Top House Democrat accuses Paramount Skydance CEO of colluding with President Trump

Are the DGA and IATSE’s Conditions for a Paramount Settlement Realistic? We Weigh All 9

Can’t we just all get along? The Directors Guild and IATSE in a letter late Wednesday urged Paramount CEO David Ellison and California Attorney General Rob Bonta to put aside their differences and reach a settlement in the states’ lawsuit blocking the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. Dragging this out into next spring in a trial without any clarity could only hurt the industry, the guilds wrote. “We cannot overemphasize how damaging the …

Six Tough Truths About David Ellison and WarnerMount

It’s hard not to chuckle at the schedule that was just sent out for Cinema United’s annual Fall Summit. That’s the week in late September when movie theater executives from around the world come to Los Angeles to meet with film distributors and attend screenings of upcoming releases, usually on the various studio lots. You […] The post Six Tough Truths About David Ellison and WarnerMount appeared first on Puck.

Paramount-WBD Merger Battle Escalates as DGA, IATSE Seek Fast Resolution, and WGA Moves to Stop Deal

Hollywood's biggest proposed deal continues to create uncertainty across an industry already dealing with declining production volumes, shifting streaming economics, and growing concerns about the future of theatrical releases. As the proposed Paramount Skydance–Warner Bros. Discovery merger moves deeper into its legal battle, the question is no longer simply whether the deal will close, but what its prolonged uncertainty could mean for the peop…

Teamsters Protest Paramount Over Warner Bros Merger Promises & Threats

The DGA and IATSE may want to play footsie with Paramount over the state attorneys general antitrust lawsuit and hopes for a settlement. However, as the WGA has joined the charge against David Ellison’s currently stalled $111 billion purchase of Warner Bros Discovery, a very strong arm of Hollywood labor has declared it’s time to […]

Top House Democrat accuses Paramount Skydance CEO of colluding with President Trump

(CNN, KYMA) - Democrats are intensifying their scrutiny of Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison and his company's proposed takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, is accusing Ellison of "colluding" with President Donald Trump, and is asking him to sit for a transcribed interview. Rep. Raskin's letter raises concerns about Paramount potentially taking control of CNN. …

Billionaire David Ellison Is Blackmailing Hollywood

Paramount Skydance’s billionaire owner David Ellison made the stunning announcement yesterday that, if he’s blocked from acquiring legacy studio Warner Bros., he intends to move the entire company out of California. The machinations behind this are complicated, the latest sign that the merger deal is far more difficult and imperiled than many financial analysts expected it to be.Indeed, rather than representing simply another twist in the protra…