Huge blow to Paramount. Cruise has had a previous relationship with WB as they distributed Edge of Tomorrow or Live Die Repeat as it was renamed for the home video release. Although that was two...
Huge blow to Paramount. Cruise has had a previous relationship with WB as they distributed Edge of Tomorrow or Live Die Repeat as it was renamed for the home video release. Although that was two administrations ago.
Presumably a ton of money. I think WB smartly took advantage of Cruise's obvious frustration with Paramount, who were pushing for Top Gun 2 to go to streaming during the pandemic and who bungled...
Presumably a ton of money.
I think WB smartly took advantage of Cruise's obvious frustration with Paramount, who were pushing for Top Gun 2 to go to streaming during the pandemic and who bungled the IMAX release of the new Mission: Impossible movie by not securing the screens for long enough (Nolan's Oppenheimer took over only a week or two into M:I's run). Arguably the latter isn't Paramount's fault, Cruise is heavily involved, but I imagine if you offer him more control and more ownership while Paramount itself is looking to be sold off in the next year or two, it's a compelling offer to jump ship.
You don't get these if you subscribe through Apple TV. The overall experience is just better this way. Frankly I find it bizarre that Paramount allows their native experience to be so sub-par; it...
they're the only service that still has annoying 30 second unskippable Ads (or promos as they call them) before you can watch something.
You don't get these if you subscribe through Apple TV. The overall experience is just better this way.
Frankly I find it bizarre that Paramount allows their native experience to be so sub-par; it doesn't make sense to incentivize people to subscribe through a third party that probably takes their own 15-30% cut.
Huge blow to Paramount. Cruise has had a previous relationship with WB as they distributed Edge of Tomorrow or Live Die Repeat as it was renamed for the home video release. Although that was two administrations ago.
I wonder what Zaslav offered him.
Presumably a ton of money.
I think WB smartly took advantage of Cruise's obvious frustration with Paramount, who were pushing for Top Gun 2 to go to streaming during the pandemic and who bungled the IMAX release of the new Mission: Impossible movie by not securing the screens for long enough (Nolan's Oppenheimer took over only a week or two into M:I's run). Arguably the latter isn't Paramount's fault, Cruise is heavily involved, but I imagine if you offer him more control and more ownership while Paramount itself is looking to be sold off in the next year or two, it's a compelling offer to jump ship.
You don't get these if you subscribe through Apple TV. The overall experience is just better this way.
Frankly I find it bizarre that Paramount allows their native experience to be so sub-par; it doesn't make sense to incentivize people to subscribe through a third party that probably takes their own 15-30% cut.
Apple TV has seen a surge of good shows lately. Multiple shows that I would count as the best in 2023.
If you haven't already, give Severance a try.
They hired a lot of former HBO executives to run TV+ and it shows in the consistent quality of their content.