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Late last week, Netflix struck an $82.7 billion deal to buy Warner Bros. However, a recent report from Bloomberg suggests that before the Warner Bros. bidding war started, the streaming giant had flirted with the idea of pursuing EA Games, Fox (before the Disney merger), or Disney itself.
Things are not looking good at the North American box office for 2025. In fact, it’s downright catastrophic.
The entertainment world woke up Tuesday to yet another twist in an already volatile week for Paramount. The official Paramount X account — with nearly 3.5 million followers — was hacked, briefly displaying a rewritten bio that declared the company a: “Proud arm of the fascist regime.”
The battle between Netflix and Paramount for control of Warner Bros. Discovery has entered its most dramatic phase yet, with both companies staking out sharply different narratives after Paramount Skydance launched a full hostile takeover bid. The move sent shockwaves through the industry, and now Netflix has formally responded — projecting confidence, stability, and a determination to push its Warner Bros. deal across the finish line.
The Golden Globes nominees were announced Monday morning with some surprise picks for the year’s best in television and film, and some even more surprising snubs. Among the most shocking names not appearing as prominently — or in one case, not appearing at all — are the film Wicked: For Good and actress Sydney Sweeney.
Something shifted inside Warner Bros. Discovery last week—and according to one source familiar with the situation, the mood has been fundamentally different ever since the Paramount hostile takeover saga publicly blew open. What was supposed to be a routine WBD employee town hall meeting scheduled last Friday with staff submitting questions in advance was quietly paused in the wake of the Paramount drama just as employees were preparing to hear from top leadership.
A newly released Paramount SEC filing regarding its hostile takeover tender offer for WBD has ignited a firestorm around Warner Bros. Discovery’s handling of its proposed sale to Netflix. According to the document, Paramount submitted an improved $30-per-share all-cash offer on December 4th—an offer specifically crafted to address every concern WBD had previously raised. But the filing alleges something extraordinary: WBD’s board never responded. Not a counter. Not a question. Not even a courtesy acknowledgment.
“Wicked: For Good” has delivered a strong opening by any normal box office standard, but when measured against the explosive performance of 2024’s “Wicked,” the decline becomes clear almost immediately.
What David Ellison and Paramount did Monday morning — issuing a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery for $108 billion — sent shockwaves through the industry. Now that the dust has settled, analysts are working through how Paramount was able to make such a monumental all-cash offer.
With the success of Zootopia 2 this Thanksgiving, Jared Bush — Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios — has given several interviews discussing the direction he sees for the studio following the release of the film which is circling $1 billion at the box office worldwide.
Paramount, led by David Ellison, isn’t giving up its bid to win Warner Bros. Late last week the Warner Bros. board announced it had accepted an $82.7 billion proposal from Netflix. It’s an offer Ellison tells shareholders is an “inferior proposal.” He has since launched an attempted hostile takeover after the historically brutal bidding war.
Four years after settling her lawsuit with Disney, Scarlett Johansson is looking back on the experience.