Warner Bros. up for sale, Batman’s fate in question

After stepping up in 2022 to manage a sprawling incarnation of Warner Bros. merged with Discovery, Inc., CEO David Zaslav became an instant internet punching bag. His cutthroat business tactics — from canning completed projects like Batgirl to threatening the entire operations of Cartoon Network — stood in opposition to the creatives he employed and the passionate audiences he served. He didn’t seem to care too much? People got mad. But, hey, HBO Max did change names twice and that was funny.