In the early days of the streaming wars, library content seemed to be king. Peacock holding onto the rights of extraordinarily valuable parent-company shows like The Office looked like wins that would help the streaming service soar and felt like an existential threat to Netflix. But three years after Peacock’s launch, that’s not really how things have shaken out. In 2023, Netflix is still king of the streamers, and studios licensing out their most valuable shows and movies is starting to look like a great idea again.
Warner Bros. clearly agrees. Many have questioned the studio’s decisions since it merged with Discovery and came under the leadership of new CEO David Zaslav, but the recent choice to start selling some of its biggest movies to other streaming services makes perfect sense.
In recent weeks, several of DC’s biggest superhero movies have been added to Netflix, including The Batman and Man of Steel. Tuesday, the company announced many DC movies, including The Batman and Black Adam, are coming to Fox’s free........