “movie.”

Thing is, Disney has the right idea. Let the…