NETFLIX Buys Warner Brothers!

I had been hearing rumors for the last couple of weeks about Netflix trying to buy Warner Brothers. That is huge news in the streaming world and the streaming wars. Twenty years ago Netflix was a burgeoning mail order DVD rental company. They are now the leader in the streaming business closely followed by Amazon Prime. In the last couple of years Amazon has positioned itself to challenge Netflix and take dominance over the streaming world. Today the news broke that the deal had been inked, and Netflix would acquire Warner Brothers, making it the uncontested Streaming Giant.

The planned Netflix–Warner Bros. deal is being treated as a once‑in‑a‑generation shake‑up that could effectively end the “streaming wars” with Netflix on top if regulators allow it to close. For around 72 billion dollars in equity (82.7 billion including debt), Netflix would fold in Warner’s studio, HBO/HBO Max, and massive library—DC, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, and a century of catalog, creating a single platform that controls roughly one‑third of the U.S. subscription streaming market and an outsized share of viewing time. That scale, plus ad tiers on both sides, positions the merged company as a kind of “super‑platform” for premium series, blockbuster films, and global franchises in one subscription.

Amazon should be worried because this deal directly threatens Prime Video’s claim to be one of the default entertainment hubs of the household. A combined Netflix–Warner instantly leapfrogs Prime Video on must‑have Intellectual Property, concentrates more cultural “event” titles in a rival service, and gives Netflix far greater leverage in talent deals, theatrical windows, and global marketing than any single competitor currently enjoys. If Netflix becomes the primary home for prestige TV and big‑franchise cinema, Prime risks sliding into a secondary position where it either has to spend dramatically more on originals and sports, or lean harder on its e‑commerce bundle to justify itself as an equal destination in viewers’ minds.

FROM NETFLIX:

We recently announced that Netflix will acquire Warner Bros., including its film and television studios, HBO Max and HBO. This unites our leading entertainment service with Warner Bros. iconic stories, bringing some of the world’s most beloved franchises like Harry Potter, Friends, The Big Bang Theory, Casablanca, Game of Thrones and the DC Universe together with Stranger Things, Wednesday, Squid Game, Bridgerton and KPop Demon Hunters.

What’s changing?

Nothing is changing today. Both streaming services will continue to operate separately. We have more steps to complete before the deal is closed, including regulatory and shareholder approvals. In the meantime, we hope you’ll continue to enjoy watching as much as you want, whenever you want on Netflix.

New Movie After The Hunt Debuts On Prime Thursday November 20, 2025

AFTER THE HUNT

“People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.”

–Otto Von Bismarck

FROM AMAZON MGM STUDIOS:

In Luca Guadagnino’s thriller, written by Nora Garrett, a devastating campus accusation unleashes a torrent of public and personal chaos that blurs the truth of what really happened beyond recognition. Secrets, deceptions, furies, and mixed agendas for the film’s five central characters soon collide in the morality tale that is After The Hunt. And as the tension mounts, the film becomes an intentional provocation, a mirror on this modern moment, probing the dynamics of power, privilege, community—and how they interplay with a whole host of human frailties.

After The Hunt tells the blisteringly psychological story of gifted, unapologetically ambitious philosophy professor Alma Imhoff, who is in an all-out bid for the tenure she knows her work merits. But when Alma’s prize student Maggie suddenly asks for help, levelling charges against Alma’s colleague and close friend Hank Gibson, it threatens to uncover Alma’s own long-buried private history.

Academy Award® winner Julia Roberts is joined by Academy Award® nominee Andrew Garfield, Emmy Award® winner Ayo Edebiri, Academy Award® nominee Chloë Sevigny, and SAG Award® winner Michael Stuhlbarg creating an all-star cast each matched in craft and versatility. Their intricate performances underline After The Hunt’s stark refusal to provide easy answers and instead barrel into the blurred, divided territory we all vividly recognize as the world we inhabit right now.

This visceral sense of life as we feel it is a touchstone quality of storytelling in the auteur vision of Luca Guadagnino. With his meticulous cinematic craft and love of hard questions, his audiences’ minds are often active long after the credits have rolled. For Guadagnino, the story of an elite campus in turmoil was a magnet precisely because it felt destined to ignite conversation—not just about which people in the story are telling the truth but how status, desires, and prejudices tint our views of reality.

Hedda

2025 Amazon MGM Studios

Rated: R

Length: 1 hr 47min

Drama ~ Romance

Directed by: Nia DaCosta

Starring: Tessa Thompson, Imogen Poots, Tom Bateman, Nicholas Pinnock, Finbar Lynch, Mirren Mack and Nina Hoss.

A Little Chaos Is Good For The Gathering.

Tessa Thompson stars as Hedda Gabler, a complex woman caught between the ghosts of her past and the stifling confines of her present life. Recently married to George Tesman (Tom Bateman) and back from an extended honeymoon to a country estate they can barely afford, Hedda is determined to secure a better future for them. George aspires to a prestigious university professorship, and Hedda organizes a party inviting his academic peers, including Professor Greenwood (Finbar Lynch) and his wife Tabitha (Mirren Mack), to help boost his chances.

The party turns tense with the arrival of Eileen Lovborg (Nina Hoss), a sober former alcoholic academic and Hedda’s ex-lover, whose presence stirs up old wounds and rivalry. Eileen has revitalized her career with a promising manuscript and support from Thea (Imogen Poots), who is fiercely protective of her. Hedda, while outwardly appearing hospitable, maneuvers behind the scenes to undermine Eileen’s progress and sway favors toward George, revealing layers of manipulation and jealousy.

Over the course of this charged night, Hedda’s volatile emotional state deepens, exposing her as a woman simultaneously enraged by and yearning for connection. Her actions straddle a blend of calculated cruelty and desperate vulnerability, driven by complex motives including resentment, love, and a fierce desire for control. The dynamics between Hedda, George, Eileen, and Thea escalate, pulling everyone into a spiraling clash of power, betrayal, and unspoken desires.

Based on the play Hedda Gabler written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen and first performed in 1891, it tells the story of Hedda Gabler, the strong-willed daughter of a general who feels trapped in a boring marriage to the scholar George Tesman. Hedda struggles against the expectations of society and her own desire for power and freedom. The play explores themes like control, jealousy, societal pressure, and the limits placed on women in the 19th century. Hedda’s manipulative actions and personal conflicts build to a tragic and emotionally intense conclusion.

The movie adaptation organizes the story into five acts:

Act 1: Introduction:

Hedda and her husband George Tesman return from their honeymoon to a country estate. Hedda arranges a party inviting academic friends to help boost George’s career prospects. The act sets up Hedda’s desires, relationships, and the social pressure she feels.

Act 2: Rising Tension:

The arrival of Eileen Lovborg, a former lover of Hedda’s and George’s academic rival, introduces conflict. Eileen’s success and renewed sobriety threaten Hedda’s plans, stirring jealousy and insecurity. The social dynamics begin to fray.

Act 3: Conflict Escalates:

Hedda’s manipulation and emotional unrest come to the forefront as she undermines Eileen and struggles for control. Personal secrets and desires cause rising tension between Hedda, George, Eileen, and Thea (Imogen Poots), deepening the drama.

Act 4: Climax:

Unfolding events during the party lead to confrontations and revelations. Hedda’s growing desperation leads to drastic decisions, pushing characters toward breaking points and tragedy.

Act 5: Resolution and Aftermath:

The consequences of Hedda’s actions become clear. The film closes with reflection on the characters’ fates and the emotional and psychological toll of the night’s events.

Tessa Thompson’s portrayal delivers a powerful, multifaceted Hedda, blending menace and melancholy, while the strong supporting cast enhances the intensity of this psychological drama. Set in the early 20th century with lavish costumes and atmospheric production, the film reimagines the classic Henrik Ibsen play through a contemporary lens focused on gender, race, and same sex relationships, offering a fresh yet faithful adaptation of the tragic tale.

New Movie Hedda Debuts On Prime Wednesday October 29, 2025

Amazon Prime Debuts Hedda Wednesday October 29, 2025. A provocative reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play, Hedda follows enigmatic newlywed Hedda (Tessa Thompson), who is outwardly composed but hiding a simmering discontent that threatens to explode when the brilliant and charismatic Eileen Lovberg (Nina Hoss) reenters her life. Over the course of a raucous party, the high and low of society endure the consequences of this dangerous and unknowable woman yearning for a past love. What ensues is a ruthless game of manipulation, where lust, jealousy, and betrayal collide. Written and directed by Nia DaCosta, Hedda is a daring exploration of power, desire, and a woman’s refusal to be confined.

Starring: Tessa Thompson, Imogen Poots, Tom Bateman, Nicholas Pinnock and Nina Hoss.

The Accountant 2 Coming soon!

The Accountant 2 is the sequel to the 2016 movie The Accountant starring Ben Affleck and Anna Kendrick. According to Rebecca Ford in a Vanity Fair Article dated February 11, 2025 Director Gavin O’Connor has been trying to make the sequel for eight years. As studios changed leadership and strategies, the sequel was stepped over in favor of more lucrative script ideas. Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal, J. K. Simmons, and Cynthia Addai-Robinson all reprise their roles from the first movie, with the exception of Anna Kendrick whose role is not carried over into the storyline of The Accountant 2. The Accountant 2 is being released in Theaters by Amazon MGM on April 25, 2025.

Here are a couple of movie stills released by Amazon MGM in advance of the movie release.