Max (formerly HBO Max and still such outside the United States until 2024) is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service. It is a proprietary unit of Warner Bros. Discovery Global Streaming & Interactive Entertainment, which is itself a division of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). First launched (as HBO Max) in the United States on May 27, 2020, the service offers content from the libraries of Warner Bros., Discovery Channel, HBO, CNN, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Animal Planet, Eurosport, and their related brands. The service also carries first-run original programming under the "Max Originals" banner, programming from the HBO pay television service, and content acquired via either third-party library deals (such as those with film studios for pay television rights) or co-production agreements (including, among others, those with BBC Studios and Sesame Workshop). When the service was first launched as HBO Max, it succeeded both HBO Now, a previous HBO SVOD service; and HBO Go, the TV Everywhere streaming platform for HBO pay television subscribers. In the U.S., HBO Now subscribers and HBO pay television subscribers were migrated to HBO Max at no additional charge, subject to availability and device support. HBO Max also supplanted the streaming component of DC Entertainment's DC Universe service, with its original series being migrated to HBO Max as Max Originals. The HBO Max service began to expand into international markets in 2021. According to AT&T,[c] HBO and HBO Max had a combined total of 69.4 million paying subscribers globally on June 30, 2021, including 43.5 million HBO Max subscribers in the U.S., 3.5 million HBO-only U.S. subscribers (primarily commercial customers like hotels), and 20.5 million subscribers to either HBO Max or HBO by itself in other countries.[3] By the end of 2021, HBO and HBO Max had a combined total of 73.8 million paying global subscribers.[4][5] At the end of Q1 2022, HBO and HBO Max had 76.8 million global subscribers.[6] Since the April 2022 merger of WarnerMedia with Discovery, Inc. to form Warner Bros. Discovery, Max is one of the combined company's two flagship streaming services, the other being Discovery+ (which primarily focuses on factual programming from the Discovery brands). WBD initially announced plans for HBO Max and Discovery+ to merge in 2023, but the company ultimately chose to retain Discovery+. WBD went on to replace HBO Max with a newly rebranded service that launched first in the U.S. on May 23, 2023, shortening the service's name to "Max", introducing a redesigned user interface, and adding more Discovery content among other new series and films.
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Suggested by enzotakerian
This would be a remake of the 2002 movie, but it will be 2D-animated and the screenplay will be written the way James Gunn had it originally. In a first draft script, there was more dark humor and Shaggy was a stoner, but the producers convinced Gunn to have it rewritten as more "family friendly." This version will have dark humor, scarier situations, and Gunn's same old irreverent comedic charm. Some of us already know the story: after spending a couple of years apart, each member of the Mystery Gang is summoned to a resort called "Spooky Island," where the owner tells them that there's a sinister difference between the guests that arrive on the island and the customers that leave. The ones departing act like they were in an Orwell-style think-tank. The Mystery Gang must put aside their spats for each other, because as long as they work together, solving this mystery might just save the world. Oh, and the twist villain will NOT be Scrappy Doo!
