Netflix buys Warner Bros

[Old_Nash_II]

https://deadline.com/2025/12/netflix-warner-bros-reaction-jason-kilar-hollywood-1236637227/

So, goodbye for HBO Max?

[TangledThorns]

9 minutes ago, Old_Nash_II said:

https://deadline.com/2025/12/netflix-warner-bros-reaction-jason-kilar-hollywood-1236637227/

So, goodbye for HBO Max?

 

Hello moar expensive Netflix?

[505thAirborne]

6 hours ago, Old_Nash_II said:

https://deadline.com/2025/12/netflix-warner-bros-reaction-jason-kilar-hollywood-1236637227/

So, goodbye for HBO Max?

John Oliver had mentioned a month or two ago that Paramount/Skydance wanted to purchase Warner Bros/HBO. This purchase by Netflix is most likely the lesser of two evils. 

[jenius]

I love the full circle we're going in entertainment from cable to Internet to fractured Internet to Internet that's just like cable.

[Big s]

8 hours ago, Old_Nash_II said:

https://deadline.com/2025/12/netflix-warner-bros-reaction-jason-kilar-hollywood-1236637227/

So, goodbye for HBO Max?

That’s been the plan for a while, was just a matter of who put up the big bucks to do the purchase. Even if it had turned out paramount or any of the others, they were gonna get rid of the hbo max app and merge it into whoever won the bid

 

8 hours ago, TangledThorns said:

 

Hello moar expensive Netflix?

more than likely, but probably about as much as it was with other services in the past for the most part.

 

2 hours ago, 505thAirborne said:

John Oliver had mentioned a month or two ago that Paramount/Skydance wanted to purchase Warner Bros/HBO. This purchase by Netflix is most likely the lesser of two evils. 

that was before the big bids dropped, just kinda happier it went to Netflix so I don’t have to get paramount. I’d rather spend a little more on the one I do have than have to get the one nobody has

[TangledThorns]

I just remembered I have a HBO/Hulu/D+ monthly bundle and guess it'll just be a Hulu/D+ bundle soon, lol. 

Anyways, Netflix+HBO will demolish the competition. 

 

[azrael]

11 hours ago, 505thAirborne said:

John Oliver had mentioned a month or two ago that Paramount/Skydance wanted to purchase Warner Bros/HBO. This purchase by Netflix is most likely the lesser of two evils. 

There's rumblings that Paramount may file a lawsuit over this to challenge Netflix's purchase. As of posting, Paramount was ready to perform a hostile takeover by doing an all-cash deal at $30/share, versus Netflix's $27.75/share. Minus regulatory, we'll see what happens over the coming weeks/years.

[Big s]

6 hours ago, TangledThorns said:

I just remembered I have a HBO/Hulu/D+ monthly bundle and guess it'll just be a Hulu/D+ bundle soon, lol. 

Anyways, Netflix+HBO will demolish the competition. 

 

It’s gonna just be D+. Hulu is merging with Disney and that app will be gone in a few months 

[Hikuro]

I wouldn't be surprised by what Azrael just said. When I heard about it this morning we were talking about this at work and co workers and I agreed something or someone even be it a government entity will probably step in or object to it because it's thinning out the market. 

Personally I'm very sick and tired of these high streaming prices and the content they produce along with the amount of time it takes to create the content. It's as expensive as cable and satelite. And really the only streaming service I seem to like right now is Tubi since it's free and they also get some quality programing on their setup, sure it's got ads, but seeing how it's free that's worth the hassle of ads. 

[TangledThorns]

The Writers Guild isn't cool with this either. This drama makes me realize how weak the competition (P+, A+, D+, Prime, etc) is.

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/wga-opposes-netflix-warner-bros-deal-merger-must-be-blocked-1236601433/

[Big s]

I still think it would’ve been hilarious if Disney bought it up. All of a sudden, there’d be the awkward JL Avengers movie or teen new mutants or Deadpool vs Peacemaker movie 

[Old_Nash_II]

Hostile takeover?

Why not

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/05/paramount-david-ellison-wbd-bidding-war-hostile-bid.html

[rsvictor1976]

I doubt this purchase will go through. There's too many parties involved (politicians, unions, and other corporations) for it to pass unless Netflix made a hefty contribution to Trump.

[Big s]

15 minutes ago, rsvictor1976 said:

I doubt this purchase will go through. There's too many parties involved (politicians, unions, and other corporations) for it to pass unless Netflix made a hefty contribution to Trump.

Definitely a lot of things that will be getting in the way. Although there is a lot of cash flowing from different sources. I’m really just hoping it doesn’t go to Paramount 

[Bolt]

Hbo/max , aside from a few shows, has been quite the dud, imo. Whoever gets it, hopefully will infuse it w more content that's worthy.

[Big s]

6 hours ago, Bolt said:

Hbo/max , aside from a few shows, has been quite the dud, imo. Whoever gets it, hopefully will infuse it w more content that's worthy.

I think it’s been alright for the shows and movies, mostly the non DC stuff. Weapons was surprisingly fun for a movie and shows like Welcome to Derry and Rightous Gemstones are pretty great. Sure not everything big is a win, but I think they have more hits than misses. Also Primal is coming back and Smiling Friends is a great way to waste of time. Plus if the live action DC stuff is a letdown, a lot of the animated stuff is kinda cool, with the exception of Harley Quinn and Kite Man and a couple others.

[TangledThorns]

And. here. we. go.

Paramount Skydance launches hostile bid for WBD ‘to finish what we started,’ CEO Ellison tells CNBC

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/paramount-skydance-hostile-bid-wbd-netflix.html

Edited Monday at 03:01 PM by TangledThorns

[505thAirborne]

For me, I see Netflix as a company that wants to create films & entertainment. They're a giant corporation with their own interests for sure but are open to various ideas & concepts/opinions. 

The Ellison family just wants to control the world & everything around them, very dangerous people IMHO. I do hope WB is able to defend itself. 

[Old_Nash_II]

Rapaz...

[TangledThorns]

1 hour ago, 505thAirborne said:

For me, I see Netflix as a company that wants to create films & entertainment. They're a giant corporation with their own interests for sure but are open to various ideas & concepts/opinions. 

The Ellison family just wants to control the world & everything around them, very dangerous people IMHO. I do hope WB is able to defend itself. 

 

Careful, your politics is showing. lol. Anyways, its WB that wants to sell. 

[Big s]

Politics and evil intent aside, I just don’t want to buy into another streaming service. Hoping for anyone other than paramount and still think Disney would be the hilarious option 

[JB0]

I just hope Atari somehow winds up with WB's video game division once everything shakes out. I hope they're trying to figure out a bid.

Mostly I want this because the current wearers of Atari's skin actually care about gaming history and the multiple legacies WB currently holds within their storage shed.

 

When WB purchased Midway back in 2010, they didn't just attain the Williams-Bally-Midway video game library, which is significant in its own right(and not just because Mortal Kombat).

At that time Midway was the owner of Atari Games, the arcade division of Atari, which had been split out into its own company in the 80s. Atari history's a complicated mess (that flows into and out of Warner multiple times!), but the point is there are two Ataris and one's entombed within WB while the other is active in the documentation and preservation of video game history(part of which is selling old video games).

It is not an exaggeration to say WB's game division is neglecting a legacy that goes back to Pong, and neither Netflix nor Paramount actually wants anything to do with it.  

...

And it will be funny to see Atari buying Atari.