Jason Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Quote The difference here is that Coyote vs. Acme is a completed movie with very good test scores, 14 points above the family norm. ‘Coyote Vs. Acme’: Warner Bros Shelves Finished Live-Action/Animated Pic Completely As Studio Takes $30M Tax Write-off DEADLINE.COM Warner Bros has completely shelved finished movie 'Coyote vs. Acme' to take $30M tax write-off. The Looney Tunes animated live action movie won't be released 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 10, 2023 Author Share Posted November 10, 2023 How many of these can Zaslav do before creatives start refusing to work for WB for reasonable fear that they're going to work on something that Zaslav is just gonna bury for a tax writeoff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 56 minutes ago, Jason said: How many of these can Zaslav do before creatives start refusing to work for WB for reasonable fear that they're going to work on something that Zaslav is just gonna bury for a tax writeoff? Zaslav doesn't care, because he wouldn't understand. He likely would think creatives would be happy since they will get paid either way (since only matters to people like him). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 10, 2023 Author Share Posted November 10, 2023 11 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Zaslav doesn't care, because he wouldn't understand. He likely would think creatives would be happy since they will get paid either way (since only matters to people like him). What's even crazier is that James Gunn produced this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 I really would have liked to see this 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Jason said: What's even crazier is that James Gunn produced this. I think that’s because it stared John Cena as the human lead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 If you shelve a movie for tax purposes, it should become public domain. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 What's Warner Bros. Discovery's next move? David Zaslav and John Malone offer clues WWW.CNBC.COM Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav and board member John Malone both suggested buying distressed assets in the next two years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 Warners Reverses Course in ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Fight - Puck PUCK.NEWS In a surprising about-face, Warner Bros. executives will allow the filmmakers of Coyote vs. Acme, a $70 million live action/CGI hybrid Looney Tunes film, to shop the movie to other potential distributors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 We should put in a bid. It’ll be the first release for D1Pictures 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 11 hours ago, TheLeon said: We should put in a bid. It’ll be the first release for D1Pictures I'll put in .50 cents to get the ball rolling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 Joaquin Castro calls for federal probe of Warner Bros. over handling of ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ THEHILL.COM Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) called for a federal investigation into Warner Bros. Discovery over the organization’s handling of “Coyote vs. Acme.” “The @WBD tactic of scrapping fully made... Quote films for tax breaks is predatory and anti-competitive,” Castro said on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 On 11/13/2023 at 5:19 AM, Keyser_Soze said: Warners Reverses Course in ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Fight - Puck PUCK.NEWS In a surprising about-face, Warner Bros. executives will allow the filmmakers of Coyote vs. Acme, a $70 million live action/CGI hybrid Looney Tunes film, to shop the movie to other potential distributors. Thats promising! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Remarkableriots said: Joaquin Castro calls for federal probe of Warner Bros. over handling of ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ THEHILL.COM Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) called for a federal investigation into Warner Bros. Discovery over the organization’s handling of “Coyote vs. Acme.” “The @WBD tactic of scrapping fully made... That’s promising! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 GCN+ is shuttering its live streaming services and app next month | Bicycle Retailer and Industry News WWW.BICYCLERETAILER.COM (VELO) — GCN+ — the live streaming service as part of the Global Cycling Network — is closing effective Dec. 19. Quote “This decision comes from our parent company Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and is driven by its global strategy to consolidate its streaming services, and to offer content in fewer places, making it easier for customers to access and discover more content,” a media note read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 Zaslav Says Warner Bros. Discovery Cutbacks, Including Shelving Movies, Took ‘Courage’ VARIETY.COM Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav weighed in on the Hollywood strikes and defended the company's cutbacks as requiring "courage." Quote Elaborating on WBD’s decisions to write-off certain films and TV series, he said that hypothetically, if the company has already spent $100 million producing a film, “The question is, should we take certain of these movies and open them in the theater and spend another $30 [million] or $40 million to promote them?” The Warner Bros. Entertainment and HBO teams made a number of “hard” decisions, Zaslav continued, but that “when I look at the health of our company today, we needed to make those decisions. And it took real courage.” Lololololol 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 FUCK YOU RELEASE THE COYOTE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 6 hours ago, Brian said: Zaslav Says Warner Bros. Discovery Cutbacks, Including Shelving Movies, Took ‘Courage’ VARIETY.COM Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav weighed in on the Hollywood strikes and defended the company's cutbacks as requiring "courage." Lololololol God fuck him so hard. Fuck all these anti-art CEOs. You could replace him with a houseplant and still make more money than with this clown. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 22 hours ago, thewhyteboar said: God fuck him so hard Ew, no thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 The Final Days of ‘Coyote vs. Acme': Offers, Rejections and a Roadrunner Race Against Time | Exclusive WWW.THEWRAP.COM Warner was seeking of $75 – $80 million for Coyote vs Acme nd rejected offers from Netflix, Amazon and Paramount, insiders tell TheWrap 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 I wonder if we'll see more and more creatives avoid working with WBD, or if they're just too big to really avoid. Obviously with a film like this one or Batgirl, it's not like you could make those exact films elsewhere. Is Nolan a canary in a coal mine, or is he just massively privileged in being able to choose which studios to work with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Netflix, Amazon, and Paramount wanted Coyote vs. Acme, but WBD said no - The Verge WWW.THEVERGE.COM Even though multiple studios were interested in releasing Coyote vs. Acme, Warner Bros. Discovery said no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 If a movie gets canned for a tax write off it should become public domain. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 15 minutes ago, thewhyteboar said: If a movie gets canned for a tax write off it should become public domain. And you should only be allowed to take a write off for the dollar value of the highest serious offer you received, not whatever inflated number you pulled out of your ass. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Why Warner Dropped the Anvil on ‘Coyote Vs. Acme’ WWW.GOOGLE.COM WBD has reportedly decided to shelve the live action–Looney Tunes mash-up. It might be good business—but it’s also a reminder of the impermanence of art in the... Quote It is now overwhelmingly likely that no member of the public will ever be able to see Coyote Vs. Acme. In fact, The Wrap reports that after outcry from filmmakers and onlookers over initial reports about plans to shelf the film, which was budgeted around $70 million, Warner allowed it to be screened for interested parties. But Warner did not inform Netflix, Amazon, or Paramount—all of which are said to have made “handsome” offers—ahead of time that there would be no budging from its initial asking price, which was somewhere between $75 million and $80 million. The entertainment industry, like all others, replicates this logic on a larger scale. Most analysts figure Warner will score at least a $30 million tax break for shelving Coyote Vs. Acme rather than releasing it. This is, on its face, immoral and anticompetitive whether you find morality and business competition to be one and the same or directly opposed: How can it be better to flush $70 million down the drain than to try to recoup at least some of it? And still, in the immediate sense, it’s almost certainly good business; the balance sheets will be cleaner this year. But it closes off any possibility that the film would be a hit—or adapted into a hit spinoff, or heavily merchandised, or simply good enough that it makes Warner more attractive to filmmakers who could bring it hits in the future. It’s shortsighted by the most craven measures and simply gross by any others. Yet tax law—and precisely nothing else—incentivizes the conglomerate to do something that, in a sane world or in a more competitive industry landscape, would alienate it to writers, directors, and stars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 CW Boss Claims Superman & Lois Died For James Gunn's Man of Steel GIZMODO.COM WB's weird rules over which characters can have so many versions running around simultaneously may have struck again. Quote In a recent interview with TheWrap, CW’s entertainment president Brad Schwartz and overall company president Dennis Miller talked about keeping some shows from the old regime. Superman & Lois has apparently performed quite well in previous seasons, but it was allegedly Warner Bros.’ call to cap it at four seasons. “They don’t want a competing Superman product in the marketplace,” Schwartz explained, effectively laying the blame for the show’s end at 2025's Superman: Legacy from James Gunn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Will Forte Speaks Out on 'Deleted' Coyote Vs. Acme Movie After Studio Cancels Release: 'Proud of It' PEOPLE.COM Will Forte expressed 'confusion and frustration' that his 'super funny' Looney Tunes film 'Coyote Vs. Acme' may never be seen by the world. 'A movie that should be seen, but won't,' said the actor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Warner Bros. Discovery shares drop 10% as company misses estimates, warns of 2024 cash flow headwinds WWW.CNBC.COM Warner Bros. Discovery boosted free cash flow but the company fell short of analyst estimates for revenue and profit. This asshole can't even tax writeoff his way to a profit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 53 minutes ago, Ricofoley said: Warner Bros. Discovery shares drop 10% as company misses estimates, warns of 2024 cash flow headwinds WWW.CNBC.COM Warner Bros. Discovery boosted free cash flow but the company fell short of analyst estimates for revenue and profit. This asshole can't even tax writeoff his way to a profit What's even stupider is selling the movie for $50 million to one of the parties that wanted to buy it would have gotten them more money than writing it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 COYOTE V. ACME - Pastebin.com PASTEBIN.COM Pastebin.com is the number one paste tool since 2002. Pastebin is a website where you can store text online for a set period of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 I just read and FUCK does that read like a fun movie. Fuck WB and especially Zaslav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 6 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: COYOTE V. ACME - Pastebin.com PASTEBIN.COM Pastebin.com is the number one paste tool since 2002. Pastebin is a website where you can store text online for a set period of time. Someone needs to pull off an Operation Snow White and break in and steal the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 I think it's Discovery puppeteering the lifeless corpse of Warner Bros. Zaslav is a despicable, vile person ruining entertainment. R.I.P. WB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Just realized that anyone who has a Max account via a cable subscription to HBO has been downgraded to no longer be able to stream HDR/DV and you’re now required to buy a completely separate Max plan if you want HDR. Fucking ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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