Wow
What a headline like if you were on the fence about getting HBO max before
Although why it's pretty much the cost of HBO, you know on its own not through a cable provider, but who has cable anymore?
Right. Anyway, I don't think you're on the fence anymore. There's a little bit of a bad
angle to this though cuz it seems like this is amazing news and it is
But these shows are so strong that they do make HBO max a little bit less reliant than having to seal that
Zack snyder's justice league deal. Uh-oh
As I've told you before
He has some requests to film some additional scenes
Punch it up a little bit, which I think his eye from what I've heard is a great idea
He has some really cool stuff that he wants to do. That would be very exciting
But if that deal isn't closed soon, maybe you might want to shoot less or just get it out there
He might have to not be able to do the additional photography because
You know the quite the name of the game is getting people to sign up for your service
And I think that these shows are gonna go a long way
To making HBO max seem like a sexy and exciting place
And by the way, I had this in my notes through the end, but I'll say it now. I love seeing Warner Brothers embrace
What it can do what Disney can't and that's go dark and that really makes them the perfect yin and yang for us fans
We get everything we get the light and the dark
Wonderful. This is really the anti Disney and I mean that in a good way that gives us, you know
They can really only do certain things, you know, they're very much in their roles, but we get everything and that's just wonderful
all right, so
Warner Brothers
Really really really really really really really wanted JJ Abrams to call their studio home other people wanted them. Apple wanted them
But Warner Brothers or Warner Media aka AT&T dug deep and wrote him a 500 million dollar check
He doesn't get that personally. It's what the deal is worth for him and his company just have
been II often
Weis over from Game of Thrones
Don't get two hundred million, but that's what their deal is worth and the company both
companies are stand to make a significant amount of money and that of course trickles down to their oath to their their heads a
lot
Bad rowboat by the way is run by JJ Abrams and his wife who is was responsible for getting Kevin sushi fired fired
She didn't want to go work at Warner Brothers if he was gonna be there and then of course that horrible story
Broke and everyone found out what Kevin Sugihara was doing and how you secure a financing deal and Warner Brothers with them. Alright anyway
So that five hundred million dollars today got off to a darn good start was every penny
I'm sure Warner Brothers feels today and they sure as three new shows have are moving ahead an HBO max from bad robot
And if done right I think we'll give the streaming service a serious edge in the streaming wars
so yes Hollywood continues to be all about
Franchises and we're getting a shining show
Oh my god, and another DC show as you can see but we're also getting an original series we should touch on this
It's the least exciting because it's new. We don't know anything about it
It's an original series set in 1970s about a crazy getaway driver things go from bad to worse
And Abrams came up with this idea himself and he's developing it with into the Badlands writer producer
Latoya Morgan deadline was like walking dead writer Latoya Morgan. I looked it up
She did one episode
She but she really was heavily involved it into the Badlands and I know a lot of people enjoy that show it's not the caliber
Of The Walking Dead but maybe duster is this is called will be Latoya Morgan's The Walking Dead. I
Am happy to see people of color behind the camera succeed especially female talent, you know, they are really behind
Which needs to be fixed, but I have to say in front of the camera
It would be great if Morgan could pay it forward and have an actor of color in the lead
I think that would help set this show that show apart. All right, let's focus on the franchises
We love franchises which is why Hollywood loves franchises. So let's start of course with Justice League dark
That's the show that's gonna be done and deadlines reported back in January and I covered it
The bed robot was taking meetings with talent for Justice League dark behind the camera talent to say what characters do you like tomorrow?
You want to do a TV show and we have our answer there doing a TV show for HBO HBO
max
Although I think that's basically now HBO, right? That's just like a division of HBO max
I'm hearing it's a very expensive one
And of course, that's the hallmark of all screaming shows these days that they are at the level of movies
But are very long movies. So that makes them better than movies when they're good
They're really good now details are scarce in the trades as to who's working on this and who's going to be in the show
But I checked with my sources
And I have some information for you. So it's another hundred million budget show. Apparently, where's all this money coming from? I?
mean I'd be curious if they I guess they can't although the mandalorian was done very
Cleverly behind the scenes to bring the budget, you know to to make the meal to get more bang for their buck
So I hope there was creative people working behind the scenes on on
This Justice League dark show there like quick bad robot. Everybody watch the behind the scenes documentary but make for it. Alright
So anyway, I'm hearing the lineup at least for now
it's going to be because you know things could change and development but there right now the lineup is gonna be
Constantine of course is etana of course dead man, Jason blood aka extra game
I can't believe he made it and then what seems like an
Overkill and you already have etiquette but they're gonna do Swamp Thing - oh, that's a good lineup
That's very good lineup. And on that note. I'm hearing that Abrams wants all new actors
so unfortunately, that means no one from the DC Universe Swamp Thing show will be brought in and
No, Matt, Ryan. Sorry Matt. Ryan fans. Now some people might want Keanu Reeves
I would think he'd be kind of above a television show but this is a streaming show and Keanu Reeves
You know, he has the job. He's John wick for he has matrix for so he's pretty busy
But I think if they brought him up pretty good enough check
He seems like a pretty good sport and if it was done. Well, I could maybe see him doing it. So yeah, we'll see
Cuz Abrams I'm here is looking to sign name talent for at least a few roles, and I would think
Constantine and Zatanna would be that the key players. I you know a male and female lead Deadman though
A fan favorite will be a key casting
Decision and with Constantine in Zatanna's dark magic and a chicken and swamp thing
You know this show is gonna be expensive really expensive. I'll be interested
It'll have to be I think done with prosthetics to at least I would like to see maybe that was prosthetics
That would make it certainly less expensive
All right. Let's focus on the shining shadow. I'm so excited
But you have to admire Warner Bros for doubling down on the franchise after dr. Sleep was such a box-office done
people liked him you saw it, but nobody saw it, but
That sequel but that sequel made the mistake of spending very little time at the Overlook Hotel, which is why anybody would watch a shining
Anything to do with the shining, but the show is all about the Overlook. In fact, it's called Overlook
It will be a prequel and will feature one offs that explore what's happened to previous guests at the Overlook through the years
Brilliant, I love it so much. I dream like that in a second
But what's not so brilliant and where I'm a little disappointed is that Abrams is apparently given this to his castle rock team the deal
isn't apparently closed according to the trades and I would do everything in my power to stop that deal from happening if I could I
Mean, I loved Castle Rock when it started, but it quickly went off the rails and never came back
I watched the whole first season, but I thought it was a very unsatisfying ending like a lot of Stephen King stuff
And they had a second season and no one talks about the second season at all
Did anyone here watch the second season and if you did how was it?
But yeah, I that team does not to me scream creative confidence. I mean, I just I don't know
I I really didn't really look up. I mean, I feel bad because I didn't like the beginning of Castle Rock
But oh, please give it to somebody else. I
Think this show would be hard to mess up though
Because having one offs allows remember you have to this this show is so brilliantly built from a business perspective
I guess that's why I particularly like it
Because one offs allows for bigger named talent to check it right both behind and in front of the camera
You can have some recurring characters like the manager and some people who work at the hotel, but you can have you know
Really big parts, you know at least medium name directors and actors as leads and doing each episode. It's very cool
Basically, this could be HBO Maxis
Zone or Hollywood Tower Hotel. Oh my god. It's good idea. I will watch this even if it sucks
I don't really well now as for Justice League dark who we kid. No watch that too
But this is a lot of team shows Warner Brothers
Like wow, I can't imagine keeping them all going and DC Universe we feel it's not long for this world
I think the hot that the highlights will get moved over to HBO max
I already said Doom Patrol was getting moved over
I think the Harley Quinn shows are pretty safe back, but I don't know about Titans. I don't know about Titans
Will you save Titans? I think it had a good run but I I think it's time for it to fade to black
So Warner Brothers though feels that this Justice League dark show and Green Lantern
Which they're also said to they've also announced and they're working on with Greg Berlanti
Remember, they couldn't be looked into the DCEO if they're good enough Bob, you know promises promises. Let's actually see it
Expect Justice League dark though way before Green Lantern because Abramson is bad robot team are moving very very fast
Overlook has already assembled a writers room
So that ones when this pandemic is over, they'll have their scripts ready to go and can hit the ground running
Personally, I again love to see Warner Brothers being the anti Disney. I just think it's very exciting. I think it's their sweet spot
I think it's what everybody wants to see from them and it makes me so happy when they do that
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