Now that Star Wars: Starfighter is deep into post-production, director Shawn Levy appears to be moving on from Lucasfilm. Variety reports that Levy has lined up his next project at Netflix, Somewhere Out There, an original science fiction film based on a spec script by Max Taxe. The film is reportedly an emotional story about a grieving father who receives a message from the stars.
According to Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, the streaming giant had considered theatrical distribution before its move to acquire Warner Bros. At the time, Netflix decided that the company was better served focusing on its current business model.
For years, the assumption baked into Hollywood’s financial worldview was simple: scale wins. Theme parks, resorts, cruise ships, cable networks, broadcast television, and century-old intellectual property portfolios were supposed to be unbeatable advantages. Yet...
The Netflix Cash Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery has entered a decisive new phase, intensifying one of the largest and most consequential media acquisition battles in years and sharply raising the pressure on rival bidder Paramount Skydance. According to an amended...
Netflix has officially secured the exclusive streaming rights to The Legend of Zelda movie following its theatrical and home media releases, cementing the platform’s growing role in the future of big-budget franchise films. The move guarantees that once the film...
For years now, audiences have sensed something was off about Netflix’s original movies. They look expensive, they feature major stars, and yet many of them feel strangely hollow—over-explained, oddly paced, and forgettable almost the moment the credits roll. Now,...
David Ellison has taken the battle for Warner Bros beyond boardrooms and court filings. It has gone international. According to a new report, David Ellison — CEO of Skydance Media and the driving force behind Paramount Skydance — has embarked on a full-scale European...
The proposed Netflix Warner Bros. deal continues to move from speculation to serious industry reckoning, as Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos has now publicly laid down a specific commitment regarding theatrical releases should Netflix’s acquisition of Warner Bros....
The Netflix Warner Bros acquisition saga just took a sharp turn. According to Variety, Netflix is preparing a revised all-cash offer to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s studios and streaming assets, a move that demonstrates how volatile — and increasingly hostile —...
The Paramount lawsuit aimed at prying deeper financial details out of Warner Bros. Discovery’s Netflix deal is getting swatted away — publicly — by WBD, which is now branding the case “meritless” while also accusing David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance team of trying to...
The battle for Warner Bros. Discovery has officially become one of the most high-stakes corporate wars in modern Hollywood — and according to the New York Post, Paramount Skydance believes it's now beating Netflix at its own game. As Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and...
The battle for Warner Brothers Discovery intensified as Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison appealed directly to Congress in an attempt to stop Netflix from purchasing WBD. As Hollywood’s most consequential media battle accelerates, David Ellison is no longer...
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison may have just gotten more ammunition in his battle for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Netflix appeared to win the bidding war in early December, when its combined offer of cash and stock was accepted by the WBD board. Paramount countered, bypassing the board and going directly to shareholders with an all-cash offer. The weak debut of Versant, Comcast’s spinoff of its cable assets, is now calling into question the value of Netflix’s bid, which according to New York Post columnist Charles Gasparino, depends on the sale of WBD’s own cable assets.