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This means Netflix still has all that cash they were planning to spend on WB, plus the 2.5B breakup fee from WB. They could arguably just build a better WB fro

This means Netflix still has all that cash they were planning to spend on WB, plus the 2.5B breakup fee from WB. They could arguably just build a better WB from scratch with that kind of money.

internet101010 8mo ago
Or just buy Paramount in a couple of years.
crazygringo 8mo ago
$2.8B! Which isn't huge next to Netflix's market value of $357B... but when you compare it with its $45B 2025 yearly revenue, it's at least a noticeable bump. You could make almost 4 five-season-long Stranger Things with it.
- downrightmike 8mo ago
  $2.8B is $2.8B
- gloryjulio 8mo ago
  It's more than the quarterly net income last year. So still quite a lot.
- spiderfarmer 8mo ago
  > You could make almost 4 five-season-long Stranger Things with it. 4 good long running series is all HBO needed to become successful, so they got a free HBO.
add-sub-mul-div 8mo ago
They've spent many multiples of that on their throwaway binge content but that doesn't get them to something as culturally valuable as WB.
nutjob2 8mo ago
It's WB's back catalog that is the main prize.
throw0101c 8mo ago
> They could arguably just build a better WB from scratch with that kind of money. How does one build a back catalogue going back decades, including things like Casablanca, Superman/Batman, Harry Potter, and V for Vendetta? * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_Warner_Bros._films https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_Warner_Bros._films
- ta9000 8mo ago
  Harry Potter is played out. The author is a bigot. Their classics like Casablanca, maybe there is some value there.
  - throw0101c 8mo ago
    > Harry Potter is played out. Is that why they're doing a remake? * https://www.hollywood.com/news/a-new-version-of-the-original-harry-potter-movie-is-coming-before-the-hbo-harry-potter-remake-61030626 https://www.hollywood.com/news/a-new-version-of-the-original... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_(TV_series) The people who were kids when the original movies came out are now parents themselves: they're going for nostalgia and new audiences.

This means Netflix still has all that cash they were planning to spend on WB, plus the 2.5B breakup fee from WB. They could arguably just build a better WB from scratch with that kind of money.

internet101010 8mo ago

Or just buy Paramount in a couple of years.

crazygringo 8mo ago

$2.8B! Which isn't huge next to Netflix's market value of $357B... but when you compare it with its $45B 2025 yearly revenue, it's at least a noticeable bump. You could make almost 4 five-season-long Stranger Things with it.

downrightmike 8mo ago
$2.8B is $2.8B
gloryjulio 8mo ago
It's more than the quarterly net income last year. So still quite a lot.
spiderfarmer 8mo ago
> You could make almost 4 five-season-long Stranger Things with it. 4 good long running series is all HBO needed to become successful, so they got a free HBO.

add-sub-mul-div 8mo ago

They've spent many multiples of that on their throwaway binge content but that doesn't get them to something as culturally valuable as WB.

nutjob2 8mo ago

It's WB's back catalog that is the main prize.

throw0101c 8mo ago

> They could arguably just build a better WB from scratch with that kind of money. How does one build a back catalogue going back decades, including things like Casablanca, Superman/Batman, Harry Potter, and V for Vendetta? * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_Warner_Bros._films https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_Warner_Bros._films

ta9000 8mo ago
Harry Potter is played out. The author is a bigot. Their classics like Casablanca, maybe there is some value there.
- throw0101c 8mo ago
  > Harry Potter is played out. Is that why they're doing a remake? * https://www.hollywood.com/news/a-new-version-of-the-original-harry-potter-movie-is-coming-before-the-hbo-harry-potter-remake-61030626 https://www.hollywood.com/news/a-new-version-of-the-original... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_(TV_series) The people who were kids when the original movies came out are now parents themselves: they're going for nostalgia and new audiences.