{"id":614,"date":"2022-07-22T03:08:09","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T03:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.talksomuch.com\/?p=614"},"modified":"2022-07-22T03:08:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T03:08:09","slug":"peacock-and-hbo-max-are-already-losing-some-of-universal-and-warner-bros-biggest-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talksomuch.com\/peacock-and-hbo-max-are-already-losing-some-of-universal-and-warner-bros-biggest-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Peacock And HBO Max Are Already Losing Some Of Universal And Warner Bros.\u2019 Biggest Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"
Universal is losing the\u00a0Jurassic Park\u00a0<\/em>trilogy to Netflix this month\u00a0NFLX\u00a0+2%<\/span>\u00a0while HBO Max is losing all eight\u00a0Harry Potter\u00a0<\/em>movies (as they gain six\u00a0Batman\u00a0<\/em>movies) at the end of August.<\/strong><\/p>\n One of the odd circumstances of studios launching their own individual streaming platforms while at least some of their product is still licensed to other services is you have skewed scenarios like the one playing out on\u00a0Peacock<\/em>. The Comcast\u00a0CMCSA\u00a0+0.2%<\/span>\u00a0streaming site launch two weeks ago and yet, by August 1 it will have lost its only\u00a0Fast & the Furious\u00a0<\/em>movie (Fast & Furious<\/em>), the first three\u00a0Jurassic Park\u00a0<\/em>films (which are going to Netflix) and\u00a0Shrek<\/em>. For that matter,\u00a0Kung Fu Panda\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Kung Fu Panda 2<\/em>, two of DreamWorks Animation\u2019s very best movies, will be arriving on HBO Max next month. And the two Stephen Sommers\u00a0Mummy\u00a0<\/em>movies (the two good ones with Brendan Fraser AND Rachel Weisz) will depart Peacock on August 31 for parts unknown.<\/p>\n The idea of big movies coming and going from a given streaming site is, well, that\u2019s how it\u2019s done. But it\u2019s a little bemusing for Universal\u2019s big streaming platform to lose almost every trace of its biggest franchises just weeks after debuting. As of August 1, they will have no\u00a0Jurassic\u00a0<\/em>movies, no DreamWorks toons, no\u00a0Fast & Furious\u00a0<\/em>movies and neither\u00a0The Mummy\u00a0<\/em>nor\u00a0The Mummy Returns<\/em>. Sure, they\u2019ll apparently still have episodes of the animated\u00a0The Mummy\u00a0<\/em>episodic that ran on KidsWB for two seasons beginning in 2001, but that\u2019s not exactly a selling point. Even the \u201cAlmighty\u201d franchise will be MIA as A)\u00a0Bruce Almighty\u00a0<\/em>is not on the service and B)\u00a0Evan Almighty\u00a0<\/em>departed on July 15, the day the platform launched for all interested consumers.<\/p>\n In terms of recent big Universal franchises, well, they\u2019ve got the Matt Damon\u00a0Bourne\u00a0<\/em>trilogy, so that\u2019s something. But the whole \u201center and exit\u201d scenario at the heart of the current streaming platforms has led to a bemusing situation where the Universal streaming service, just after launching, will lose (or never had) most of its biggest movies and biggest franchises. Offhand,\u00a0Hobbs & Shaw\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Fast Five\u00a0<\/em>are currently on HBO Max, which itself will lose all eight\u00a0Harry Potter\u00a0<\/em>films at the end of August. No, it has little to do with J.K. Rowling\u2019s inflammatory (and arguably transphobic) Twitter commentary, as the franchise has remained popular. HBO Max is gaining six Batman movies but losing eight\u00a0Harry Potter\u00a0<\/em>flicks.<\/p>\n The eight-film set has remained popular over the quarantine\/social distancing era as a digital purchase on the likes of FandangoNow, Google\u00a0GOOGL\u00a0-0.3%<\/span>\u00a0and Amazon\u00a0AMZN\u00a0-1.7%<\/span>. If Warner Bros. does \u201ctake action\u201d in terms of the\u00a0Fantastic Beasts\u00a0<\/em>franchise going forward, it\u2019ll be because\u00a0Fantastic Beasts 3\u00a0<\/em>may take a\u00a0Divergent\/Dark Fate\/Dark Phoenix<\/em>-style crash on the third go-around, not just because Rowling has become (arguably) morally toxic. So, no, the eight\u00a0Harry Potter\u00a0<\/em>movies are not being pulled from HBO Max at the end of the month because J.K. Rowling lived long enough to see herself become the villain. If you\u2019re struggling with how to enjoy the\u00a0Harry Potter\u00a0<\/em>series, I\u2019d offer Yoda\u2019s words of wisdom: \u201cWe are what our students grow beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n There will be some corporate reunions, like Fox\u2019s\u00a0X-Men\u00a0<\/em>leaving HBO Max and heading to Disney+. Ditto Marvel\u2019s\u00a0Ant-Man and the Wasp\u00a0<\/em>which will left Netflix yesterday and will debut on Disney+ on August 14, or the same day as\u00a0Magic Camp<\/em>\u00a0and Disney Channel\u2019s\u00a0Zombies 2<\/em>. After being one of the more popular catalogue titles at the various VOD platforms over the last few months,\u00a0The Greatest Showman\u00a0<\/em>will arrive on Disney+ on August 14. One of the biggest non-Disney family hits is now officially under the Disney umbrella. If that\u2019s not a metaphor for Bob Iger\u2019s legacy I\u2019m not sure what is.\u00a0Batman Begins\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0The Dark Knight\u00a0<\/em>will be leaving Hulu this month and taking flight over at HBO Max.<\/p>\n The whole \u201cBatman comes to HBO Max\u201d thing is a little simpler. Oddly enough, none of the live-action\u00a0Batman\u00a0<\/em>movies are currently on DC Universe, and it\u2019s another sign (along with\u00a0Harley Quinn\u00a0<\/em>arriving on HBO Max in the middle of August) that DC Universe may be folded into a part of HBO Max sooner rather than later. Truthfully, as long as we don\u2019t lose the terrific comics sub-section, there\u2019s little harm in making the DC Comics-specific streaming service an add-on.\u00a0Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Batman & Robin\u00a0<\/em>will now be available on HBO Max alongside\u00a0Batman Begins\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0The Dark Knight<\/em>. Since\u00a0Batman v Superman\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Justice League\u00a0<\/em>are already available, that only\u00a0The Dark Knight Rises\u00a0<\/em>will be \u201cMIA.\u201d<\/p>\n Ironically, this will allow fans to treat\u00a0The Dark Knight\u00a0<\/em>as the end of a two-part \u201crise and fall\u201d Batman story, since\u00a0The Dark Knight<\/em>, like\u00a0Star Wars: The Last Jedi, The Godfather part II\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again<\/em>, works as a natural conclusion to the story without necessarily requiring a third chapter. Although, to be fair,\u00a0The Godfather part III\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0The Dark Knight Rises\u00a0<\/em>are (warts and all) better than\u00a0The Rise of Skywalker.<\/em>\u00a0It\u2019s another example of the almost random nature of how these new studio-specific streaming platforms are still dealing with some of their crown jewels still going to their competition. I\u2019d be shocked if\u00a0Jurassic Park\u00a0<\/em>wasn\u2019t one of the most-watched movies on Netflix in August.<\/p>\n\n
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