According to the rumor mill, HBOMax may be in danger of being put out to pasture by the new owners, which kind of explains why this movie isn’t just being dumped there.
Still kind of weird to not just sell it to some other streaming service if that’s the case.
Edit: And Hollywood Reporter is confirming it.
Insiders say that big budget films made directly for streaming no longer financial make sense under the company’s new strategy. In June, Zaslav tapped MGM’s Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy to run Warners, replacing Toby Emmerich.
Warner Bros Discover leadership had been looking to find $3 billion in cost-savings after the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery closed in April.