Anna Paquin is using a moment of public grief to press Hollywood on a question it has avoided for decades: what happens to girls who are made famous before they are old enough to understand the machinery around them?
California Attorney General Rob Bonta is expected to press Paramount to sell off a portion of its cable television holdings and to keep its film studio operationally distinct from Warner Bros. as state officials scrutinize a proposed Paramount-Warner combination, according to people familiar with the anticipated position.
Paramount has escalated its public fight over its proposed Warner Bros. merger by accusing Mark Ruffalo of trafficking in “antisemitic tropes,” a sharp turn in rhetoric that lands just as Paramount Skydance Chief Executive David Ellison and California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta are due to enter court-ordered mediation over the state’s antitrust challenge.
Toei Animation has set a new long-range theatrical course for the “One Piece” franchise, announcing two animated feature films: “One Piece: God Valley,” planned for 2027, and “One Piece: Baad,” planned for 2029.
Paramount is expected to sit down with California officials on Monday for early-stage discussions over a possible resolution to the state’s lawsuit challenging the company’s planned $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, a deal that would redraw the map of Hollywood if it survives regulatory and legal scrutiny.
Disney’s long-dormant National Treasure franchise has taken its most concrete step forward in years, with director Jon Turteltaub confirming that National Treasure 3 is officially in development and that Nicolas Cage is expected to return as treasure hunter and historian Benjamin Franklin Gates.
Taylor Sheridan, Paramount and NBCUniversal have been hit with a federal lawsuit from writer and entertainment journalist Lauren J. Salkin, who alleges that Sheridan took the core concept for her proposed television series and used it to build “Yellowstone,” the modern Western franchise that became one of television’s defining hits.
Paramount is expected to sit down with California officials on Monday for early settlement discussions tied to the state’s lawsuit challenging the company’s planned $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, according to a report published Saturday by The New York Times.
Paramount and California officials are expected to sit down Monday, August 24, for preliminary discussions over a possible settlement route in the state-led antitrust challenge to Paramount’s proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, according to a Saturday report from The New York Times.
Paramount and a coalition of state attorneys general challenging its planned takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery are expected to sit down next week for negotiations that could determine whether the high-stakes media merger fight is resolved quietly or heads toward a closely watched antitrust trial next spring.
Paramount is expected to meet with California officials Monday for early-stage settlement discussions tied to the state’s lawsuit seeking to block the company’s pending $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, according to a report published Saturday.
Paramount Skydance Corporation is expected to hold preliminary discussions with California officials about a potential deal involving Warner Bros., according to a New York Times report, opening an early public window into what could become one of the most closely scrutinized media transactions in years.
Paramount and the state officials suing to stop its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery are expected to sit down next week for negotiations that could determine whether the high-stakes media merger fight heads toward a settlement or an antitrust trial in March.
Mark Ruffalo ignited a new flashpoint in Hollywood’s already fraught debate over media consolidation and the war in Gaza on Friday night, sharply criticizing the Ellison family’s role in a planned Paramount-Warner Bros. transaction and connecting the deal to Oracle’s technology work with Israel.
Meghan Markle is being linked to a potential return to scripted television, with the Duchess of Sussex said to be in advanced discussions for a significant role in Netflix’s Guy Ritchie crime-comedy series The Gentlemen — a move that would bring her back to the U.K. professionally and place her in one of the streamer’s most closely watched British franchises.
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is reportedly weighing a return to scripted television, with early discussions said to be underway for a role in Netflix’s The Gentlemen, the crime series from Guy Ritchie.
Raquel Lee, a former child actress who appeared in the 2001 Disney Channel original movie The Poof Point, has accused Disney of negligence in a new court filing that alleges she was repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted by a studio worker during production.
Representatives of the California attorney general’s office and Paramount Skydance are expected to meet Monday for settlement discussions aimed at resolving the state’s antitrust challenge to Paramount Skydance’s proposed purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery, according to two people familiar with the matter who were granted anonymity to discuss confidential deliberations.
Paramount Skydance representatives are expected to meet Monday with the California Attorney General’s office to discuss a potential settlement of the states’ antitrust challenge to the company’s proposed $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, according to two sources familiar with the situation.
YouTube is dangling multimillion-dollar incentives in front of some of its most valuable creator-led channels as it tries to keep Netflix from turning the platform’s biggest native stars into streaming exclusives, according to people familiar with the discussions.
Mark Ruffalo escalated his campaign against Paramount Skydance’s pending acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on Friday, using his Instagram Story to link the Ellison family’s Hollywood ambitions to Oracle’s business and political ties to Israel amid the war in Gaza.