DVD Talk Forum

DVD Talk Forum (https://forum.dvdtalk.com/)
-   Streaming Talk (https://forum.dvdtalk.com/streaming-talk-75/)
-   -   HBO Max -- Warner Bros. Discovery streaming service (https://forum.dvdtalk.com/streaming-talk/645473-hbo-max-warner-bros-discovery-streaming-service.html)

fujishig 05-20-20 01:46 PM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020
 

Originally Posted by DJariya (Post 13744506)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/he...nPYY2P69Soqlt0

They are spending between $20 and 30M to finish work on it.

It will either be a 4+ hour movie or formatted as a miniseries.

That seems like a lot of money to drop on a franchise that is effectively dead and subject to reboot. How much did they spend making the Donner Cut of Superman II?

DJariya 05-20-20 01:55 PM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020
 

Originally Posted by fujishig (Post 13744533)
That seems like a lot of money to drop on a franchise that is effectively dead and subject to reboot. How much did they spend making the Donner Cut of Superman II?

It's a big expense because they're going to have to pay the actors to come back and do ADR and such. Plus they have to bring back the special effects team, editing and music team to finish post on it.

Even though this version of the DCEU is for all intents and purposes dead, it's still a brand name and it's a big part of what HBO Max's library is going to be. This will be an exclusive. I'm sure they will make a documentary as well about the movement and putting this version together.



fujishig 05-20-20 02:08 PM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020
 

Originally Posted by DJariya (Post 13744546)
It's a big expense because they're going to have to pay the actors to come back and do ADR and such. Plus they have to bring back the special effects team, editing and music team to finish post on it.

Even though this version of the DCEU is for all intents and purposes dead, it's still a brand name and it's a big part of what HBO Max's library is going to be. This will be an exclusive. I'm sure they will make a documentary as well about the movement and putting this version together.

I guess I should read the article. They're really going to get all the actors come back after quarantine just for this? At least this will excise the Superstache scenes, I would think.

DJariya 05-20-20 02:11 PM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020
 

Originally Posted by fujishig (Post 13744563)
I guess I should read the article. They're really going to get all the actors come back after quarantine just for this? At least this will excise the Superstache scenes, I would think.

Yeah I think all the scenes that Whedon shot are going into the trash.

TheBigDave 05-21-20 10:31 PM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020
 
HBO Max: WarnerMedia in Talks With Roku on Deal, Amazon Fire TV Appears to Be a No-Go

https://variety.com/2020/digital/new...tv-1234611730/


With seven days to go before HBO Max launches, WarnerMedia is racing to hammer out a deal with Roku to get the super-size streamer on Roku’s popular over-the-top TV platform. But sorry, Amazon Fire TV owners: It appears that HBO Max will not be there for you on May 27.

WarnerMedia and Roku are currently in negotiations on a pact for HBO Max, a Roku spokesperson confirmed to Variety.

The main sticking points on a HBO Max/Roku agreement likely revolve around how big a cut of subscription fees Roku will take, as well as WarnerMedia’s apparent insistence that HBO Max be made available as an app (without the option of being a channel add-on in the Roku Channel).

---------------------

WarnerMedia’s HBO Max talks with Amazon, meanwhile, could be at an impasse. Under existing agreements, HBO Now has been available on Fire TV platforms for nearly five years (and HBO subscriptions are available as an option through Amazon Prime Video Channels).

At an investment conference on May 13, AT&T incoming CEO John Stankey said, “I’m pleased to say we’re going to be in virtually all app stores” with HBO Max at launch — with “maybe one exception. It looks like we may not be in the Amazon Fire app store when all of this is said and done.”

Beyond rev-share terms for HBO Max, holdouts like Roku and Amazon are objecting to WarnerMedia’s push to have current HBO customers switch to HBO Max apps. That would mean current HBO customers who get the service through the Roku Channel or Prime Video Channels will be forced to move to the HBO Max app to get the expanded bucket of content — and thus leave the Roku and Amazon integrated video environments.

DJariya 05-22-20 11:51 AM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020
 
HBO Max June release list


June 1:
4th & Forever: Muck City, Season One
Adventures In Babysitting, 1987 (HBO)
Amelie, 2001 (HBO)
An American Werewolf in London, 1981 (HBO)
The American, 2010 (HBO)
Another Cinderella Story, 2008
Beautiful Girls, 1996 (HBO)
Black Beauty, 1994
Bridget Jones’s Baby, 2016
The Bucket List, 2007
Cabaret, 1972
The Champ, 1979
Chicago, 2002
A Cinderella Story, 2004
A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song, 2011
Clash Of The Titans, 2010
Cradle 2 the Grave, 2003
Crash, 2005 (Director’s Cut) (HBO)
Doubt, 2008 (HBO)
Dreaming Of Joseph Lees, 1999 (HBO)
Drop Dead Gorgeous, 1999
Dune, 1984 (HBO)
Elf, 2003
Enter The Dragon, 1973
Far and Away, 1992 (HBO)
Final Destination, 2000
Final Destination 2, 2003
Final Destination 3, 2006
The Final Destination, 2009
Firewall, 2006
Flipped, 2010
Forces of Nature, 1999 (HBO)
The Fountain, 2006 (HBO)
Frantic, 1988
From Dusk Til Dawn, 1996
Full Metal Jacket, 1987
Gente De Zona: En Letra De Otro, 2018 (HBO)
The Good Son, 1993 (HBO)
The Goonies, 1985
Hanna, 2011 (HBO)
Havana, 1990 (HBO)
He Got Game, 1998 (HBO)
Heaven Can Wait, 1978
Heidi, 2006
Hello Again, 1987 (HBO)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, 2012
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, 2013
The Hunger, 1983
In Her Shoes, 2005 (HBO)
In Like Flint, 1967 (HBO)
The Iron Giant, 1999
It Takes Two, 1995
Juice, 1992
The Last Mimzy, 2007
License To Wed, 2007
Life, 1999 (HBO)
Lifeforce, 1985 (HBO)
Lights Out, 2016 (HBO)
Like Water For Chocolate, 1993 (HBO)
Looney Tunes: Back in Action, 2003
The Losers, 2010
Love Jones, 1997
Lucy, 2020 (HBO)
https://cdn.collider.com/wp-content/...-9-600x399.jpgImage via Warner Bros.

Magic Mike, 2012
McCabe and Mrs. Miller, 1971
Misery, 1990
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, 2008 (HBO)
A Monster Calls, 2016 (HBO)
Mr. Wonderful, 1993 (HBO)
Must Love Dogs, 2005
My Dog Skip, 2000
Mystic River, 2003
The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter, 1991
The Neverending Story, 1984
New York Minute, 2004
Nights In Rodanthe, 2008
No Reservations, 2007
Ordinary People, 1980
Our Man Flint, 1966 (HBO)
The Parallax View, 1974
Patch Adams, 1998 (HBO)
A Perfect World, 1993
Pedro Capo: En Letra Otro, 2017 (HBO)
Personal Best, 1982
Presumed Innocent, 1990
Ray, 2004 (HBO)
Richie Rich (Movie), 1994
Rosewood, 1997
Rugrats Go Wild, 2003
Running on Empty, 1988
Secondhand Lions, 2003
She’s The Man, 2006 (HBO)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, 2011 (HBO)
Space Cowboys, 2000
Speed Racer, 2008
Splendor in the Grass, 1961
The Stepfather, 1987 (HBO)
Summer Catch, 2001
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 1990
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, 1991
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3, 1993
Tess, 1980 (HBO)
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride, 2005
The Time Traveler’s Wife, 2009
Titanic, 1997
TMNT, 2007
Torch Song Trilogy, 1988
Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, 1997 (HBO)
Tweety’s High-Flying Adventures, 2000
U-571, 2000 (HBO)
U.S. Marshals, 1998
Unaccompanied Minors, 2006
Uncle Buck, 1989 (HBO)
Veronica Mars, 2014
Walking and Talking, 1996 (HBO)
We Are Marshall, 2006
Weird Science, 1985 (HBO)
When Harry Met Sally, 1989
Wild Wild West, 1999
Wonder, 2019 (HBO)
X-Men: First Class, 2011 (HBO)
You’ve Got Mail, 1998

June 2:
Inside Carbonaro, Season One (TruTV)

June 4:
HBO First Look: The King of Staten Island (HBO)
We’re Here, Season Finale (HBO)

June 5:
Betty, Season Finale (HBO)
https://cdn.collider.com/wp-content/...tt-600x251.jpgImage via 20th Century Studios

June 6:
Ad Astra, 2019 (HBO)
Yvonne Orji: Momma, I Made It! (HBO)

June 7:
I May Destroy You, Series Premiere (HBO)

June 10:
Infinity Train, Season 2 Premiere

June 12:
El asesino de los caprichos (AKA The Goya Murders), 2020 (HBO)

June 13:
The Good Liar, 2019 (HBO)

June 14:
I Know This Much Is True, Limited Series Finale (HBO)
Insecure, Season 4 Finale (HBO)

June 16:
#GeorgeWashington, 2017
Age of Big Cats, Season One
Ancient Earth, Season One
Apocalypse: WWI, Season One
Big World in A Small Garden, 2016
The Celts: Blood, Iron & Sacrifice, Season One
Cornfield Shipwreck, 2019
The Daunting Fortress of Richard the Lionheart, 2019
David Attenborough’s Ant Mountain, 2016
David Attenbourough’s Light on Earth, 2016
DeBugged, 2018
Digits, Season One
Dragons & Damsels, 2019
Ebony: The Last Years of The Atlantic Slave Trade, 2016
Expedition: Black Sea Wrecks, Season One
First Man, 2017
Going Nuts: Tales from Squirrel World, 2019
Hack the Moon: Unsung Heroes of Apollo, 2019
The History of Food, Season One
Hurricane the Anatomy, Season One, 2018
Into the Lost Crystal Caves, 2016
Jason Silva: Transhumanism, 2016
King: A Filmed Record… Montgomery to Memphis (Part 1 & Part 2), Season One
Knuckleball!, 2019
Leonardo: The Mystery of The Lost Portrait, 2018
Looney Tunes (Batch 2) (6/22), Season One
Man’s First Friend, 2018
Penguin Central, 2019
Pompeii: Disaster Street, 2020
Popeye (Batch 2) (6/22), Season One
Pyramids Builders: New Clues, 2019
Realm of the Volga, Season One
Sacred Spaces, Season One
Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer, Documentary Premiere (CNN)
  • Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer is the sensational true story of the most infamous tabloid in US history, a wild, probing look at how one newspaper’s prescient grasp of its readers’ darkest curiosities led it to massive profits and influence
Scanning the Pyramids, 2018
Science vs. Terrorism, Season One
The Secret Lives of Big Cats, Season One
Secret Life of Lakes, Season One
Secret Life Underground, Season One
Secrets of the Solar System, Season One
Space Probes!, Season One
Speed, Season One
Spies of War , Season One
Tales of Nature, Season One
Tsunamis: Facing a Global Threat, 2020
Versailles Rediscovered: The Sun King’s Vanished Palace, 2019
Viking Women, Season One
Vitamania, 2018
Whale Wisdom, 2019
The Woodstock Bus, 2019

June 18:
Summer Camp Island, Season 2 Premiere
Karma, Series Premiere
  • Karma takes sixteen contestants, ranging in age from 12 to 15, completely off the grid, away from parents and the normal comforts of home, to solve puzzles and overcome physical challenges, with the laws of karma setting the rules. This adventure competition series, led by YouTube host Michelle Khare, will test the mental and physical stamina of its young contestants as they unravel how their social actions impact their success in the game.
June 19:
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn, Documentary Premiere (HBO)
Entre Nos: The Winners (HBO)
Bajo el mismo techo (AKA Under the Same Roof), 2020 (HBO)
https://cdn.collider.com/wp-content/...le-600x400.jpgImage via 20th Century Fox

June 20:
Ford V. Ferrari, 2020 (HBO)

June 21:
Perry Mason, Limited Series Premiere (HBO)
  • This drama series follows the origins of American fiction’s most legendary criminal defense lawyer, Perry Mason. When the case of the decade breaks down his door, Mason’s relentless pursuit of the truth reveals a fractured city and just maybe, a pathway to redemption for himself.
June 22:
Hard, Series Finale (HBO)

June 24:
South Park, Seasons 1-23
Transhood, Documentary Premiere (HBO)

June 25:
Adventure Time Distant Lands: BMO, Special Premiere
  • Based on the animated series Adventure Time created by Pendleton Ward and executive produced by Adam Muto, these four breakout specials explore the unseen corners of the world with characters both familiar and brand new. The first of these specials is BMO, which follows the lovable little robot on a new adventure. When there’s a deadly space emergency in the farthest reaches of the galaxy, there’s only one hero to call, and it’s probably not BMO. Except that this time it is!
Doom Patrol, Season 2 Premiere
Esme & Roy, Season 2A Premiere
Search Party, Season 3 Premiere

June 26:
Hormigas (AKA The Awakening of the Ants), 2020

June 27:
Doctor Sleep (Director’s Cut), 2020 (HBO)

June 28:
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, Docuseries Premiere (HBO)
  • A six-part documentary series based on the book of the same name and explores writer Michelle McNamara’s investigation into the dark world of a violent predator she dubbed the Golden State Killer.
June 30:
Welcome to Chechnya, Documentary Premiere (HBO)
  • This searing documentary shadows a group of brave activists risking their lives to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ persecution in the repressive and closed Russian republic of Chechnya.


DJariya 05-22-20 11:53 AM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020
 


Thursday, June 18
Karma (GoodStory Entertainment), all of Season 1
Thursday, June 25
Doom Patrol (DC Universe), new Season 2
Esme & Roy (animated; Sesame Workshop), new Season 2
Search Party (from TBS), new Season 3
Adventure Time: Distant Lands – BMO (animated; Cartoon Network Studios), hourlong special
Thursday, July 9
Expecting Amy (produced by Amy Schumer, directed and edited by Alexander Hammer), three-part docuseries
Close Enough (animated; Cartoon Network Studios), Season 1
Thursday, July 16
The House of Ho (Wallin Chambers Entertainment/Lionsgate Television), docuseries, Season 1
Thursday, July 23
Tig n’ Seek (animated; Cartoon Network Studios), Season 1
Thursday, July 30
Frayed (Merman/Guesswork Television/Sky/Create NSW), U.S. premiere
The Dog House (Five Mile Films/Channel 4), U.S. premiere
Thursday August 6
American Pickle feature film (Warner Max)



Deftones 05-22-20 01:27 PM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020
 
Damn it. I have all these discounted HBO Now gift cards. There is no way to sign up for the discounted price at HBO Max and use them. :sad:

Decker 05-22-20 03:36 PM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020
 

Originally Posted by Deftones (Post 13745753)
Damn it. I have all these discounted HBO Now gift cards. There is no way to sign up for the discounted price at HBO Max and use them. :sad:

I mean if your service isn't already active, you could sign up for a year of HBO Max and then when it's over start using the cards again. My service is still active so I just have to keep using the cards (I have enough to get me through the end of this year and will just hope for more this December). The discount pricing saves what $36 for one year? Not a huge deal and not as good as the cards, which would save $72 in a year, I think

Decker 05-22-20 03:37 PM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020
 
BTW : What is all that content added on 6/16? I haven't heard of any of it. Is it original or from some other TV channel that I never watch?

dvd-4-life 05-23-20 09:08 AM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020
 
What animation/anime will be available from the get go?

Also anything that WB still owns from the MGM library(movies/tv shows) be available at start up?

Jay G. 05-23-20 10:39 AM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020
 

Originally Posted by Decker (Post 13745807)
BTW : What is all that content added on 6/16? I haven't heard of any of it. Is it original or from some other TV channel that I never watch?

They're documentary programs. Quite a number of them are on CuriosityStream at the moment.

Decker 05-23-20 11:26 AM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020
 

Originally Posted by Jay G. (Post 13746094)
They're documentary programs. Quite a number of them are on CuriosityStream at the moment.

Okay that makes sense. I figured it had to be rights reverting. I never had Curiosity Stream.
Thanks

WTK 05-23-20 11:32 AM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020
 

Originally Posted by dvd-4-life (Post 13746048)
What animation/anime will be available from the get go?

For anime, the biggest anime titles scheduled to launch would be from Studio Ghibli (Castle in the Sky, The Cat Returns, From Up On Poppy Hill, Howl’s Moving Castle, Kiki’s Delivery Service, My Neighbor Totoro, My Neighbors the Yamadas, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Ocean Waves, Only Yesterday, Pom Poko, Ponyo, Porco Rosso, Princess Mononoke, The Secret World of Arrietty, Spirited Away, The Tale of The Princess Kaguya, Tales From Earthsea, When Marnie Was There, Whisper of the Heart). The Wind Rises was initially announced to launch sometime this fall, but it's not 100% if that got moved up or not.

In addition to Studio Ghibli, Crunchyroll (part of WarnerMedia) will stream select anime titles at launch. Titles include 91 Days, Berserk, Bungo Stray Dogs, ERASED , Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, In/Spectre, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, Keep Your Hands off Eizouken, Kill la Kill, Kiznaiver, KONOSUBA -God's Blessing on this Wonderful World!, Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Director’s Cut), Rokka -Braves of the Six Flowers, Rurouni Kenshin, Schwarzes Marken, The Testament of Sister New Devil, and Your Lie in April. Death Note and Hunter x Hunter are to stream at a later date.

https://gkids.com/2019/10/17/hbo-max...o-ghibli-films
https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-ne...me-on-may-27th

DJariya 05-23-20 11:47 AM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020
 
https://people.com/tv/gossip-girl-re...28oSK2kJX2nwkc

The Gossip Girl update has been postponed until 2021. They have not even started shooting yet because of the production shutdowns.

I think a lot of the scripted HBO Max originals are going to be postponed until 2021 or 2022.

Michael Mann was working on Tokyo Vice in Japan and they also had to shutdown.

Deftones 05-23-20 06:08 PM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020
 

Originally Posted by Decker (Post 13745805)
I mean if your service isn't already active, you could sign up for a year of HBO Max and then when it's over start using the cards again. My service is still active so I just have to keep using the cards (I have enough to get me through the end of this year and will just hope for more this December). The discount pricing saves what $36 for one year? Not a huge deal and not as good as the cards, which would save $72 in a year, I think

That is what I am going to do. Get cheaper price now then use cards in a year. Hopefully they are good! :lol:

davidh777 05-23-20 07:22 PM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020
 

Originally Posted by Phodg (Post 13738168)
Just unsubscribed my HBO account with Amazon Prime one day before it renewed and resubscribed to HBO Max for $11.99 a month for a year. That'll work for me.

I canceled my iTunes-based HBO Now with one day to go, and just reactivated my subscription for the $11.99 promo. Honestly not sure it was worth it for $36, but I guess it was only 10 minutes of my time. :lol: Besides, why give Apple money for no reason.

On Sunday I was going to watch John Oliver then realized I had canceled. :lol: I did watch the sports segment on YouTube.

DJariya 05-23-20 07:32 PM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020
 
I have HBO through DirecTV, so I assume there will be some kind of sign in credential option on it since I'm technically paying through an AT&T company.

I thought about cancelling my HBO subscription and then just signing up through this. But, I'm currently on multiple promos on DirecTV through July.

Once this launches, I might as well delete HBO Go off my Apple TV, Roku and iPad as I will never use that app ever again.

OldBoy 05-23-20 11:03 PM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020
 
So if I have sub for HBO, i’ll get HBO Max for free?

DJariya 05-23-20 11:05 PM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020
 

Originally Posted by OldBoy (Post 13746368)
So if I have sub for HBO, i’ll get HBO Max for free?

Depends on your provider.

Jay G. 05-24-20 07:07 AM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020
 

Originally Posted by DJariya (Post 13746369)
Depends on your provider.

I think this provides the most current list:
https://www.fiercevideo.com/video/hb...tribution-list

Altice USA, Cox Communications, Microsoft, National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC), Samsung, Sony and Verizon have joined AT&T, Apple, Charter, Google, Hulu and YouTube TV in offering HBO Max to their customers when the service launches May 27...

HBO Max will be made available at launch to independent cable and broadband operators – including WOW!, Atlantic Broadband, RCN, Grande Communications & Wave, and MCTV – through a new agreement with NCTC
That article gives details on how to activate HBO Max for the various services.

NCTC members listed here:
https://www.nctconline.org/index.php...tc/our-members

The big exceptions at the moment are Comcast, Amazon, and Roku.
https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/...ax-launch.aspx

These two articles provide a lot of info on the current status of HBO Max:
https://www.fatherly.com/news/hbo-ma...ee-bundle-att/
https://www.polygon.com/2020/5/21/21...able-att-plans

Why So Blu? 05-24-20 09:23 AM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020
 
I have HBO through Hulu, so it will segue, I suppose.

Sonny Corinthos 05-24-20 09:45 AM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020
 

Originally Posted by DJariya (Post 13746129)
https://people.com/tv/gossip-girl-re...28oSK2kJX2nwkc

The Gossip Girl update has been postponed until 2021. They have not even started shooting yet because of the production shutdowns.

I think a lot of the scripted HBO Max originals are going to be postponed until 2021 or 2022.

Michael Mann was working on Tokyo Vice in Japan and they also had to shutdown.

Is this going to be like an update version of Miami Vice, just set in Japan? If so, I am in. I am a huge Miami Vice fan.

E Unit 05-24-20 09:46 AM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020
 

Originally Posted by Why So Blu? (Post 13746478)
I have HBO through Hulu, so it will segue, I suppose.

Yes it will. I got this email a few days ago.


https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/dvdtalk...0413995f24.png



DJariya 05-24-20 10:15 AM

Re: HBO Max — Warnermedia streaming service launches May 2020
 

Originally Posted by Sonny Corinthos (Post 13746491)
Is this going to be like an update version of Miami Vice, just set in Japan? If so, I am in. I am a huge Miami Vice fan.

No it’s based on this book.

Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 09:37 PM.


Copyright © 2026 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.