Warner Bros. Discovery has been quietly culling content from HBO Max — including several Warner Bros. movies that were exclusively streaming on the service — in what appears to be an effort to cut costs.
reboot of comedy classic “House Party,”
from LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s SpringHill, was previously slated to premiere July 28 on HBO Max but was scrubbed from the release calendar. To be sure, streaming platforms continuously add and remove content. What’s unusual is that Warner Bros. Discovery did not announce the removals of the six WB streaming exclusives from HBO Max. Also worth noting is that “Moonshot” was pulled from HBO Max only about three months after its March 31 debut.
HBO Max’s removal of the Warner Bros. movies could be part of WBD’s move to get streaming-content payment obligations for underperforming titles off its books. In the case of an unreleased movie like the “House Party” remake, the media conglomerate could be accounting for it as a tax write-down, asReps for Warner Bros. Discovery didn’t respond to inquiries about the HBO Max film removals. The company is scheduled to report second-quarter 2022 earnings Thursday after market close. Warner Bros.
Like other streaming services, HBO Max issues monthly updates about titles being added and removed — for example, it announced that
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