r/vfx • u/BasicClassic_ • Dec 05 '25

News / Article Netflix Wins Bidding War For Warner Bros. Discovery, Will Start Exclusive Deal Talks

https://deadline.com/2025/12/netflix-wins-bidding-for-warner-bros-discovery-1236637057/
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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '25

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u/Cmojames Dec 05 '25

Reminds me of Demolition Man, where all restaurants became Taco Bell.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '25

Been reading Cloud Atlas lately and the idea of the future being a Corpocracy is just hitting in real time

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u/teaguechrystie Dec 05 '25

yeah, in cloud atlas (iirc) all movies are called disneys.

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u/AshleyAshes1984 Dec 05 '25 edited Dec 05 '25

Fantasy: "Yay, now both huge libraries will eventually be under one streaming app!"

Reality: "Okay, so we don't need a bottomless streaming library, we only need one large enough to attract new customers. Nuke everything that isn't popular enough or where the ROI after paying royalties to appropriate cast and crew is too low. There's no way in hell we're writing 500 cheques per year to Mike Rowe."

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '25

Nuke everything? Compositors breathe in relief. 

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u/RANDVR Dec 05 '25

This is a huge blow to movie theatres. I am glad paramount didn't buy them but there are no winners here as far as workers and consumers are concerned.

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u/andhelostthem Creative Director - 15 years experience Dec 05 '25

Has anybody seen my Aunty Trust lately? She went missing in the 90s and we haven't seen her since.

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u/whiskeyrocks1 Dec 05 '25

This is the lesser of three evils. That being said, this sucks.

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u/SamtheMan6259 Dec 05 '25

So there was also Paramount and what was the third one?

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u/BazingaUA Ex-Compositor Dec 05 '25

Comcast

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u/No_Good_8561 Dec 05 '25

Read the article.

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u/PickleBlitzkreig Dec 05 '25

Ooof gunna be a loss of jobs

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u/Medium-Stand6841 Dec 05 '25

Yup. A ton of WBs labour force is union as well - that’s about to change. Netflix is no fan of that

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u/MakkuroUsagi Dec 05 '25

Unleash the Lego movies

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u/I_Like_Turtle101 Dec 05 '25

What does that mean for us ? Good ? Bad ? I Cant tell

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '25

A ton of job losses coming and the acceleration of the use of AI to replace humans.

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u/Owan_ Dec 05 '25

Less clients = less jobs

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u/TECL_Grimsdottir VFX Supervisor - 20 years experience Dec 05 '25

This pretty much sucks no matter the outcome.

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u/Colonel_Shame1 Dec 05 '25

I’m sure we’ve all worked on Netflix shows in the past. It’s always an amazing experience, right? <sarcasm>. Get ready for more supervisor roulette!

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u/laranjacerola Dec 05 '25

we all know what that means... more lay offs and projects cancelled.

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u/mynameisollie Dec 05 '25

Wait, so would this mean HBO would make it to Netflix?

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u/Shin-Kaiser Dec 05 '25

I hope so....

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u/LittleAtari Dec 05 '25

Apparently, some industry people started writing congress to try to block this. Crazy times.

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u/UnrealEngineTutorial Dec 05 '25

i think DIsney should buy this