As HBO Max pulls 'Westworld' and plans $800 million to $1 billion in extra write-offs, its parent is leaning on third-party deals and a FAST channel to deliver cash.
Meanwhile, a number of other shows will come off the HBO Max platform as WBD looks for license partnerships. Sources tellfor the WBD FAST platform, but showrunners Joy and Nolan were not eager to produce the show for a service that would have required a substantially lower budget.
“The FAST service would allow them to have their cake and eat it, too,” notes one of the sources. “Get the write-off of pulling the show from the main service and do something new with it, too.”comes as Warner Bros. Discovery is reversing renewals and pulling other shows off its platform as part of a larger bid to cut costs across the company, including write-offs and impairments related to content and development costs of $2.8 billion to $3.5 billion, up from $2 billion to $2.5 billion.
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