After a protracted bidding war, it has been revealed that Netflix will purchase Warner Bros., a 100-year-old movie studio responsible for a huge number of movie classics, for $82.7 billion. That means that Netflix will own the rights to the DC Comics movies, the Harry Potter series, the Game of Thrones franchise, HBO, and much more.
I don't want to be hyperbolic, but this is a direct attack on movie fans and threatens to grind our happiness into chalky acrid dust.
Netflix hates movie theaters and always has
The idea of making movies for movie theaters is "outdated," says Netflix CEO
Cinema United, a trade organization of movie theater owners, isn't happy about this either: “The proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. by Netflix poses an unprecedented threat to the global exhibition busine

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