JungleSkip
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Lol gotta love there being 0 actual information there. Just “WB wants to bring Potter to HBOMax”...which duh
Lol gotta love there being 0 actual information there. Just “WB wants to bring Potter to HBOMax”...which duh
I want a young Snape show with Adam Driver cast as Severus Snape. It's perfect casting and a no-brainer for a series imo.There's really only one pitch for a Potter-related show that I'd be interested in -- the Marauders era, but with Severus Snape as the main character -- and I don't expect that's the direction HBO would go in.
AgreedAs long as it's not a remake. I'm sure Uni would be hyperventilating if suddenly there was a new version of the story to compete against the version in the land.
If they were to use the same actors as in the FJ queue, I would love a series about the founders!
No. More. Origin. Stories.I want a young Snape show with Adam Driver cast as Severus Snape. It's perfect casting and a no-brainer for a series imo.
Fair enough. My extreme Potter fandom flamed out long ago.No. More. Origin. Stories.
especially ones we’ve already seen all the important parts of
All depends on the creative team.Fair enough. My extreme Potter fandom flamed out long ago.
I'm a casual at best now, even as someone who read all the books and saw every move. Fantastic Beasts ironically has been what has killed me caring about the franchise much outside of the parks anymore and I can't remember the last time I watched the Potter movies and frankly I don't even care anymore.
If they they give us something new, great, but it needs to be good and tbh, I don't trust Warner Brothers to figure out how to build a good Universe as they have shown that they don't know how to do it repeatedly, franchise after franchise.
Fair enough. My extreme Potter fandom flamed out long ago.
I'm a casual at best now, even as someone who read all the books and saw every move. Fantastic Beasts ironically has been what has killed me caring about the franchise much outside of the parks anymore and I can't remember the last time I watched the Potter movies and frankly I don't even care anymore.
If they they give us something new, great, but it needs to be good and tbh, I don't trust Warner Brothers to figure out how to build a good Universe as they have shown that they don't know how to do it repeatedly, franchise after franchise.
Watchman was great. As was Joker. But those were more serious adaptations and outside of any respective Universe. For example, i'm expecting The Batman with Pattinson to be great, but that's not DCEU. I would be surprised though if James Gunn puts out a sub-par film with his The Suicide Squad, however.All depends on the creative team.
HBO made a sequel to *WATCHMEN* that was the best thing I've seen on TV in a long time
HBO Max needs some of this genre/IP-focused programming, imo. I love their originals like Raised By Wolves, Lovecraft County and The Flight Attendant (along with the other stuff that you would normally expect from an HBO service). But for $15/month, HBO Max should be trying to be what Disney+ would be if both Disney+ and Hulu were integrated together. The Disney Bundle (which includes ESPN+) is currently $13/month. When you consider the value of the FX on Hulu shows and the genre fair like The Mandalorian and Marvel shows all on the same service, I feel like Disney+ and Hulu actually provide me with a lot more entertainment than HBO Max itself does.I don't like the idea personally, and with things like this and the NYTimes Walter Hamada article, I really hope HBO Max doesn't just turn into "Disney+, but with Warner Bros properties!".
I don't think it needs to be darkWatchman was great. As was Joker. But those were more serious adaptations and outside of any respective Universe. For example, i'm expecting The Batman with Pattinson to be great, but that's not DCEU. I would be surprised though if James Gunn puts out a sub-par film with his The Suicide Squad, however.
So if WB wants to give us a Potter series more like Watchman that is more standalone than anything, maybe a little more dark, then that sounds great. But things like the DCEU (which has been mixed at best, only saving itself in recent years), the Fantastic Beasts films (it's notable to single these out because these are the ones JK Rowling wrote the script for, bypassing writing a book) and their Monsterverse hangs on how good GvK is.
Wonder Woman did a lot, actually. Last time the numbers were reported, HBOMax was barely above ESPN+ at only around 15M. The real question is if they can keep these subscribers, which I am highly doubting.41 million subscribers to date. Doesn’t seem like Wonder Woman did that much. (Comparison Disney 80 million, Peacock 26 million)
Wonder Woman did a lot, actually. Last time the numbers were reported, HBOMax was barely above ESPN+ at only around 15M. The real question is if they can keep these subscribers, which I am highly doubting.
Disney has their investors meeting on February 12th I believe, so we should get some updated numbers then and with Soul and WandaVision, i'm expecting them to be beyond 100M and that's before they launch in Singapore on February 23rd and then South Korea, Hong Kong and an Eastern Europe rollout in mid 2021.
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There's a GIANT asterisk besides those subscriber numbers. They are reporting HBO and HBO Max numbers combined together (only HBO Max had WW84). Also, what the hell is an "activated" subscriber? Does that mean that only 17.2M are only active users, or that 17.2M are freeloaders that have AT&T cable? Either way, the numbers aren't nearly as strong as they are trying to make them look.
HBO Max Reaches 37.7M, Including 17.2M “Activated,” Subscribers
WarnerMedia's HBO Max streaming service has provided an update on its activated users and total subscribers, noting the release of 'Wonder Woman 1984' on the service helped boost numbers.www.hollywoodreporter.com