HBO Max Faces Backlash for Removing 'Sesame Street' Episodes.'Calm Down,' James Gunn Says 'Peacemaker' Safe After 'Batgirl' Shelved.Fans Fearful the 'Best Streamer' Will Be Gutted as HBO Max Changes Hands.The company's subsidiary New Line purchased the script in 2017.įans of Falcone-McCarthy collaborations are still able to watch another one of their movies on streaming, with Thunder Force still available on Netflix.

The Melissa McCarthy movie, directed by her husband, Ben Falcone, and starring the voice of James Corden as a life-changing AI, is a slightly more puzzling removal, seeing as Superintelligence began at Warner Bros. Fletcher) but they are also reportedly looking into creating a free, ad-supported streaming service. Not only has HBO Max removed these films (plus series like Vinyl and Mrs. merger happened in April, the company was left with $55 billion in debt, meaning that some drastic financial decisions are being made.

Per Variety, the removal is likely part of the company's plan to get rid of underperforming titles that they are still having to pay people for. partly, could be the reason behind the movie, which stars Rogen as an Eastern European immigrant who awakens after centuries preserved in a vat of pickles, has left HBO Max. acquired at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Though released on HBO Max, the film originated as a Sony movie, which Warner Bros. The Self Rogen-starring fish-out-of-water comedy was the first HBO Max original movie just two months after the service first launched.

Anne Hathaway (C) is shown above as the Grand Witch in the movie based on the Roald Dahl story. 'The Witches' is one of six that have left HBO Max this month.

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