#Warner Bros

[prokopetz]

One of these days some enterprising con artist is going to make up a fake quirky little sci-fi movie, claim that it's been fully produced but Warner Bros. permanently shelved it for a tax writeoff, raise a couple million dollars in crowdfunding to "buy back the rights", then disappear off the face of the planet and take the money with them, and they'll 100% get away with it because really, who are we going to believe?

#media #movies #warner bros #tax writeoffs #capitalism #con artistry #scams #spanish prisoner 2.0

[marylizabetha]

He's a fucking crook, plain and simple.

#David Zaslav #Warner Bros #Rooster Teeth #RWBY #tax write-offs

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

Final option is meant to say “haven’t even heard of this movie,” but you can’t change a poll after it’s been posted. Sorry for the typo.

#movies #polls #tom and jerry: willy wonka and the chocolate factory #tom and jerry willy wonka and the chocolate factory #tom and jerry #willy wonka #2010s movies #spike brandt #warner bros #warner bros animation #requested #have you seen this movie poll

[emeraldcity1900]

the history of animation in a nutshell

Early 1900s: hey what if comic strips could like move?

Late 1910s early 1920s hey what if we mashed this up with live action people?

late 1920s: hey what if this thing had sound?

Early to mid 1930s: hey what if this had people actually talking and also color?

late 1930s: hey you know that super cool movie that one lady animated with paper cut out silhouettes? What if we did that with painted cells? Would people even pay to see that? Never mind it turns out the answer is yes.

1940s: ah shit most of our animators got drafted and/or hate us now cause we weren’t paying them. IT’S PROPAGANDA TIME BABY. Also haha hitler got hit with a mallet and also the most racist depictions of Japanese people ever.

1950s to 1960s : oh what’s this newfangled thing? Television? What if you could air cartoons on it? Oh fuck no I ain’t paying that much to get the charecters to have different backgrounds and for the charecters to like, move fluidly. Also manga and anime are steadily growing more popular.

1970s: (Ralph Bakshi walks into a comics store and finds a furry comic) X rated animated movie? *cue the screams of mothers and their unsuspecting children now being introduced to the revolutionary idea that cartoons don’t equal kids stuff? WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO?

1980s to 1990s: we can have full on animated Broadway musicals? Wait, what do you mean animated movies can count for the Oscar’s? What do you mean now they get their own catagory because the academy still thinks their for babies? Anime and manga are taking off in the west. SWEET JESUS WHAT DRUGS ARE THE JAPANESE ON SHOWING THIS SHIT TO KIDS. But also why is it so fucking good. Maybe some of these aren’t even meant for kids? Wait We can sell toys to kids with cartoons? Wait we can actually put effort into these cartoons on television? The fuck to you mean we can animate in 3D now? What do you mean we can have well animated, well written sitcom shows like the simpsons? What do you mean you can make cartoon charecters say fuck? What drugs are creators at Nickelodeon on? Do I even want to know?

2000s: oh my god, there is this one show that I really like cause it’s really well written and genuinely funny but I can’t talk about it because it’s animated and we all know cartoons are for babies right? Oh look it’s the transformers movie, look how far CGI has evolved so we can make the transformers in a movie.

2010s: holy shit I know these shows are for kids but they’re just well written and have so much meaningful things to say about the world. Wait, it’s cool to like cartoons now? They they have fandoms for this? Fuck yeah I’m in. (Enters one of the most notoriously toxic fandoms of all time) THEY HAVE GAY PEOPLE IN THESE SHOWS NOW? AND COMPLEX EMOTIONAL STORYTELLING? AND ADULT ANIMATED SHOWS CAN BE MORE THAN JUST SITCOMS WITH THE SAME JOKES AND STYLE? WHY IS IT THAT EVERY DISNEY CARTOON SINCE GRAVITY FALLS INCLUDE THINGS THAT GET MORE AND MORE FUCKED UP? WHY DO I FUCKING LOVE IT? WHY THE FUCK DID DISNEY DO THE OWL HOUSE DIRTY LIKE THAT?

2020s: I got this show I wanna pitch but it dosen’t fit into any box that the networks want and also I’m afraid that they’ll just randomly cancel it before I can finish the story I want to tell. Wait, I can just post the pilot on my YouTube channel, see if anybody actually likes this thing I made and just make the show independently? FUCK THE NETWORK! I AM THE NETWORK

#Animation #indie animation #cartoons #classic cartoons #disney #warner bros #Out of the inkwell #Flesher studios #Gravity falls #star vs the forces of evil #amphiba #the owl house #steven universe #Bojack horseman #glitch productions #ramshackle #the amazing digital circus #Murder drones #lackadaisy #hazbin hotel #Ducktales #infinity train #ralph bakshi #fritz the cat #sailor moon #neon genesis evengelion #revolutionary girl utena #helluva boss #the simpsons #south park

[darius-1]

Batman vs Dr. Octopus!

#marvel #dc #marvel vs dc #christopher nolan #sam raimi #nolanverse #raimiverse #raimi trilogy #spiderman raimi #spider man 2 #spider man 2 2004 #batman begins #batman #dc comics #bruce wayne #dr octopus #otto octavius #doc ock #doctor octopus #doctor octavius #marvel films #marvel comics #marvel movies #sony pictures #warner bros #crossover fanart #crossover #shared universe #crossover art #crossover au

[devilzukin7]

People on fb were telling me that they loved the older/future version of Araceli Cage so I drew her in that way for celebrating for the new followers 😄

Character:

Araceli Cage (MK OC)

Mortal Kombat (c) Netherrealm Studios / WB / Midway before

#mortal kombat #mortal kombat oc #mk oc #mortal kombat art #johnny cage #mk art #johnny cage art #johnny cage girlfriend #johnny cage wife #warner bros #mk11 #mkd #mka #mk9 #mortal kombat 1 #araceli cage #original character #mk1

[swagliostro]

since 2001: a space odyssey is canon to freakazoid (clip under the cut), i think these two are besties… bonding over the shared hobby of being an all-knowing but insane computer-dude.

#freakazoid #freakazoid 1995 #2001 a space odyssey #2001 aso #hal 9000 #stanley kubrick #spielberg #warner bros #amblin #digital art #“but hal isn’t inheritely insane​“ let me have this it’s funny

[autie-j]

They're doing it with video games now :/

#video games #warner bros #gaming #angrily shakes my fist while yelling ''david zazlav!''

[aadrawings]

Current Status

#current status #coyote vs acme #road runner #looney tunes #meep meep #steven price #warner bros #f*ck zalsav

[skiplo-wave]

Like to charge reblog to cast

Count your fucking days Devil

#Twitter bs #warner bros #I meant David but fuck him

[malerfique]

update  lost 20$ billion

update David Zaslav ..fool no one,big moron never  we never seen

#Warner Bros #discovery #Cartoon network #batman #batgirl #DC comics #DC Universe #HBO Max #go hell

[nightlilly0110]

“Rooster Teeth had a lot of issues as evidenced by the allegations past employees have come forward with” and “Warner Bros is fucking evil for axing an entire company and letting some of its employees find out via tweet” are statements that can and should coexist.

Like. It’s not some gotcha that RT is shutting down. It’s not some vindictive justice that this Big Bad Company is gone now. Projects are now canceled. People will be fired from their jobs. And because it’s Warner Bros. it’s only a matter of time before all those animation projects (RvB, RWBY, Camp Camp, every single episode of anything they made) is scrubbed off of the internet.

It’s gonna be the same thing that happened with HBO Max. It’s gonna be the same thing with the Coyote vs. Acme movie and Batgirl.

RT going down is not the thing you should be lording over people. RT going down should not be some ammo for your “RWBY is mid” takes. RT going down is not some “I always knew it was cringe” meme. Real people are gonna be effected by this. People will lose this jobs and will lose all the passion projects they worked on.

This is horrifying for the people involved in these projects and the state of animation itself. Warner Bros. only owned Rooster Teeth for 2 years. They bought them in 2022. Not even 2 full years. They didn’t even get a chance and they axed THE ENTIRE COMPANY. NOT JUST ONE SHOW. THE ENTIRE FUCKING COMPANY AND ALL ITS IPS. HOLY FUCKING SHIT. THIS IS NOT THR TIME FOR A FAN WAR.

#roosterteeth #rooster teeth #warner bros #warner brothers #rwby #red vs blue #rvb

[whencartoonsruletheworld]

Wish (2023) dir. Fawn Veerasunthorn, Chris Buck

hey do you think the overworked creatives about to go on strike are trying to tell us something

article sources under the cut

Mattson, Kelcie. "How Disney Almost Killed 'Nimona.'" Collider, January 2 2024.

Earl, William. "Shelving Batgirl Was the Right Decision, Says New DC Studios Head Peter Safran: 'It Would Have Hurt DC.'" Variety, January 31 2023

Couch, Aaron. "Warner Bros. Reverses Course on 'Coyote vs. Acme' After Filmmakers Rebel." The Hollywood Reporter, November 13 2023.

Ridgely, Charlie. "Scoob! Sequel Director Revealed Film Was 'Very Close' to Completion Before HBO Max Cancellation." comicbook.com, August 2 2022.

Clark, Travis. "Staffers at the animation studio Blue Sky say it's 'heartbreaking' that Disney canceled its final movie, 'Nimona.'" Business Insider, February 18, 2021.

Harrison, Mark. "Why was the Batgirl movie cancelled?" Yahoo! Entertainment, January 31 2024.

Amidi, Amid. "Warner Bros. Shelves Fully-Completed 'Coyote Vs. Acme' For Tax Write-Off." Cartoon Brew, November 9 2023.

Lee, Alex. "Why Netflix keeps cancelling your favourite shows after two seasons." Wired UK, September 28 2020.

Tyrrell, Gary. "We All Knew It Was Coming." fleen.com, February 10 2021.

"Warner Bros. Reverses Course on ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ After Filmmakers Rebel." see: 3.

Bergeson, Samantha. "Warner Bros. Will Let 'Coyote Vs. Acme' Filmmakers Shop Movie to Other Distributors." IndieWire, November 13 2023.

Strapagiel, Lauren. "Disney's First Feature Animated Movie With Queer Leads May Never Be Released." BuzzfeedNews, February 24 2021.

"We All Knew It Was Coming." see: 9

@/scottderrickson. "I think it’s absolute bullshit that a studio can and does shelve the creative work of hundreds of people for a fucking tax break." Twitter, 10 Nov. 2023, 4:52 p.m..

#wish 2023 #disney wish #wish disney #nimona #coyote vs acme #batgirl #scoob holiday haunt #connie edits #mine #connie gifs #disney #warner bros #anti disney #anti warner bros

[konakoro]

The world was so ungrateful to you...

#animation #2d animation #disney #dreamworks #warner bros #early 2000's 2D animated movies fucked so hard and the public was too cowardly to admit that #they let several great movies die a bad man's death and i will always be furious about it... #hall of infamy

[hedgypipes]

I HATE HATE HATE DAVID ZASLAV!!!

I HATE BOTH WB AND DAVID!!!

#looney tunes #david zaslav #warner bros #coyote vs acme #warner bros animation #james gunn #john cena #wile e coyote #road runner #animation guild #2d animation #release coyote vs acme

[dduane]

“The WBD tactic of scrapping fully made films for tax breaks is predatory and anti-competitive,” the San Antonio Democrat wrote. “As the Justice Department and @FTC revise their antitrust guidelines they should review this conduct. As someone remarked, it’s like burning down a building for the insurance money."

#Warner Bros #Coyote vs. Acme