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MarvelsGrantMan136 OP t1_j02qe0b wrote

Nothing is safe from WBD, but it's done filming and should release sometime in 2023.

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Neo2199 t1_j02t6n2 wrote

> but it's done filming

Like Batgirl & Minx?

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lightsongtheold t1_j02tuma wrote

And Scoob and The Nevers and Chad and…well we could go on and on with this for a while.

Hopefully Our Flag Means Death eventually pops up on another network when WBD inevitably cancel it.

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Neo2199 t1_j02vmkw wrote

Yeah, it’s crazy that they are cancelling/removing new seasons that already in the can.

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Rarietty t1_j02ys7u wrote

The one issue with that hope is Minx is technically distributed by Lionsgate, so it's easier to shop around to other companies. WBD just had the exclusive streaming rights before they decided they didn't want them anymore.

Meanwhile, OFMD is actually distributed by WBD. It's an internal project made specifically for HBO Max that would have been pitched to Warner before the new Discovery exec team came in, so it'd probably be all tangled up with legal red tape if its creative team wanted to take it somewhere else. I'm not sure if that makes it safer while it's still in production, but it certainly would be bad news if it got prematurely canned.

My main hope is that Taika Waititi is rich enough (or at least carries enough clout) as a producer that the WBD execs don't want to piss him off, but, then again, they don't seem very scared of potentially alienating anyone in the industry so

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lightsongtheold t1_j034ep3 wrote

Finding a new home for Our Flag Means Death is not as much of an issue as one might think with the new leadership being very open to external sales. We just seen a similar example of this over at NBCU. They cancelled a Universal TV show on Peacock but we’re open to it continuing on at Netflix and happy to give Netflix the previous seasons of the show on a non-exclusive basis. Seems that selling a show rather than funding it fully yourself is something that would very much appeal to cash strapped WBD right now. Biggest issue is finding a new home! I definitely think WBD would be open to selling Warner TV shows under this current regime.

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sgthombre t1_j038n5f wrote

> Nothing is safe from WBD

Have been meaning to finish Babylon 5 but have been taking my time since I figured it would never leave HBO Max since they spent the time and money to remaster it but I'm not so sure anymore.

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cabose7 t1_j03tvjg wrote

The editors better cut as fast they can

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Willing_Definition71 t1_j03h18q wrote

Plenty is safe, Discovery and its CEO took on a company bleeding capital and have cut the unprofitable parts of the buisness

HBO is safe, any show that is marketable is safe, they have signed contracts with James Gun to lead the DC division which seems to be a popular decision

It should be a positive that Warner Brothers is being run by a media company that knows what it is doing rather than AT&T

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macnbc t1_j04rdcp wrote

> HBO is safe

Tell that to Westworld and Minx.

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