Eagle-eyed observers may have noticed the changes brought about by today’s announcement: lantern, TV series based on DC’s Green Lantern characters, officially received an eight-episode series order from HBO. That’s right: HBO is on the cutting edge, not labeled a “Max Original” The frequently renamed HBO streaming service.
Warner Bros. had until last week designated the DC series as “Max Originals,” rather than “HBO Originals.” latest trailer penguin fall. But the brand image has reportedly changed A report in Variety magazine HBO and Max content CEO Casey Bloys is “moving the majority of Max’s upcoming big-budget, Warner Bros. IP projects under the HBO umbrella.”
This shift covers releases from 2025 and beyond – so 2024 releases penguin and Dune: Prophecy Both are expected to remain labeled as Max shows; “Licensing Process [The Penguin] It has already started internationally,” Bloys explained. But once the calendar turns over, look for lanterninspired by stephen king it prequel series welcome to delhiThe “Harry Potter” series that Warner Bros. insists on producing belongs to HBO Originals.
The shift, which reverses a previous intention to keep all shows based on WB properties under the Max Originals label, came about when Bloys and other executives realized WB shows weren’t that different from HBO’s own creations . “When we started making these shows, we used the same approach, the same thinking as the HBO shows,” he told Variety, noting that there was even crossover between talent, such as warderDamon Lindelof is studying lantern. “This idea of compartmentalization is starting to feel unnecessary… let’s just call them what they are: HBO shows.”
What does this mean for viewers? not many. This means that if you see an HBO original being marketed, it will gain credit on the HBO linear channel; all HBO shows will still be available on Max. Max-only episodes will still exist, but they will be “more in the style of broadcast/traditional TV” and will have a more reduced budget than HBO shows. When asked why the company doesn’t just produce Every Showcasing an HBO show would be the least confusing way forward, Bloys said. “I do think it would be helpful to have a brand that doesn’t carry the expectations or intentions of an HBO show. If it wasn’t for that And by design, it doesn’t have to do that.
Do whatever you want. penguinperhaps the last of the DC Max Originals, will be available on September 8th.
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