DGA and IATSE Push Rob Bonta to Allow Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger With Conditions

Powerful Hollywood unions issue urgent warning over California’s war with Paramount

Two powerhouse Hollywood unions have finally waded into the war between Paramount and California Attorney General Rob Bonta over the studio's proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.

DGA & IATSE Urge Fast Track On Paramount-WBD Legal Standoff

Two of Hollywood’s most powerful unions have a message for California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison: Work it out ASAP, whether in court or otherwise. The DGA and IATSE sent a joint letter to the pair on Wednesday to “raise concerns about the potential for a prolonged timetable for the litigation” and encourage them to make nice after their legal standoff over the proposed merger with Warner Bros Discovery ha…

DGA and IATSE Push Rob Bonta to Allow Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger With Conditions

The Directors Guild of America and IATSE are urging California Attorney General Rob Bonta to settle his antitrust lawsuit with Paramount, arguing that prolonged uncertainty over the Warner Bros. Discovery merger is bad for the industry. The two unions wrote a letter to Bonta and Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison on Wednesday, urging the two sides to come to an agreement that would include conditions to address concerns over harms to competi…

DGA and IATSE urge California's AG and David Ellison to settle the lawsuit over Paramount's WBD deal, listing conditions including maintaining separate studios (Gene Maddaus/Variety)

Gene Maddaus / Variety: DGA and IATSE urge California's AG and David Ellison to settle the lawsuit over Paramount's WBD deal, listing conditions including maintaining separate studios  —  The two unions wrote a letter to Bonta and Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison on Wednesday, urging the two sides to come …