Director and Gollum actor Andy Serkis still has plans to take audiences back to Middle-earth. His upcoming film, Lord of the Rings: Hunt for Gollum will bring back some of the original cast from Peter Jackson’s iconic trilogy. Viggo Mortensen will not be going on this journey, however, as the role of Aragorn has officially been recast.
In a dramatic shift in the high-stakes Paramount Warner Bros. takeover fight, Netflix has officially walked away from the bidding war, clearing a major path for David Ellison’s Skydance-backed offer. The streaming giant confirmed Thursday that it will not raise its...
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos is heading back to Washington, D.C., as the company faces mounting political and regulatory resistance to its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming assets — including growing scrutiny from the Trump administration....
The increasingly complicated and contentious Warner Bros. sale situation just took another turn, as Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav confirmed internally that the company has received a revised acquisition proposal from Paramount Skydance. In an email sent to...
Paramount Skydance has reportedly made a new improved bid to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery. The exact amount of the bid is unknown as of press time, according to Deadline. Warner Bros. Discovery is once again at the center of a high-stakes media battle, as the...
The high-stakes Paramount WBD bidding war appears ready to escalate once again, with Paramount Skydance expected to increase its offer for Warner Bros. Discovery — potentially forcing Netflix to decide whether to match or exit the fight altogether. According to a new...
Mark Ruffalo publicly took aim at James Cameron after the Avatar director warned lawmakers that a potential Netflix acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery could devastate the movie theater business. Ruffalo’s response, posted to Threads, immediately reframed the fight...
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos is publicly firing back at James Cameron after the Avatar director raised alarms about Netflix’s proposed purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery, accusing Cameron of helping spread what he described as misinformation about the streaming giant’s...
The Paramount antitrust battle over Warner Bros. Discovery just took a significant turn — but despite early momentum, the road ahead remains anything but clear. Paramount Skydance announced it has cleared an initial Justice Department waiting period tied to its...
The battle over Warner Bros. Discovery’s future is no longer confined to corporate boardrooms — it’s now playing out in Washington between Paramount's David Ellison and Netflix. In a detailed letter to Senator Cory Booker, Skydance CEO David Ellison issued a sweeping...
Margot Robbie says she makes films for ticket buyers, not critics. “I consider audience always,” she said. “I’ve never, ever been on set and thought, ‘What are the critics going to think of this?’” That philosophy now faces an early test. Weekend box office results for her latest film, “Wuthering Heights”—which Robbie both starred in and produced—will tell the full story.
The battle between Paramount and Netflix over Warner Bros. isn’t over yet — not by a long shot. According to a new report from Bloomberg, Warner Bros. Discovery’s board is now actively weighing whether to reopen sale negotiations with Paramount Skydance after...
The high-stakes media consolidation battle surrounding Warner Bros. Discovery took another dramatic turn this week as Paramount Skydance formally upgraded the financial terms of its hostile takeover bid — escalating pressure on WBD leadership as it weighs competing...