Paramount Goes Hostile

We told you this was going to be a soap opera. This thing is unfolding like an episode of Succession, but with less laughs. Paramount Skydance are mounting a hostile takeover for Warner Bros. Discovery. You know the story by now, that WBD chose Netflix as their new Daddy, despite

Netflix “Deeply Committed” To WB Theatrical

The wheel just keeps turning on this story. Following this morning’s news that David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance was mounting a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, Netflix has now responded. Speaking on Monday at the UBS Global Media and Communications conference, Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters say

Paramount-WBD Aiming For 30+ Films Annually

Paramount is pledging to release more than 30 films theatrically annually if successful in its hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, according to Variety. It’s presumably combining the output of Paramount and Warners in that figure as, a month ago, the new Paramount Skydance regime indicated they had planned