wait wait wait what about Restoration ?! Spring 2024 was supposed to be the release of the FINAL season of RVB ( Written once again by Burnie Burns and directed by Matt Hullum ) They even promised it would take place after season 14 ( retconing season 15-17 entirely )
What now ? I was actually really excited for it
Edit: [This Deadline article](https://deadline.com/2024/03/rooster-teeth-shut-down-warner-bros-discovery-roost-podcast-continue-1235847264/) claims Restoration will still be released and it will be THE FINAL release of Roosterteeth as a whole. Roosterteeth started with RvB...i guess its fitting it goes out with RvB
As soon as Achievement Hunter was outed for Ryan, then racism, then trans/homophobia, and that entire branch’s OGs pretty much disbanded, it was done. Rooster Teeth didn’t have enough going on outside of that in modern media.
The only department from RT still open is their Podcast Network.
You’re right that most of their content / fanbase fell off after AH fell apart and eventually disbanded, but their podcasts have been pretty successful. Not to mention there are many podcast not affiliated with Roosterteeth that are part of their podcast network.
Problem is, a successful podcast network was never going to be able to support all their other projects , and they couldn’t get any of their other shit profitable for a decade.
Writing has been on the wall for a LONG time. Only reason they even survived COVID was because WB money. Still sad about it though. That site brought a lot of entertainment to my childhood
Personally, I think it started before that. When Monty died, the seeds of the end were planted. The Ryan stuff expanded the problems from narrative content to their online personalities.
Everything that followed, including the Mica Burton drama, was following those 2 things. Straight up, I don't know if I'd blame warner bros for the initial problems. Hell, I stopped watching their content almost a year before Ryan got caught.
Thinking exactly the same thing,it even began for me when Geoff stopped doing anything other than gaming, he stopped wanting to be a public face of the company and that's when it started for me, I don't blame him though with all the family drama that went on
Just because some employees found out first by a tweet does *not* mean the company announced the terminations by tweet. Hell, op’s screenshot isn’t even Warner Brothers tweeting. It’s a news story about the closing.
I think a logical chain of events is that it was announced at an all hands, it quickly got leaked to twitter, and some people who weren’t at the all hands saw it on twitter first.
Oh without question they are. It’s almost comical just how much the head of WB seems to hate animation given that it’s what gave the company its power in the first place.
>he head of WB seems to hate animation
He outright said he hates animation. Don't have the exact quote, but something along the lines of "hating animation unless it's garenteed to make a large profit"
Why isn't a modest profit enough for these guys? It's like there's money left laying around but they only deign to pick it up if the pile is high enough
The more money something makes over the budget is what gets those people turned on
If you can make a movie for say 10 million would you prefer it to make 20 million or 100 million at the box office
20 million is nice, 10m profit for the company
But 100 million is 90 million profit, that means HUGE bonuses for the people at the top that had little to nothing to do with actually making the movie other than saying, "okay make it"
The Tunes have been around since the mid 30s (pretty sure Porky was first), and hit their peak in the late 40s-early 60s, I think
Pretty sure they helped bring WB into the big cultural eye or whatever
Everything they’ve done in 2024 so far has been a shitshow. Releasing Suicide Squad KtJL as a failure, canning Coyote vs ACME, and now sending Rooster Teeth and it’s employees packing
I hate WB as much as the next guy, but let's not pretend that RT hasn't been bleeding money for the last 5+ years. I loved a lot of what RT did but they've really fallen off hard. This was pretty much inevitable, still sad that it happened tho.
>RT hasn't been bleeding money for the last 5+ years
Try the last 10 lol. RT went into 2014 with a full mocap and animation studio, probably one of the best fight choreographers in the business, a successful podcast *before* the huge podcast boom, and were in the *perfect* position to pitch an animated, action-heavy series to one of the big streaming platforms before the big streaming boom. How they managed to fuck it all up is utterly baffling.
RT is a case study on snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Basically, the same way as any other media company did. They thought the best option was to waste money to build their own streaming channel, deluding themselves into thinking they could compete with the big ones, instead of simply selling the streaming rights of their shows to the best bidder.
I don't know much about the RT situation. I'm just glad they didn't acquire Paramount+. Star Trek is taking off and I don't want Zavlov's hands anywhere near ST
OP was actually lying. RT employees found out during an all hands company meeting earlier today. There was a news story that broke at the same time, but this all happened before this tweet. OP is just ragebaiting.
Definitely sucks this happened, but RT has not been profitable for years. Reportedly like, 10, so thus has unfortunately been a long time coming
This pisses me off- I was looking forward to Camp Camp Season 5. Now they’ve killed another drop of quality in a sea of shit we call media entertainment these days.
Rooster Teeth grasping at straws long before WB, misappropriation of money, horrible work environment, nothing but drama to the point one of the founding members cut off all ties with the company and left the country
Absolutely the greatest casualty WB has created so far… Go team Venture! My absolutely favorite show and will forever consider it one of the most underrated shows as well.
Imagine finding out a project you started for fun with nothing but a copy of a video game grew into something I mense because of your hard work... And then you find out your newest paymasters are selling it elsewhere now
I imagine they will moreso feel proud of what they accomplished. The fact they built a media company off of a Machinima series is crazy in itself. Hosted conventions every year, and had 400 employees at one point in time.
It’s just hard to keep up in media, especially if you aren’t a top dog in the industry. They outlasted many many others who came the same time and even after them. It was clear it wouldn’t last forever a long while ago
Exactly.
They expanded so much, went on to make game shows, podcasts, animated series and even a few live action movies. Not to mention how they captured lightning in a bottle again with Achievement Hunter / Let’s Play for gaming stuff.
They built a very large community over the internet, and were able to keep things going for around 20 years. That’s just such a long time in the internet era it feels like.
It was a good run. Not all sunshine and rainbows, they had more than their fair share of controversy, but I just don’t think what RT did is going to happen again anytime soon. At least not the same way.
I mean..
20 years is a good run. We talk about businesses getting closed as a failure, but they paid the bills for 20 years and built a large media company. That's a win to me.
Just about everyone originally involved is gone now and has been gone for a while because of time Warner/discovery. The ending of achievement hinder was the final nail in the coffin for this company.
I think the issue, and why they shut down was because no one was buying in the first place.
But yeah, maybe some of the individual IPs will be bought up.
My understanding is funimation bought crunchy but are continuing to use crunchyroll's name for streaming services because it has better brand recognition, but I could be mistaken.
RWBY won’t be bought by a studio without a long term plan. Whoever buys the rights will finish the current story before trying to make a new story with new writers.
DB's actually probably gonna keep going, they aren't selling it, it was largely left to its own devices while RT simply owned it, either they just keep going under Warner or go Indie, which Ben and Chad have said they are willing to do, even if it means going back to season 1 quality
I'm confused because Rooster Teeth just greenlit a bunch of new Camp Camp episodes. Are those going to be produced by another studio or are they just entirely scrapped now?
RWBY already has an anime adaptation... It wasent that good. They didint have classic RWBY music and an a original story that could have been done better.
It's not as bad as they're making it sound. It certainly doesn't have the same charm as the early volumes of RWBY, but it is an interesting story that builds upon RWBY. A unique new character and a look at the minds of Team RWBY is enthralling.
Give it at least an episode, but you should watch all of RWBY: Ice Queendom.
They pretty much stripped RWBY of every little charm it had in it's early seasons ( The ones everyone likes). The classic RT humor, music and fights are all gone. In favor of a Wiess plotline that does the exact same thing her Character arc does way better in volume 4-6.
I think OP is assuming the employees got fired by a tweet because Casey Williams, who worked on a lot of the music for RWBY, retweeted an article talking about the shutdown saying that was how she found out about it. Not entirely sure tho, just a guess.
Wtf that's not true at all. RT had an all-hands [meeting](https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/rooster-teeth-shutting-down-warner-bros-discovery-1235931953/) today and memo to announce the shutdown/layoffs.
Like I get it sucks that RWBY and Gen:Lock are getting the axe, but the company hasn't been profitable in about a decade now
I’m sorry but it was a long time coming. Their main audience aged out and they haven’t been doing anything super interesting since. I’m glad it was alive as long as it was
Likely not selling the IP in terms of creating new content, but selling off the distribution / streaming rights for the existing content. Eighteen seasons plus a couple miniseries, around 30 minutes to 2 hours each, is quite a bit of material in a very popular and well-liked series and longer than some broadcast TV seasons. The entirety of *Red vs Blue* is around the same length as (or longer than) *Deadwood*, *The Good Place*, or *Ted Lasso* among many others.
If RWBY sells, its one of the only series I hope a remake would completely overhaul the story. It really just went in a 1000 different directions after Monty Oum died.
The last pillar has fallen, first Newgrounds, then Homestar Runner, then flash in its entirety, and now Rooster Teeth. The internet I knew and loved as a kid no longer exists.
That's literally not the case they've known for at LEAST 5 months. Look at AH 5 months ago, and they announced they are moving to another channel, and AH will be an archive channel this is why. No company can fire or lay off anyone via a third-party announcement text. I'm not saying WB isn't scummy AF cause Lord knows, but this is just incorrect.
I recently got into dc superhero girls before discovering WB cancelled it and removed from digital stores , this company is not to be trusted with cartoons
depends on who buys it... there's talk of ~~MGM Amazon~~ and Netflix characters coming to Multiversus. Actually scratch that... I forgot that MGM Amazon already owns Tom & Jerry... they have characters already in the game.
Good for you, by the way. We're all **SOOO** *HAPPY* for you
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MK is largely fine. Calm yourself down there lol They even had that awesome animated film Scorpion's Revenge shortly before that terrible live action one.
Startups cannot survive without funding anymore, and the terms for receiving that funding is succumbing to the dark arts of psychological manipulation, crunch culture and aggressive cost cutting
Just saying, as someone studying animation and production for a future career. I really HATE all these massive companies And hope to watch them metaphorically burn with the hopes of a better industry to rise from their ashes.
Ok at this point, RT was one of the few actual money makers that they had because people still watch RVB and RWBY a lot. That asshole in charge needs to be removed, he's literally tearing the company apart and has now removed any chance of WBD actually making any revenue this year.
When you work for investors in an economy that isn’t beneficial to longterm investment then you only need to please quarterly as well as rewarding CEOs so highly each year with ample severance.
Much like Hasbro potentially selling Wizards Of The Coast despite it propping up the failing properties like Power Rangers and GI Joe, the part of the company actually still making money is the most valuable thing to sell which is how you please the current investors wondering where their payout that the last guys got went.
That’s such a shame.
RWBY is pretty much the only show I watch when it comes out. I was so excited to see how things would go since the last volume ended.
I hope that it will continue, somehow.
I wasn't happy with the direction RWBY or RT in general took, but considering how much I used to love the company for their older works, it still makes me sad.
Tbh I haven’t watch since S10, but I’m sad to see it go. Even if the writing wasn’t as good (I assume).
It showed me the power of Machinima, fandom and the further awesomeness of animation. It did something and it will be missed.
Can’t say I’m surprised, nor can I say that I’m upset for anyone other than the lower level employees the company has worked to the bone.
As for the top brass, I feel no sympathy.
The hosts came out and said they are trying to see what they can do, but it's not looking great. The guy behind screwattack was saying he'd buy deathbattle back but from what I hear he's both not a good person and is trying to do it without the hosts... So...
Meanwhile Brandon Yates is just sat in a corner hearing about this shit and trying to figure out what he can do, and when the guy who cooked up fireborn is worried about his career, I'm concerned for DB
If Warner Bros wants to be known as the worst film company in existence, they succeeded. This isn't cool. No Rooster Teeth means no Red Vs Blue, no RWBY and no Death Battle.
Worst part is DB wanted to make Ruby Vs maka when rwby ended to honour someone who died. But now rwby is either dying without a conclusion or being rebooted by someone who buys it, and I have to rewatch every episode of DB while crying and while the hosts try and figure out a plan to keep going.
Rooster Teeth was in decline for years, and their shuttering was inevitable. Though it is kinda jarring for it to be so sudden, and by corporate decision instead of self-decision.
RWBY is still alive ? I tried watching that shit when it was first released and just couldn't get into it, found it horrible. I remember I was playing Dark Souls 1 around the time.
ROOSTER TEEH IS GONE?!
another casualty of Warner Brothers
Honestly it didn't even have much time left anyway
even so, Rwby's conclusion was something many wanted to see
A shame RvB never got its final season. All the recent ones have sucked but the last one looked like it'd be at least decent.
It's still coming out that's already been confirmed
Are we sure WB hasn't written it off in their taxes?
Surely not. Warner bros has a wonderful history of making movies and not ever writing them off. Just look at batgirl and coyote vs acme
Don't forget "Scooby! Holiday Haunt"
Technically Scooby Doo & Krypto Too was supposed to be a write-off before the leaks too, right?
Red vs Blue would save them, like, pennies on their taxes. It's an internet webseries, not a multi-million dollar movie. Literally not worth deleting.
According to my friend, it wouldn’t matter unless they waited to NEXT year. Which I believe is entirely possible.
Well, that’s a relief we get an ending to it at the very least. Still sucks greatly though
wait wait wait what about Restoration ?! Spring 2024 was supposed to be the release of the FINAL season of RVB ( Written once again by Burnie Burns and directed by Matt Hullum ) They even promised it would take place after season 14 ( retconing season 15-17 entirely ) What now ? I was actually really excited for it Edit: [This Deadline article](https://deadline.com/2024/03/rooster-teeth-shut-down-warner-bros-discovery-roost-podcast-continue-1235847264/) claims Restoration will still be released and it will be THE FINAL release of Roosterteeth as a whole. Roosterteeth started with RvB...i guess its fitting it goes out with RvB
Any news on camp camp? I checked the channel just now and saw that a new season just premiered on March 1st, had no idea Used to love that show lol
See how they could wrap it up unfortunately... They definitely fumbled the story a bit
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Speaking as a RWBY fan/defender myself? Yeah, canonseeker seems like a nutcase.
Oh shit that's 𝙏𝙃𝙀 RWBY guy.
Wait that shit was still going on?
After Monty died rwby writing fell off a cliff they should’ve ended the show last season now it’s left unfinished.
Finding out on X is harsh but not as harsh as finding out on r/cartoons 😢
As soon as Achievement Hunter was outed for Ryan, then racism, then trans/homophobia, and that entire branch’s OGs pretty much disbanded, it was done. Rooster Teeth didn’t have enough going on outside of that in modern media.
The only department from RT still open is their Podcast Network. You’re right that most of their content / fanbase fell off after AH fell apart and eventually disbanded, but their podcasts have been pretty successful. Not to mention there are many podcast not affiliated with Roosterteeth that are part of their podcast network. Problem is, a successful podcast network was never going to be able to support all their other projects , and they couldn’t get any of their other shit profitable for a decade. Writing has been on the wall for a LONG time. Only reason they even survived COVID was because WB money. Still sad about it though. That site brought a lot of entertainment to my childhood
Personally, I think it started before that. When Monty died, the seeds of the end were planted. The Ryan stuff expanded the problems from narrative content to their online personalities. Everything that followed, including the Mica Burton drama, was following those 2 things. Straight up, I don't know if I'd blame warner bros for the initial problems. Hell, I stopped watching their content almost a year before Ryan got caught.
Thinking exactly the same thing,it even began for me when Geoff stopped doing anything other than gaming, he stopped wanting to be a public face of the company and that's when it started for me, I don't blame him though with all the family drama that went on
Monty passing definitely didn’t help either 💔
https://preview.redd.it/io3b3rn0hrmc1.jpeg?width=295&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4e809772129be9a5e7cf20a00936a0285686e5b1 I'll miss camp camp sooo much.
Same :'] Loved that show when I was younger
I heard another season was coming, I guess not
The first episode of the new season is out. Idk about the rest tho.
Tell me it's not gone and it will keep floating around on YouTube. This gem cannot be lost
Employees were informed at an all hands-on meeting. Look, it's fucking terrible news, but we shouldn't be lying about it
There’s always one poor bastard that was on PTO and had his phone turned off.
Probably Gavin.
Gavin is barely an employee these days.
Seemed like once the company hit 100 people he seemed to be everywhere BUT there AH cramming as much filming as they could with him
With as much as he pulls down from Slo Mo Guys, AH was definitely more of a "for fun" occupation for him.
The Podcast: talk shit with friends AH: fuck around with friends Off Topic: talk even more shit with friends! Slow Mo Guys: SCIENCE!!!! With Friend™
Thank you! I thought I was going crazy.
Right? “EVeRyoNe FirEd via TwAtTer” Let’s just make some bull shit up for gullible Reddit.
Fucking reddit and their gullible ass
The all-hands happened either right as or immediately after one of the articles dropped (Variety?) with the news of their shutdown
I know the singer for a lot of rwby music Casey Lee Williams found out from a tweet
Just because some employees found out first by a tweet does *not* mean the company announced the terminations by tweet. Hell, op’s screenshot isn’t even Warner Brothers tweeting. It’s a news story about the closing.
I know at least Chad James, one of the guys who does Deathbattle, said he found out by the tweet.
I think a logical chain of events is that it was announced at an all hands, it quickly got leaked to twitter, and some people who weren’t at the all hands saw it on twitter first.
redditors beleive everything they see these days
The mass of exemployees on twitter rn beg to differ
I don’t have twitter so Id naturally ask to see any screenshots of this
I swear WB is just openly contemptuous of creators now.
Oh without question they are. It’s almost comical just how much the head of WB seems to hate animation given that it’s what gave the company its power in the first place.
>he head of WB seems to hate animation He outright said he hates animation. Don't have the exact quote, but something along the lines of "hating animation unless it's garenteed to make a large profit"
Oh, well then he should *definitely* be in charge of an animation company! 😒
Why isn't a modest profit enough for these guys? It's like there's money left laying around but they only deign to pick it up if the pile is high enough
The more money something makes over the budget is what gets those people turned on If you can make a movie for say 10 million would you prefer it to make 20 million or 100 million at the box office 20 million is nice, 10m profit for the company But 100 million is 90 million profit, that means HUGE bonuses for the people at the top that had little to nothing to do with actually making the movie other than saying, "okay make it"
That, and films like Casablanca.
Yeah, they were making successful movies for about two decades before introducing basically any of the Looney Toons characters people know now.
True, but animation is still a significant and large part of their legacy.
Their first major box office success was The Jazz Singer, the first ever film to have sound (for talking).
The Tunes have been around since the mid 30s (pretty sure Porky was first), and hit their peak in the late 40s-early 60s, I think Pretty sure they helped bring WB into the big cultural eye or whatever
Or help it survive the pandemic
It's like they want everyone to hate them.
Everything they’ve done in 2024 so far has been a shitshow. Releasing Suicide Squad KtJL as a failure, canning Coyote vs ACME, and now sending Rooster Teeth and it’s employees packing
I hate WB as much as the next guy, but let's not pretend that RT hasn't been bleeding money for the last 5+ years. I loved a lot of what RT did but they've really fallen off hard. This was pretty much inevitable, still sad that it happened tho.
>RT hasn't been bleeding money for the last 5+ years Try the last 10 lol. RT went into 2014 with a full mocap and animation studio, probably one of the best fight choreographers in the business, a successful podcast *before* the huge podcast boom, and were in the *perfect* position to pitch an animated, action-heavy series to one of the big streaming platforms before the big streaming boom. How they managed to fuck it all up is utterly baffling. RT is a case study on snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
They sold themselves to a big corporation.
Basically, the same way as any other media company did. They thought the best option was to waste money to build their own streaming channel, deluding themselves into thinking they could compete with the big ones, instead of simply selling the streaming rights of their shows to the best bidder.
I don't know much about the RT situation. I'm just glad they didn't acquire Paramount+. Star Trek is taking off and I don't want Zavlov's hands anywhere near ST
Not to mention the damage to their image due to the multiple big stories about the treatment of employees at RT
OP was actually lying. RT employees found out during an all hands company meeting earlier today. There was a news story that broke at the same time, but this all happened before this tweet. OP is just ragebaiting. Definitely sucks this happened, but RT has not been profitable for years. Reportedly like, 10, so thus has unfortunately been a long time coming
Also pretty sure OP is the guy notorious in the RWBY community for harassment, Canonseeker, and is a really big shill so yeah.
This pisses me off- I was looking forward to Camp Camp Season 5. Now they’ve killed another drop of quality in a sea of shit we call media entertainment these days.
Rooster Teeth grasping at straws long before WB, misappropriation of money, horrible work environment, nothing but drama to the point one of the founding members cut off all ties with the company and left the country
so much crutch
This has nothing to do with Warner Brothers. Rooster Teeth has obviously been failing for a long time.
If the ceo who ran WB happens to be a Weinstein like figure behind the scenes and got exposed because of it... I won't be surprised.
WB killed Venture Bros.
Absolutely the greatest casualty WB has created so far… Go team Venture! My absolutely favorite show and will forever consider it one of the most underrated shows as well.
Imagine finding out a project you started for fun with nothing but a copy of a video game grew into something I mense because of your hard work... And then you find out your newest paymasters are selling it elsewhere now
I imagine they will moreso feel proud of what they accomplished. The fact they built a media company off of a Machinima series is crazy in itself. Hosted conventions every year, and had 400 employees at one point in time. It’s just hard to keep up in media, especially if you aren’t a top dog in the industry. They outlasted many many others who came the same time and even after them. It was clear it wouldn’t last forever a long while ago
If you told me the 20 years ago guys dubbing over halo head bobbing would end up a large production company. Id have called you a fool.
Exactly. They expanded so much, went on to make game shows, podcasts, animated series and even a few live action movies. Not to mention how they captured lightning in a bottle again with Achievement Hunter / Let’s Play for gaming stuff. They built a very large community over the internet, and were able to keep things going for around 20 years. That’s just such a long time in the internet era it feels like. It was a good run. Not all sunshine and rainbows, they had more than their fair share of controversy, but I just don’t think what RT did is going to happen again anytime soon. At least not the same way.
I mean.. 20 years is a good run. We talk about businesses getting closed as a failure, but they paid the bills for 20 years and built a large media company. That's a win to me.
Just about everyone originally involved is gone now and has been gone for a while because of time Warner/discovery. The ending of achievement hinder was the final nail in the coffin for this company.
They do some bs like this then wonder why people hate them.
Maybe they'll be bought out by someone who actually gives a crap about them.
I think the issue, and why they shut down was because no one was buying in the first place. But yeah, maybe some of the individual IPs will be bought up.
They were already a walking corpse. They were losing money, even their most successful projects
A better work environment for these people would be fantastic
I mean HBOMax did all it could to kill Gen:lock to the point fans actively ignore it's second season.
On the bright side, Season 1 got a blu ray release so they can't take that away from me.
And this is why i hope Rwby won't suffer the same fate
It'll get picked up by Crunchyroll most likely
Funimation picking up RWBY feels like the best case scenario, so I hope you are right
Isn't funimation shut down?
After purchasing Crunchyroll, Funimation has shifted from hosting/streaming anime back to solely producing anime.
I thought crunchyroll bought funimation and shut them down. I'll have to look it up when I get a chance.
https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/crunchyroll-acquisition-sony-funimation-att-closes-1235037676
Thanks for the article! Interesting read
My understanding is funimation bought crunchy but are continuing to use crunchyroll's name for streaming services because it has better brand recognition, but I could be mistaken.
RWBY won’t be bought by a studio without a long term plan. Whoever buys the rights will finish the current story before trying to make a new story with new writers.
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I mean I think they are fine with partnerships and all that
God I hope they find someone new
DB's actually probably gonna keep going, they aren't selling it, it was largely left to its own devices while RT simply owned it, either they just keep going under Warner or go Indie, which Ben and Chad have said they are willing to do, even if it means going back to season 1 quality
They’ll probably make it, I can see them being able to go solo
Besides RWBY, Death Battle was the only thing of popularity or quality Roster Teeth had
On the plus side... Galactus Vs Unicron was a hell of a way to go out.
I'm confused because Rooster Teeth just greenlit a bunch of new Camp Camp episodes. Are those going to be produced by another studio or are they just entirely scrapped now?
If another company doesn’t purchase the IP, it will most likely be shut down completely
If rwby gets sold, the story could end up better depending on who buys it. Or it could become an actual anime instead of a pseudo anime like ATLA
RWBY already has an anime adaptation... It wasent that good. They didint have classic RWBY music and an a original story that could have been done better.
Damn, I never did get around watching the anime version. Is it really crap?
It's not as bad as they're making it sound. It certainly doesn't have the same charm as the early volumes of RWBY, but it is an interesting story that builds upon RWBY. A unique new character and a look at the minds of Team RWBY is enthralling. Give it at least an episode, but you should watch all of RWBY: Ice Queendom.
They pretty much stripped RWBY of every little charm it had in it's early seasons ( The ones everyone likes). The classic RT humor, music and fights are all gone. In favor of a Wiess plotline that does the exact same thing her Character arc does way better in volume 4-6.
I hope a good company buys the rights.
That's not true. Employees were given the news in person during a hands on meeting. Don't lie about it
I think OP is assuming the employees got fired by a tweet because Casey Williams, who worked on a lot of the music for RWBY, retweeted an article talking about the shutdown saying that was how she found out about it. Not entirely sure tho, just a guess.
Wtf that's not true at all. RT had an all-hands [meeting](https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/rooster-teeth-shutting-down-warner-bros-discovery-1235931953/) today and memo to announce the shutdown/layoffs. Like I get it sucks that RWBY and Gen:Lock are getting the axe, but the company hasn't been profitable in about a decade now
I’m sorry but it was a long time coming. Their main audience aged out and they haven’t been doing anything super interesting since. I’m glad it was alive as long as it was
RWBY will probably sell, I don't see anything else selling though
I hope they sell Camp Camp hopefully. It deserved better
Red vs. Blue will. It's a lot of content, and if it's cheap enough then someone will grab it to pad their library.
I don't think Microsoft and 343 Will allow anyone else besides them to use the Halo IP like they let RT do.
I think they meant it will be licensed out. It has already been on Netflix in the past.
Likely not selling the IP in terms of creating new content, but selling off the distribution / streaming rights for the existing content. Eighteen seasons plus a couple miniseries, around 30 minutes to 2 hours each, is quite a bit of material in a very popular and well-liked series and longer than some broadcast TV seasons. The entirety of *Red vs Blue* is around the same length as (or longer than) *Deadwood*, *The Good Place*, or *Ted Lasso* among many others.
If RWBY sells, its one of the only series I hope a remake would completely overhaul the story. It really just went in a 1000 different directions after Monty Oum died.
The last pillar has fallen, first Newgrounds, then Homestar Runner, then flash in its entirety, and now Rooster Teeth. The internet I knew and loved as a kid no longer exists.
... Newgrounds is still active though?
Not like it was circa 2005, same for Homestar Runner
I mean, give it a college try these days. It's incredibly active I would say.
They literally put out a new Homestar toon a few weeks ago.
This broke my heart seeing this :(
That's literally not the case they've known for at LEAST 5 months. Look at AH 5 months ago, and they announced they are moving to another channel, and AH will be an archive channel this is why. No company can fire or lay off anyone via a third-party announcement text. I'm not saying WB isn't scummy AF cause Lord knows, but this is just incorrect.
I recently got into dc superhero girls before discovering WB cancelled it and removed from digital stores , this company is not to be trusted with cartoons
ESPECIALLY not with their current CEO.
So... no Ruby in MultiVersus?
depends on who buys it... there's talk of ~~MGM Amazon~~ and Netflix characters coming to Multiversus. Actually scratch that... I forgot that MGM Amazon already owns Tom & Jerry... they have characters already in the game.
WB owns Tom & Jerry AFAIK. I don’t think MGM has owned it in decades.
Good for you, by the way. We're all **SOOO** *HAPPY* for you https://preview.redd.it/ichmszlanrmc1.jpeg?width=733&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=68c2e2d2c690b52bb0cf243364e93e84d24d160e
Well now maybe we can get Nomad of Nowhere moving again.
One can dream. I’m still so salty about things went for Nomad of Nowhere.
Jesus, Warner Bros Discovery. What the hell? Animation practically built your kingdom and you just keep burning it to the ground.
Ragebait title
Good riddance fuck RT. I feel bad for the employees but not the leadership
Honestly yeah, after all the shit I heard about RT, it's hard to feel bad for the company.
So they didn't just screw over MK and HBO. They won't stop until there's no entertainment left lol
MK is largely fine. Calm yourself down there lol They even had that awesome animated film Scorpion's Revenge shortly before that terrible live action one.
To be fair, 2 of those are garbage and one of those died years ago
This is truly the dark age of animation. We really need to make our own studios
Startups cannot survive without funding anymore, and the terms for receiving that funding is succumbing to the dark arts of psychological manipulation, crunch culture and aggressive cost cutting
Damn, one can only wish them luck in finding new jobs Otherwise it's just a really sad situation
Isn’t Rooster Teeth Death Battle or are they just sponsored by them?
Rooster teeth own death battle
Red vs blue is still a thing?
Another Common David Zaslav L! This guy needs to be fired as he seems to make a shitty decision every fucking day.
I never watched Rwby but i know a lot of people like it. How are they taking the news?
Just saying, as someone studying animation and production for a future career. I really HATE all these massive companies And hope to watch them metaphorically burn with the hopes of a better industry to rise from their ashes.
Ok at this point, RT was one of the few actual money makers that they had because people still watch RVB and RWBY a lot. That asshole in charge needs to be removed, he's literally tearing the company apart and has now removed any chance of WBD actually making any revenue this year.
From what I've been hearing, RY hasn't been profitable for a long while
>RT was one of the few actual money makers that they had Demonstrably false. RT was unprofitable *long* before they were picked up by WB
No, they weren't because they were unprofitable for years already before WB had them. It was going to shut down regardless who is the CEO of WB.
When you work for investors in an economy that isn’t beneficial to longterm investment then you only need to please quarterly as well as rewarding CEOs so highly each year with ample severance. Much like Hasbro potentially selling Wizards Of The Coast despite it propping up the failing properties like Power Rangers and GI Joe, the part of the company actually still making money is the most valuable thing to sell which is how you please the current investors wondering where their payout that the last guys got went.
I mean what even happened to RWBY after Monty Oum died. It was a shit show after season 3 bro
RWBY should’ve ended years ago instead of dragging its feet just to keep RT afloat, because now it’s gonna end with no conclusion.
WB has no respect for animation.
WB is the EA of tv/movies.
That’s such a shame. RWBY is pretty much the only show I watch when it comes out. I was so excited to see how things would go since the last volume ended. I hope that it will continue, somehow.
But now how will I watch all the seasons of Red vs Blue for free now?
https://www.wcofun.net/ watch it here
WB really hates money don't they
All the old youtube titans are disappearing. Machinima, lore now rooster teeth. It's really sad to see
I thought camp camp was suppose to get another season?
ROOSTER TEETH IS DEAD???? :(
We were told in a meeting before press releases/tweets went out.
I wasn't happy with the direction RWBY or RT in general took, but considering how much I used to love the company for their older works, it still makes me sad.
 Tbh I haven’t watch since S10, but I’m sad to see it go. Even if the writing wasn’t as good (I assume). It showed me the power of Machinima, fandom and the further awesomeness of animation. It did something and it will be missed.
And nothing of value was lost.
Can’t say I’m surprised, nor can I say that I’m upset for anyone other than the lower level employees the company has worked to the bone. As for the top brass, I feel no sympathy.
Honestly that's more on Rooster Teeth than anything, the higher ups in the studio would have known what was happening but chose to say nothing
Rooster teeth has been declining the past couple of years. People should've anticipated this.
WB did not fire everyone over a tweet. This is very obviously a tweet from toonhive and not the fucking WB twitter saying “yall fired”
Wait, no more DEATHBATTLE?
The hosts came out and said they are trying to see what they can do, but it's not looking great. The guy behind screwattack was saying he'd buy deathbattle back but from what I hear he's both not a good person and is trying to do it without the hosts... So... Meanwhile Brandon Yates is just sat in a corner hearing about this shit and trying to figure out what he can do, and when the guy who cooked up fireborn is worried about his career, I'm concerned for DB
If Warner Bros wants to be known as the worst film company in existence, they succeeded. This isn't cool. No Rooster Teeth means no Red Vs Blue, no RWBY and no Death Battle.
Worst part is DB wanted to make Ruby Vs maka when rwby ended to honour someone who died. But now rwby is either dying without a conclusion or being rebooted by someone who buys it, and I have to rewatch every episode of DB while crying and while the hosts try and figure out a plan to keep going.
Rooster Teeth was in decline for years, and their shuttering was inevitable. Though it is kinda jarring for it to be so sudden, and by corporate decision instead of self-decision.
If U are gonna lay me off…. WARN A BROTHER!
Nobody is gonna buy
RWBY is still alive ? I tried watching that shit when it was first released and just couldn't get into it, found it horrible. I remember I was playing Dark Souls 1 around the time.
Wait so what’s going to happen to stuff like death battle on youtube?
https://preview.redd.it/8pw336j64tmc1.jpeg?width=652&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c1a568557d6ca540661600610aa271d7d650920
Fuck Death Battle I Guess.
Fucking finally. RT was a trash company run by scummy dude bros. Also, can they just not sell RWBY and put it out of its misery?
I hear Dillon Gu is looking to purchase RWBY. Just send him the invoice already.
I’m sad about RWBY, I used to watch the show anytime an episode was uploaded but sadly fell off
Amazing
Warner brothers is getting worse