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Don’t count on many big-budget unique scripted collection heading to Max.
Warner Bros. Discovery is altering its technique on the subject of big-budget collection and can transfer titles such because the upcoming Harry Potter collection and IT prequel Welcome to Derry from the streamer to its linear community HBO.
Inexperienced Lantern collection Lanterns can also be a part of this technique shakeup after being handed a collection order at HBO at the moment.
It’s not clear whether or not The Penguin, which is ready to be launched in September, or Dune: Prophecy additionally will transfer to HBO. Insiders stated these are nonetheless TBD.
Clearly the likes of Harry Potter and Welcome to Derry will air on Max after their linear debuts, however the transfer doesn’t shout confidence in scripted streaming originals for the David Zaslav-run firm.
On the launch of the rebranded Max service in April 2023, the place it confirmed collection corresponding to Harry Potter, Zaslav declared, “This can be a actual second for us … That is our time. That is our likelihood, and the whole lot is feasible,” he stated. “I really feel like, for our firm, that is our rendezvous with future.”
After axing its unscripted division in 2022, it seems that Max received’t be the unique residence for big-budget scripted collection transferring ahead both.
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