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Question on the new streaming services: I see the rumours of friends leaving Netflix for WB have started again; do the stars have any leverage here?

Posted by Beaker (aka Anniebecca) Feb 12 '19, 08:07

Like, just because it is a WB show doesn't mean it should automatically be there if Netflix wants to back the brinks truck of money up to keep it; isn't this just going to devolve into lawsuit after lawsuit from people due rights fees who are getting less than they should?

Also: all the Arrowverse shows are rumoured to be leaving as well.

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L3! But by your logic, who it to say that the better business move is to take it away for a few years and then sell it back later for even more? -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 08:27 1
- Disney Vault? -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 08:33
Your friends are dumb! -- nm - Mop Feb 12, 08:18
WB wouldn't take back Friends just to lock it in a vault, they'd want to use it to bring viewers to their own streaming service, and I expect that - Roger More Feb 12, 08:15 5
- I suspect that NBC will be having Friends on their service in 2020. -- nm - Remlik Feb 12, 08:42
- but how? If it is internal to WB how can they prove they are doing due diligence in maximizing the profits for the show? -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 08:16 3
  - WB doesn't owe the actors a duty to maximise profits for the show. They would owe a duty to their shareholders though. - Roger More Feb 12, 08:27 1
    - cool, just an interesting aspect. Thanks! -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 08:33
  - Friends lost 100 Million last year! -- nm - Hollywood Accounting 101 Feb 12, 08:23
Whoever owns the rights (and it isn't the actors) has the say. That's it. -- nm - Andie Feb 12, 08:12 12
- haven't there been a lot of lawsuits related to this involving movies though? -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 08:14 11
  - I haven't heard any. Can you give an example? -- nm - Roger More Feb 12, 08:17 10
    - I thought LOTR had one; George Miller, Cruise?...TV rights maybe? -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 08:17 9
      - Jackson and Miller's disputes were both about how much they should get paid in directors fees, not about streaming rights. - Roger More Feb 12, 08:23 5
        
        But if streaming rights ARE part of the profit margin (for Friends it would be massive) than it could be a HUGE issue wouldn't it? -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 08:25 4
        
        To be a little clearer, neither of those cases were about who owned the movie. - Roger More Feb 12, 08:36 1
        
        cool thanks! -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 08:37
        
        the lawsuits aren't whether they could have made more, they are disputing what the film/show actually made. actors have no say in where or how some- - Andie Feb 12, 08:28 1
        
        ahh gotcha -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 08:32
      - profit participation I think is the term... -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 08:20 2
        
        Walking Dead is another one; Bones, Bill Nye -- nm* - Beaker Feb 12, 08:21 1
        
        I may be zeroing in on the streaming rights specifically from the larger issue of Hollywood accounting... -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 08:23
same thing for the Disney shows. Do they have to match what they "could" get for rights fees? or is that baked into the contracts? - Beaker Feb 12, 08:08 4
- My assumption would be that it's the distributor / studio that owns those rights. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 12, 08:12 3
  - right, but if I am Matt Leblanc and I get 1% of all streaming rights they could be costing me millions by staying internal -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 08:15 2
    - In the end, it depends on the terms of the contracts - Password is Taco Feb 12, 08:42 1
      - thanks -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 09:13

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