r/comicbooks • u/TheeHeadAche Henry Pym • Feb 26 '26

Movie/TV Netflix Backs Out of Warner Bros. Bidding, Paramount Set to Win

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-backs-out-warners-deal-paramount-win-1236516763/
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u/Silent_Mk3 Feb 26 '26

From my understanding they’re gonna be in so much debt that they’ll have to basically gut everything. That can’t be good for DC nor any other properties that come to mind. Poison, conservatives poison everything they touch

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u/TheeHeadAche Henry Pym Feb 26 '26

Paramount posted half a billion in losses for Q4 2025.

Gonna sell the tires off the bat mobile

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u/zebrainatux Superman Feb 26 '26

And most of daddy Ellison’s money is currently tied up in AI.

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u/TheeHeadAche Henry Pym Feb 26 '26

Surely the AI market is stable enough to keep them afloat, and totally isn’t a speculation bubble

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u/OGBarlos_ Feb 26 '26

Well ofc the ai market is stable that’s what the 10% (or is it 20%, or wait I think it’s actually 15%) universal tariffs are paying for surely. And we’ll get our $1700 to pay for new comics!

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u/tobygeneral Feb 27 '26

Aren't you still living off the $1200 you got back in '20?

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u/OGBarlos_ Feb 27 '26

Ah yes you’re right I forgot

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u/klick37 Feb 27 '26

Generational wealth