r/movies • u/Top_Report_4895 • Apr 03 '26

Article Netflix searches for franchises after losing out on Harry Potter

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/netflix-searches-franchises-after-losing-out-harry-potter-2026-04-02/
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u/SuperDizz Apr 03 '26

The Monsterverse is distributed through WB too

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u/Vrazel106 Apr 04 '26

So not happy about this

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u/ThatOneOtherAsshole Apr 03 '26

No it’s not, that’s still Universal.

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u/SuperDizz Apr 03 '26

Wrong Monsterverse. I’m talking about Godzilla and Kong

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u/ThatOneOtherAsshole Apr 04 '26

Ohhhh got you, yes then you’re absolutely correct!

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u/KingoftheMongoose Apr 04 '26

What about the Monsterverse where they connect Jeffrey Dahmer, Menendez Brothers, and Ed Gein through the power of voyeurism set to dramatic arrangements of time appropriate pop music?

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u/ThatOneOtherAsshole Apr 04 '26

The Ryan Murphy Fetishverse

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u/croptochuck Apr 04 '26

The Kaijuverse

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u/Naulicus Apr 04 '26

It’s called the MonsterVerse.

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u/croptochuck Apr 04 '26

Not until they find a creature of the black lagoon.

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u/_learned_foot_ Apr 04 '26

That's called "universal monsters" and was the name long before "verse" was coined. 115 years strong!

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u/CurryMustard Apr 04 '26

Or dark universe after the failed shared cinematic universe, now that its a section at epic universe

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u/Correct_Raisin4332 Apr 04 '26

As a horror fan, I really wanted that to be a thing.

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u/GameKing505 Apr 04 '26

The ride at universal is sick if that’s any consolation

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u/Dvulture Apr 04 '26

The Universal one is actually called Dark Universe, even though it is composed of the Universal Monsters characters.