The entertainment giant created by the merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery finally has a name. And it won't be Paramount Warner Bros. What once was the peak, is now just the beginning. Paramount and Warner Bros. shaped over a century of culture. By...
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Gunn openly suggested that Batman has effectively run out of storytelling value, calling the character “boring” due to decades of exposure across comics, television, and film. While Gunn insists he has a plan for the Dark Knight within the DC Universe, his comments are already fueling concern among fans who have reservations about the brooding and serious Batman in the hands of a director with Gunn’s portfolio of zany comedic films.
The WB Paramount takeover battle is far from over, despite Warner Bros. Discovery’s board issuing a forceful public rejection of Paramount Skydance’s $30-per-share hostile bid.
In a Thursday morning interview with CNBC, Disney CEO Bob Iger was asked for his thoughts on the battle being waged for Warner Bros. Like everyone else, Iger is watching from the sidelines — but unlike most, he’s orchestrated major studio mergers himself.
Fans got their first look at Miley Alcock’s Supergirl in action with the release of the film’s first trailer. In two minutes, viewers were introduced to Kara Zor-El and a new corner of the DC Universe (DCU). While the movie was written by Ana Nogueira (based on a story by Tom King), and directed by Craig Gillespie, producer James Gunn’s fingerprints are all over the place.
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.
President Trump has weighed in on the biggest entertainment deal in years—and his comments are already sending shockwaves through Wall Street, Washington, and Hollywood. Speaking on the red carpet at the Kennedy Center Honors, the president confirmed his meeting with Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos and said the proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. “will have to go through a process.” It’s the first major indication that the administration may not give Netflix an easy path toward swallowing one of the oldest studios in the world.
In a plot twist worthy of a Hollywood thriller, the high-stakes battle for Warner Bros. Discovery has exploded into open conflict. What was supposed to be a tight but orderly auction has now turned into a full-blown corporate war — and according to sources cited in the New York Post, the team behind Paramount Skydance is furious over Warner’s decision to sell to Netflix.
Netflix has spent the past week insisting that nothing will change for Warner Bros. films once the acquisition goes through — but comments on a recent investor call raise a new red flag. And it’s a big one. In fact, it touches directly on the top fear critics have repeatedly raised: WB theatrical windows under Netflix may become shorter, faster, and far less traditional.
In a stunning early-morning development, Warner Bros. Discovery employees received a company-wide letter from CEO David Zaslav confirming what the entertainment world has only speculated about: the Board of Directors has officially approved a transaction in which Warner Bros. will be acquired by Netflix.
In a development that could reshape the entire entertainment landscape, Netflix has reportedly won the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery, triggering immediate backlash from Paramount and raising the specter of enormous regulatory scrutiny in the United States and abroad. A Deadline report confirmed that Netflix submitted the highest bid — around $28 per share, mostly in cash — and is now entering exclusive deal talks with WBD.
In a stunning escalation to the ongoing bidding war, the standoff over the WBD empire has officially gone public—and ugly. A blistering memo sent by Paramount claims the entire sales structure has been “tilted” away from their offer, raising the stakes on the Warner Bros. sale and calling it unfair. And now, with quotes, counter-quotes, and leaks flying across the entertainment press, the battle to claim one of Hollywood’s oldest studios is transforming into a corporate soap opera worthy of HBO itself.
In one of the biggest casting moves of the year, Deadline has confirmed that Scarlett Johansson is in final negotiations to join Matt Reeves’ The Batman Part II alongside Robert Pattinson.