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WarnerMedia to Debut All 2021 Movies on HBO Max

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Jessica Toonkel
· · Source: The Information

WarnerMedia will release all its movies next year both on its HBO Max streaming service and in theaters, a concession to the impact that the pandemic is having on the movie theater business. But Warner isn’t yet ready to kill off theaters: the movies will stay on HBO Max for just a month and after that will be stay in theaters and will then be available on existing venues, such as the HBO premium...

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