Max’s Looney Tunes Cull Continues as Warner Bros. Removes Classic Shorts and Movies

Alongside the removal of all five Final Destination films, Max is removing the rest of the Looney Tunes shorts, The Looney Tunes Show, and Looney Tunes: Back in Action at the end of December 2023.

The unfortunate news was shared on the ‘What’s New on Max This December’ press release, and while these removals didn’t get any prominent callouts, they can be seen on the bottom along with everything else leaving the platform this month.

The removal of the rest of the Looney Tunes shorts is of note because the streamer removed 256 of them in December of 2022 from Seasons 16-31 which spanned from 1950-2004. Seasons 1-15 remained then, but all 255 of these shorts that were released between 1930-1949 will soon be gone from Max.

As Variety noted, the Looney Tunes content was licensed to HBO Max from Warner Bros. from an intra-company deal, but the deal expired at the end of 2022 and HBO Max did not renew it. It is currently unclear if they will rejoin Max at a later date or appear on another streaming platform.

Here’s the complete list of everything leaving Max in December, which Warner Bros. notes is subject to change.

December 2

• Stath Lets Flats, Season 3
• Long Live the Royals

 

December 6

• Stand Up To Cancer (2023) (HBO Original)

 

December 7

 

December 9

 

December 10

 

December 11

 

December 12

 

December 13

 

December 14

 

December 15

 

December 16

• Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (HBO Original) (2003)

 

December 17

December 18

 

December 19

 

December 20

• Beautiful Creatures (2013)

 

December 21

 

December 26

• The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

December 27

• The Oslo Diaries (HBO Original) (2018)

December 31

• 12 oz. Mouse, Seasons 1-2
• The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)
• The Age of Adaline (2015)
• All About the Benjamins (2002)
• The Amazing Panda Adventure (1995)
• American Ultra (2015)
• Animal Kingdom (2010)
• Annabelle (2014)
• Annabelle Comes Home (2019)
• Annabelle: Creation (2017)
• The Ant Bully (2006)
• Arthur Christmas (2011)
• The Artist (2011)
• At Middleton (2014)
• The Avengers (1998)
• The Bachelor (1999)
• The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
• Ballet 422 (2014)
• Batman (1966)
• Before Midnight (2013)
• Bells are Ringing (1960)
• Beware the Batman (2013)
• Beyond the Reach (2015)
• Black Beauty (1994)
• Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
• The Book of Life (2014)
• Boys’ Night Out (1962)
• Brigadoon (1954)
• The Bronze (2015)
• Bulworth (1998)
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
• Child’s Play (1988)
• A Christmas Carol (1938)
• Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
• A Christmas Story (1983)
• A Christmas Story 2 (2012)
• A Cinderella Story (2004)
• The Circle (2017)
• The Comedian (2016)
• The Company Men (2010)
• Compliance (2012)
• The Conjuring 2 (2016)
• Constantine: City of Demons (2018)
• Crocodile Dundee (1986)
• Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
• Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001)
• Cunningham (2019)
• The Curse of La Llorona (2019)
• Daphne & Velma (2018)
• DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year (2016)
• DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games (2017)
• DC Super Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis (2018)
• Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons (2020)
• Defending Your Life (1991)
• Dennis the Menace (1993)
• A Dennis the Menace Christmas (2007)
• Detour (2017)
• Dim Sum Festival (2009)
• Diner (1982)
• Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead (1991)
• Dude, Where’s My Car? (2000)
• Elf (2003)
• Elizabethtown (2005)
• Enter The Warrior’s Gate (2017)
• Eva Longoria: Searching For Mexico (CNN)
• Every Secret Thing (2014)
• Fast Color (2019)
• Final Destination (2000)
• Final Destination 2 (2003)
• Final Destination 3 (2006)
• Final Destination 5 (2011)
• The Final Destination (2009)
• Flashpoint (1984)
• Flawless (2008)
• Fool’s Gold (2008)
• Four Christmases (2008)
• Frank Miller’s Sin City (2005)
• Fred Claus (2007)
• From Here to Eternity (1953)
• The Full Monty (1997)
• Funny Farm (1988)
• Garden State (2004)
• Get Carter (1971)
• Ginger & Rosa (2013)
• The Golden Compass (2007)
• The Good Heart (2010)
• Happy Feet (2006)
• Happy Feet Two (2011)
• The Haunting (1999)
• Headhunters (2012)
• Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
• Heaven Help Us (1985)
• Holiday Affair (1949)
• The Hollars (2016)
• Hotel Artemis (2018)
• The House (2017)
• The Illusionist (2010)
• In The Heart of The Sea (2015)
• Infinitely Polar Bear (2015)
• Inside Job (2010)
• Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)
• The Iron Lady (2011)
• Jack Frost (1998)
• The Jellies
• Jumanji (1995)
• Kill Your Darlings (2013)
• Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
• Lean on Me (1989)
• Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)
• LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Brain Drain (2017)
• LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Super-Villain High (2018)
• LEGO Justice League: Cosmic Clash (2016)
• LEGO Justice League: Gotham City Breakout (2016)
• The LEGO Movie (2014)
• The Letter (1940)
• Loiter Squad
• Looney Tunes
• The Looney Tunes Show
• Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
• The Lost Boys (1987)
• Lost in America (1985)
• Love Is Strange (2014)
• Love Jones (1997)
• Luce (2019)
• Lucy, The Daughter of the Devil
• Maggie’s Plan (2016)
• The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
• Marley & Me (2008)
• The Master (2012)
• Misery (1990)
• Music Within (2007)
• Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)
• Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
• National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)
• The Neverending Story (1984)
• New Year’s Eve (2011)
• Nico, 1988 (2018)
• Nine (2009)
• Out of the Past (1947)
• Paddington 2 (2017)
• The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
• The Pirate (1948)
• Pleasantville (1998)
• The Polar Express (2004)
• Precious (2009)
• The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
• Prince Avalanche (2013)
• Quartet (2012)
• Real Life Nightmare
• Restless (2011)
• Rock of Ages (2012)
• Roger & Me (1989)
• Room for One More (1952)
• The Rover (2014)
• Running on Empty (1988)
• Running Scared (2006)
• Sarah’s Key (2011)
• Scooby-Doo (2002)
• Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob! (2021)
• Scream (1996)
• Scream 2 (1997)
• Scream 3 (2000)
• The Seagull (2018)
• Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
• The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
• Shanghai (2010)
• She’s Funny That Way (2015)
• Shivering Truth
• The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
• Shoplifters (2018)
• Snitch (2013)
• So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)
• Son of the Mask (2005)
• Song of the Thin Man (1947)
• Spartan (2004)
• Speedway (1968)
• Spinout (1966)
• Stan & Ollie (2018)
• Step Up All In (2014)
• Step Up Revolution (2012)
• Stephen King’s Graveyard Shift (1990)
• Stephen King’s Silver Bullet (1985)
• Stephen King’s Thinner (1996)
• Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog (2022)
• Take Shelter (2011)
• The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
• Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse (Cartoon Network) (2022)
• Teen Titans Go! See Space Jam (Cartoon Network) (2021)
• Teen Witch (1989)
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
• Three Godfathers (1936)
• Tom & Jerry: The Movie (1993)
• Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale (2007)
• Tom And Jerry: Santa’s Little Helpers (2014)
• Trick ‘r Treat (2009)
• Tricky Dick
• The Trouble with Spies (1987)
• The Turning Point (1977)
• The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)
• Tyrel (2018)
• Under the Same Moon (2007)
• Unmasking A Killer (HLN)
• Urge (2016)
• Uss Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016)
• A Very Harold & Kumar 3-D Christmas (2011)
• Volunteers (1985)
• Warm Bodies (2013)
• The Wash (2001)
• Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic
• WB 100th Behind the Shield
• What’s Up, Doc? (1972)
• Where the Boys Are (1960)
• White Chicks (2004)
• The Whole Ten Yards (2004)
• Winter’s Tale (2014)
• Wonder Woman: Bloodlines (2019)
• You’re Next (2013)

While it’s never great when classic TV and movies are removed from a platform, there is still Looney Tunes content to enjoy on Max, including Looney Tunes Cartoons, New Looney Tunes, and of course Space Jam and Space Jam: A New Legacy.

As for Final Destination, all five films in the franchise will be leaving Max as a sixth entry is currently in development. This new story is said to be a reboot, but there is no word as to when it will be released in theaters. We do know, however, that the directors got the job directing Final Destination 6 by faking a death on a zoom call.

December will also see 1966’s Batman, Blade Runner 2049, Jumanji, The LEGO Movie, Paddington 2, the first three Scream films, and the Entourage movie leave Max. Oh, and also a bunch of Christmas movies like Elf, A Christmas Story, and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.

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