Zaslav the Destroyer Wants to Write Off $2 Billion in Content

The destruction of “Batgirl” was just the start as reports are starting to emerge that Warner Bros CEO David Zaslav aka Zaslav the Destroyer wants to write off between $2 billion — $2.5 billion worth of content in the upcoming quarter.

The folks over at Warner are calling these actions “pre-tax restructuring charges.” You see, they are $3 billion in debt, and their stock is plummeting — what better way to cut losses than to forever shelf completed TV shows and movies.

They want to lock these projects up, never to be seen again for tax exemption purposes. It’s an interesting strategy, make movies and never show them again.

The write-offs also led to the removal of films such as “An American Pickle” and “Charm City Kings” from HBO Max, among other titles. Now you see why Clint Eastwood is struggling to get his latest project running. Why would they greenlight a 92-year-old director’s latest project? Loyalty? Pfft, Zaslav the Destroyer spits on your “loyalty.”

Grace Randolph, a popular YouTuber, big film pundit with roughly a million subscribers, broke the rumour a few months ago that Zasoav’s master plan was to sell WB/ Discovery to Universal by purposely lowering the stock price as much as possible.

Upcoming Warner Bros films include “Magic Mike’s Last Dance,” “Creed III,” “Shazam! Fury of the Gods,” “The Flash,” “Dune: Part Two” and “Barbie.”

Andrew Scott Surges Into the Best Actor Oscar Race for ‘Elsinore’ After Telluride Premiere

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Elliot Page Has Not Gotten Any Acting Offers Since ‘The Odyssey’: “If Someone Wants to Call Me ..."

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‘Onslaught’ Bombs With Audiences, Earns a “C” CinemaScore as Adam Wingard Returns to His Indie Roots

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Bruce Campbell Says He Has Five Years To Live After Cancer Diagnosis

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Mike Leigh’s ‘Tender Loving Care’ Earns Raves at Telluride — 86 on Metacritic

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3-Hour ‘Midsommar' Director's Cut Screened in NYC

This year’s 12th edition of the Scary Movies festival at Film at Lincoln Center premiered Ari Aster’s extended version of “Midsommar” this past Saturday.

Good/Great Movies That Don't Deserve Their “Rotten" Scores

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‘Dune: Part Three’ Reportedly “Blew Away" Warner Bros. With Rough 3-Hour Cut as New Teaser Stuns

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What is David Fincher’s Best Film? 100+ Critics Say, No Contest, It’s ‘Zodiac’

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Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Glimpses of the Moon’ (Apparently) Starts Production This Month in Italy

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Fritz Lang’s ‘M’ Tops the Best Films of the 1930s, According to 100+ Critics

We’ve gone through the decades. The ‘40s ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s, ‘2000s, and ‘2010s. — all revisited, argued over. Now, here are the results for the best films of the 1930s.

Critics Poll: ‘Citizen Kane' Named Best Film of the 1940s

The results are in, and according to critics, this decade filled with cinematic riches did not have a better film than Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane.” Nobody should be surprised by this result. “Citizen Kane” changed cinema forever.

Critics Poll: ‘Vertigo’ Named Best Film of the 1950s, Over 120 Participants

It was a closer race than anticipated, but Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” has topped our best of the ’50s poll, besting Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen’s “Singin’ in the Rain” by just two votes.

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