HBO Max and Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav can't seem to keep their names out of the headlines recently, tied exclusively to baffling business decisions like canning the highly-anticipated release of "Batgirl" or absolutely obliterating the streaming platform's animated offerings. Zaslav made it known during the Q2 earnings call that he had hoped to cut 3 billion from HBO Max's operating budget before the inevitable streaming merger with discovery+, which apparently meant annihilating the relationships HBO Max had with Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network.
Learning that your life's work is being wiped out with complete disregard for the artistry or the lives of those that crafted it is difficult enough, but as "Infinity Train" creator Owen Dennis shared, Zaslav and the Discovery team couldn't even have the common courtesy to inform the creators of their decision to throw away their years of work like expired takeout. As Twitter user @sapphyreblayze rightfully pointed out,...
Learning that your life's work is being wiped out with complete disregard for the artistry or the lives of those that crafted it is difficult enough, but as "Infinity Train" creator Owen Dennis shared, Zaslav and the Discovery team couldn't even have the common courtesy to inform the creators of their decision to throw away their years of work like expired takeout. As Twitter user @sapphyreblayze rightfully pointed out,...
- 8/23/2022
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Popeye the sailor man is headed to the big screen, and he's got an esteemed cartoon director to take him there.
We've already seen the live action take on the beloved "sailor man with the spinach can" in Robin Williams' and Robert Altman's 1980 flick, but now "Samurai Jack" creator Genndy Tartakovsky is going tell the story with his own particular brand of animation. Variety is reporting that Sony has hired Tartakovsky to develop and direct a planned 3D take on the familiar story.
Tartakovsky just wrapped his first feature film, "Hotel Transylvania," which is due in theaters later this year. But he's already made a name for himself on Cartoon Network through shows like "The Cartoon Cartoon Show," "Dexter's Laboratory," "Star Wars: Clone Wars" and, most memorably, "Samurai Jack."
The shows don't have much in common thematically, but they do showcase Tartakovsky's specific animation style. He's all sharp edges and strange,...
We've already seen the live action take on the beloved "sailor man with the spinach can" in Robin Williams' and Robert Altman's 1980 flick, but now "Samurai Jack" creator Genndy Tartakovsky is going tell the story with his own particular brand of animation. Variety is reporting that Sony has hired Tartakovsky to develop and direct a planned 3D take on the familiar story.
Tartakovsky just wrapped his first feature film, "Hotel Transylvania," which is due in theaters later this year. But he's already made a name for himself on Cartoon Network through shows like "The Cartoon Cartoon Show," "Dexter's Laboratory," "Star Wars: Clone Wars" and, most memorably, "Samurai Jack."
The shows don't have much in common thematically, but they do showcase Tartakovsky's specific animation style. He's all sharp edges and strange,...
- 6/26/2012
- by Terri Schwartz
- MTV Splash Page
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