Since 2019, anyone at home hoping to watch recently released movies from the indie studio A24 needed to tune in to Showtime Networks. But that exclusive output deal ended recently. And for months, I've been wondering where A24's movies were headed next.
Well, mystery solved.
Today, Warner Bros. Discovery announced they have reached a new multiyear deal bringing A24's theatrical slate exclusively to Max, HBO and Cinemax. Over the course of the deal, Warner Bros. Discovery's streaming and cable subscribers will get access to over a hundred A24 titles. That includes everything from A24 classics, like "Hereditary" and "Ex Machina," to recent and upcoming releases like "The Iron Claw."
No word yet on how much Warner Bros. Discovery is paying. But at first glance, the deal makes a lot of sense.
Having spent the past few years working on "It's Not TV," my book with John Koblin about the history of HBO, I see a lot of parallels between A24 and HBO -- two New York-based cultural institutions that rose to prominence by betting big on edgy, auteur-driven programming.
Watching A24 movies on HBO and (ne HBO) Max seems like a natural fit, and I'm guessing that diehard A24 fans and HBO subscribers will dig the new arrangement.
Read more in my Bloomberg News story here: https://lnkd.in/eyg_axpw
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