Max Has Finally Updated Movie Credits to Break Out Directors, Writers and Other Creatives One Month After Outcry
variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital Editor Warner Bros. Discovery raised the hackles of some in the film community with last month’s launch of Max — the reskinned and renamed version of HBO Max — because the new service’s content details pages consolidated writers, directors, producers and others under a single “creators” heading.
Five weeks after issuing a mea culpa and promising to fix the situation, WBD has now updated the listings in Max. The updates appear to be live on platforms including the max.com website and iOS and will be rolling out across all device platforms this week.
For example, on Max, Oscar-winning film “Raging Bull,” starring Robert De Niro, now includes the following listings: Directors: Martin Scorsese; Writers: Paul Schrader, Mardik Martin; Producers: Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff; Based on Source Material by: Jake La Motta, Joseph Carter, Peter Savage.
When Max launched on May 23, the service grouped all of those individuals under a single “creators” heading. It’s not clear why Max had changed the way it presented movie credits on the titles’ details pages, whereas HBO Max had broken them out.
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