As “Abbott Elementary” gears up for Season 6 production in just a few short weeks, stars Sheryl Lee Ralph, Janelle James and Luke Tennie are reflecting on turbulent changes in the industry — from the pending Paramount-Warner Bros. merger to production struggling in Los Angeles. “Any time there is a consolidation, something shrinks, and right
The U.K. has cleared Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. on competition grounds. The British government added that it would not intervene in the transaction on public interest grounds after Paramount beefed up promises about programming and news provision in the U.K. In a statement, the U.K.’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit from a group of consumers looking to challenge the $111 billion merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín wrote that the plaintiffs — three current Paramount+ subscribers and two prospective subscribers — presented a lack of standing in their suit. She also ruled that the
Regal Cinemas CEO Eduardo Acuna released a statement on Wednesday evening in support of the looming Paramount-Warner Bros. merger. “This year has been an important one for our industry. Attendance is up, younger audiences are coming out in numbers we haven’t seen in years, and the upcoming release schedule looks just as strong,” Acuna wrote.
Paramount Skydance chief executive David Ellison has broken his silence, defending his company’s $110bn (£86bn) takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. Opposition to the mega-merger relies on a vision of Hollywood that “no longer exists,” he wrote in an op-ed published by The New York Times. In his first public comments on the transaction, Ellison rejected
Of all the great cinematic narrative arcs, there’s something special about the return. Think “Rocky,” “The Shawshank Redemption,” “The Natural.” A much maligned or dubious hero rises and triumphs against all odds. Goosebumps, all the time. The comeback saga rings very true for those in the film industry and those millions of movie buffs who