Paramount shares reversed an early rally Monday after CEO David Ellison said the company’s $111 billion deal with Warner Bros. Discovery would need about two more weeks to close, even after settlements removed major legal obstacles to the transaction.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta is standing behind the antitrust settlement that permits Paramount and Warner Bros. to merge, even as he acknowledges that combining the two companies was never his preferred outcome.
Paramount’s merger with Warner Bros comes with a potentially significant consequence if the combined company falls short of its promised theatrical output: Paramount could be forced to sell its entire direct and indirect ownership interest in Miramax.
Warner Chappell Music co-chair and chief operating officer Carianne Marshall is exiting her role at the company at the end of the month, the music publisher announced on Monday, a major shift ending Marshall’s seven-year leadership tenure at the company.
They have a deal. After days of marathon negotiations, Paramount Skydance and the state attorneys general have settled the blockbuster antitrust lawsuit over the $111 billion Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition, according to multiple reports. The agreement is expected to be announced later Monday.
National CineMedia, the in-theater advertising company that works with AMC Theatres, Cinemark and Regal for pre-show commercials content, has closed a major deal to venture outside of the cinema. The firm, led by Thomas Lesinski, has sealed an agreement to acquire Captivate Holdings, which powers tens of thousands of small screens in office buildings.
What’ll it take for Paramount to get its $111 billion deal for Warner Bros. Discovery over the line? We may be about to find out. Paramount and the state attorneys general have spent the weekend hashing out potential settlement terms, and the trickle of leaks from those talks are painting a picture of what a […]
When we last saw John Oliver behind the desk of “Last Week Tonight,” he was mocking Trump for sacrificing a number of members of his senior staff on a decoy plane amidst his peculiar catering truck escape in Turkey. On Sunday night, the funnyman returned to his Emmy-winning HBO series after a monthlong summer break […]
EXCLUSIVE: As Hollywood celebrates Yom Kippur tonight, a framework for a settlement of the antitrust suit hampering Paramount‘s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery has hit some political potholes on the way to what some hoped would be a quick deal. Four of the 12 Attorneys General that took the David Ellison-run company and […]
On Sunday, settlement talks between Paramount and the state attorneys general that sued to block its Warner Bros. Discovery deal continued — but there was no resolution by the end of the day. But while California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who is leading the 12-state coalition’s antitrust litigation, is said to be open to considering […]
The 51st Toronto International Film Festival came to a close on Sunday, and now it’s time to figure out what it told us about the nascent race to the Oscars. 1. La Bola Negra has emerged as a — perhaps the — principal challenger to The Odyssey Netflix’s Spanish-language epic La Bola Negra has had […]
Movistar Plus debuted some of the projects that will feature as part of its 2027 content slate, including two projects executive-produced by JA Bayona and a new comedy series by Fernando León de Aranoa (The Good Boss), this morning at the San Sebastián Film Festival. The León series will be titled The Castaway. León has […]
Paramount Skydance is moving closer to the finish line of its yearlong pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery as the company’s weekend settlement negotiations with the state attorneys general reach a critical stage. Meanwhile, opponents of the merger are rallying to protest what it warns is shaping up to be a “cave” by the 12-state coalition […]
As attorneys general meet with Paramount this weekend over a potential deal in the Warner Bros. Discovery merger, Mark Ruffalo is continuing to apply pressure. On Saturday, the 4x Oscar nominee called on Rob Bonta to “reject the deal” that he and other AGs are currently negotiating with the Ellison-run Paramount ahead of a scheduled […]
The Motion Picture Editors Guild is praising California’s bill offering tax incentives for productions that shoot outside the state but bring their post work to California. The bill, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom yesterday, expands the state’s film and television tax credit program and creates a new tax credit to support workers in all areas […]
Warner Bros. Animation “The Powerpuff Girls” was always one of Cartoon Network’s most memorable toons, but it nearly raised the bar with one unrealized crossover. While Batman and the Powerpuffs have always had history (the “Powerpuff Girls” intro is a clear homage to the ’60s “Batman” show), there was a time when they almost shared an […]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed into law a bill aimed at reducing Hollywood’s exposure to recent business tax credit caps legislation. In a visit to Warner Bros. Studios the governor gave the green light to SB 186, which exempts independent productions from caps on the use of state tax credits that this year […]
Actor Carmen Machi, best known for her role as Aida in the wildly popular Spanish series “7 Lives” and spin-off “Aida” as well as her pivotal roles in Almodóvar classics “Talk to Her” and “Broken Embraces,” received the 2026 National Film Prize at the San Sebastian Festival, a prestigious honor that has been granted to […]
Anthony Page, the prolific British stage, film and TV director who won a Tony Award for his 1997 Broadway production of A Doll’s House and was twice Emmy-nominated for acclaimed TV movies in the 1970s, died September 11 at a London residential care home. He was 90. Page’s death has been confirmed by press representative […]
British actor Naomi Watts, at the San Sebastián Film Festival to receive this year’s prestigious Donostia Award, spoke about opportunities in the industry for women over 50. Talking a week after Sarah Paulson told Variety about the lack of film offers following her spellbinding portrait of Marcia Clark in “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American […]
“The Blind Ants” (“Inurri Itsuak”), the third feature by director Igor Legarreta (“All the Moons,” “When You Stop Loving Me”), had it world premiere on Sept. 18 at the 74th San Sebastián International Film Festival. Part of the Zinemira section, which is dedicated to Basque productions, the film is competing for the Irizar Award for […]