Emergency Pod: Did Movie Theaters Just Die? Why Warner Bros. Is Dropping Its 2021 Releases on HBO Max

The Big Picture

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Tv & Film

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🗓️ 3 December 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Major news in Hollywood: Warner Bros. has announced it will stream all of its new films in 2021 on HBO Max, including 'Godzilla vs. Kong,' 'In The Heights,' 'Space Jam: A New Legacy,' 'The Suicide Squad,' and 'Matrix 4.' Why did this happen? What does it mean for movie theaters? Will other studios follow suit? Amanda and Sean do their best to parse a historic day. Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Sean Fennese.
0:06.6	I'm Amanda Dobbins.
0:08.0	And this is the Big Picture, an emergency conversation show about the death of movie theaters.
0:15.3	There has been a major announcement in the world of movies by Warner Bros. today, and we
0:20.0	are going to talk about all of it on the Big Picture.
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1:22.7	Okay Amanda, so we got some big news.
1:25.7	I would say honestly what feels like some very sad news, Warner Bros. announced that its
1:31.6	entire slate of 2021 film releases is going to move to HBO Max while also opening in movie
1:39.9	theaters next year.
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