has long been held up as one of the most revered movies in cinema, even though it contains several racist tropes and roles. It also happens to be the , if numbers are adjusted for inflation.
27.05.2020 - 16:07 / deadline.com
By Dade Hayes
Finance Editor
All eight Harry Potter movies are now available for streaming on HBO Max, the WarnerMedia service that launched Wednesday in the U.S.
Released between 2001 and 2011, the films based on J.K. Rowling’s family-friendly series of books collectively grossed $7.7 billion for Warner Bros. Like other Warner titles, they had premium cable releases on HBO, but in the streaming era had been fragmented among several services. As was the case when Disney secured the Star Wars
has long been held up as one of the most revered movies in cinema, even though it contains several racist tropes and roles. It also happens to be the , if numbers are adjusted for inflation.
Last week, the actor joined protesters in London's Hyde Park to show his support for the Black Lives Matter movement.
the crowd in London’s Hyde Park on Wednesday (June 3), speaking out about the death of George Floyd and the effect of police brutality and racism on the Black community.“I’m speaking to you from my heart,” he said at one point. “Look, I don’t know if I’m going to have a career after this, but fuck that.
If you’ve been following John Boyega on social media for any length of time, especially in the months since the release of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” you know the actor isn’t afraid to speak his mind and challenge folks that he doesn’t agree with. So, when the killing of George Floyd made headlines around the world, the young actor has been on the forefront of sharing his support for Black Lives Matter and speaking up against racism.
In a tweet, John Boyega slammed Star Wars fans who compared the George Floyd protests to the violence that the franchise’s characters, many of whom are white, have faced at the hands of fictional soldiers called Stormtroopers. Boyega, who played Finn in the most recent Star Wars trilogy, criticized fans who co-opted his tweets about Black Lives Matter and system racism with tweets about he needs to “talk about police brutality against white people.”
As social distancing becomes the new norm amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, theater screens remain darkened -- forcing many studios to push back release dates of upcoming films. But some are dropping their newest releases on streaming for at-home quarantine viewing, instead.
Remember when Bruce Springsteen lamented that there were 57 channels and nothin’ on? With the May 27 launch of the WarnerMedia subscription service HBO Max, cord-cutting viewers -- already spoiled by the likes of Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Disney+, CBS All Access and Apple TV plus -- can browse more than 10,000 hours of curated programming crossing all genres and demographics.
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