Warner Bros. was once famed for their animation department. While originally devoted to theatrical shorts, the animators began devoting more time to television and film productions. These included superhero movies set in the DC Universe. Today, many of these films are available for streaming on HBO Max. What are the best animated superhero movies on…
HBO Max hosts some of the greatest superhero movies of all time. This is thanks, in part, to Warner Bros. stewardship of DC Comics since 1972. With a rare few exceptions, virtually every DC film adaptation over the past five decades was produced by a WB subsidiary. What are the best Superhero movies on HBO…
Good morning. There’s been a recurring theme to some of the AI conversations I’ve had this week: using the technology to find things in sprawling corporations. For all that agentic AI promises for the future, several executives told me that the real value right now is in locating assets—documents, devices, intellectual property, et cetera—within companies. …
James Gunn has commented on the Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery deal. Netflix may be acquiring Warner Bros. in the near future, as the streaming service previously announced plans to purchase the David Zaslav-led company. The deal is not yet set in stone, and there are still many unknowns that will need to be discussed…
Five new DC movies have been added to HBO Max. DC Studios is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, which also owns the HBO Max streaming service. A number of DC and Warner Bros. Pictures movies are already available to watch on HBO Max, including Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, James Gunn’s Superman, and more. The…
Paramount has submitted its latest offer in its quest to own Warner Bros. Discovery, but one of WBD’s major investors isn’t having it. A representative for Harris Associates, Warner Bros.’ fifth-largest shareholder, warned against the latest bid from David Ellison’s Paramount, saying that it still did not represent the best possible deal on the pending…
Paramount is saying all the right things as it addresses the concerns over its offer to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. But it’s still not budging on the one thing shareholders are now really looking for: a higher offer. Undeterred by Warner Bros.’ sound rejection of Paramount’s hostile bid, CEO David Ellison on Monday came back…
Candle Media co-CEO and former Disney executive Kevin Mayer anticipates that Paramount will continue to raise its hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. The executive would know, having been involved in every step of Disney’s $71.3 billion acquisition of Fox. Mayer served as the company’s chief strategy officer at the time, as Disney entered…
Paramount Chief Executive David Ellison knew his latest bid for Warner Bros. Discovery was in trouble when the company’s CEO David Zaslav started ghosting him. Larry and David Ellison Paramount had spent the morning of Dec. 4 finalizing its sixth bid to acquire all of Warner Discovery: an all-cash $77.9 billion offer. But Paramount was…
Netflix has finally commenced closing the deal with Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., winning the bid to acquire the film and TV studios and HBO Max streaming service, which includes the rights to Snyderverse films. Since the time James Gunn took over as the DC Studios co-CEO, a section of fans has rallied to restore the…