It’s undeniable that the trailers for Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson’s new Batman movie are giving us very good reason to have high expectations. We’ll be able to see the final result in theaters soon, but if you’re wondering when you’ll be able to see The Batman on HBO Max, I’m afraid we’re not bringing you the best news. Here you have everything that is known about the subject and the exact date.
Finally a Batman that seems to be exploring the detective facet of the Dark Knight, and finally reasons to be excited again, after the passage, without much pain or glory, of Ben Affleck for the role.
That it’s not his fault, it’s true, but that’s past. Robert Pattinson puts on the cape and on March 4 we will be able to see the result in theaters.
But what about HBO Max?
Warner Bros is the owner of the streaming platform and announced at the time that all 2021 films would be released in theaters at the same time in their digital version on HBO Max.
Well, if you were hoping to get rid of those who don’t shut up, eat popcorn with their mouths open or don’t put down their cell phones and dazzle you at the movies, forget it.
There will be no simultaneous premiere and we have to wait, how long?
The release date of The Batman on HBO Max
That Warner-HBO strategy of day and date and premiere at the same time in theaters and at home is over. The company already announced at the end of last year how things were going to go from now on. This is what Christina Sulebakk said, general manager of the platform in Europe.
“HBO Max will make Warner Bros movies available on the platform 45 days after their theatrical release.”
The good thing is that, if the plans do not change, that also applies to its division in Spain , so you can enjoy The Batman on HBO Max on Monday, April 18, 2022 .
Let’s see, that’s the theory and, for now, it seems that it will be fulfilled. Don’t worry, if they upset us that it’s not like that, we’re going to rant right here and you’ll find out.
And what happened to the simultaneous release strategy?
Well, apparently, it did not work as expected . It is true that they did not get their fingers caught and they always said that they were going to be the 2021 movies, as in a kind of test.
During it, only two Warner Bros titles exceeded 100 million dollars in theaters, Godzilla vs. Kong and Dune , so they have a bad taste in their mouths, because they should not have compensated for the increase in subscriptions to HBO Max To see them.
The same thing has happened to Marvel with Disney Plus, so at least they’re not alone in that. The mixed premiere strategies do not seem to be giving much results at the moment, despite pandemics and the increase in online content consumption that has taken place.
Now, it only remains to wait for them to comply and that on April 18 the Dark Knight descends on HBO Max that day. Monday, ugh .