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The Anora director has strong feelings about Netflix's impending purchase of Warner Bros.
A video shared online soon after Netflix announced it was acquiring Warner Bros. was edited so the Netflix logo would be on the iconic water tower.
The eye-popping numbers led Late Show host Stephen Colbert to muse about the Paramount bid during his monologue Tuesday night. (Paramount owns CBS, which airs The Late Show. )
Sen. Elizabeth Warren cautions that the sale of Warner Bros. Discovery to either Netflix or Paramount Skydance could reduce competition and concentrate power over what films and news American see.
H ollywood has produced another gripping drama. Netflix’s and Paramount’s $100bn battle to buy Warner Bros Discovery has juicy plot ingredients, from an ambitious billionaire to mysterious Saudi investors and even a cameo from the president’s son-in-law. As the studio weighs its options, expect weeks of entertainment.
As the battle between Netflix and Paramount over who will own Warner Bros heats up again, Disney CEO Bob Iger on Thursday strategically stepped in with some opinions of his own. With his eyes on the streaming wars endgame,
Paramount's David Ellison said that if Warner Bros. Discovery's board took his current offer, it would be "admitting breach of fiduciary duty."
A future Congress controlled by Democrats would “review many of the decisions of the current Administration,” two House Democrats said Wednesday.