Keenan "HIGz" Higgins, Black America Web

The global pandemic left us without many of the things we took for granted prior to March 2020, including indoor dining, dancing in close quarters at hole-in-the-wall nightclubs and, for the film buffs out there, Friday nights at the movie theater.

HBO gave a viable alternative for the latter group, and pretty much everyone quarantining at home, with the introduction of its streaming service HBO Max. In addition to providing full seasons of classic TV shows and original movies, the platform also released straight-to-digital film projects that would’ve normally been released in theaters.

While the move worked during lockdown, the world is now in a state of getting back to the way things used to be. As a result, it may be the end of many planned HBO Max exclusives, including the planned Batgirl movie and already-filmed remake of House Party produced by LeBron James.