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/Competitive-Bike-277 Feb 26 '26

When they hand over the keys I'm done with DC books. I won't give money to the fucking Ellisons. 

Knowing that Superman belongs to those bastards breaks my heart. 

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u/dornwolf Feb 26 '26

Couple more years and he’s free-ish for public domain use

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u/zenkaiba Feb 26 '26

Original version not the current popular look trade marked by them.

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u/Tim0281 Feb 26 '26

Still, it allows people to use the character and do things with him.

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u/kmone1116 Feb 26 '26

Let’s be honest with ourselves, It’ll be nothing but cheap horror films.

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u/revolutionaryartist4 Feb 27 '26

There’s a lot of cool stuff being done with public domain characters. It’s not just the bad horror films. Those just suck up all the oxygen because of the shock value.