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re: Actors coming out against the Warner Bros/Paramount merger

Posted on 7/27/26 at 4:27 pm to
Posted by imjustafatkid
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Posted on 7/27/26 at 4:27 pm to
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James Gunn has to be one of them, right?


Maybe, but I wouldn't put any stock in any reporting that claims to know what people are "privately" rooting for.
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 7/27/26 at 4:28 pm to
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WB was and is fricked.

The option appears to be less competition with WB being acquired, or less competition with WB going bankrupt and selling IP off


They'd just go back to their first option and sell to Netflix. There is no reality where WBD doesn't get acquired by another company.
Posted by This GUN for HIRE
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Posted on 7/27/26 at 4:28 pm to
They're wasting their time & breath. The deal is going thru
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 7/27/26 at 4:31 pm to
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They're wasting their time & breath. The deal is going thru


For sure. Not even a leftist government would succeed in blocking this deal. There's no legitimate legal argument against it.
Posted by Roaad
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Posted on 7/27/26 at 4:33 pm to
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They'd just go back to their first option and sell to Netflix
if they did not equally attack that, it would be hypocritical

And also would end theater releases, despite the bullshite Netflix claimed (and nobody believed)
Posted by dgnx6
Member since Feb 2006
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Posted on 7/27/26 at 4:38 pm to
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Maybe they were and you just didn't hear about it. Which mergers do you think they should have been against?


How about the cbs and viacom merger that gave you the current paramount.


If you can link benedict Cumberbatch being against it, fair play.

Posted by This GUN for HIRE
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Posted on 7/27/26 at 4:38 pm to
I don't remember hearing this much angst when Netflix was the front runner. Did I miss that?
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
67331 posts
Posted on 7/27/26 at 5:15 pm to
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And also would end theater releases, despite the bullshite Netflix claimed (and nobody believed)


Yep. I wouldn't mind that so much (I am not quiet about my opinion is movie theaters are overpriced and not worth the value), but these people who claim to love the "movie theater experience" are sure up in arms to defend delays to this merger that is the only sure way to guarantee WBD will still have movie theater releases.
This post was edited on 7/27/26 at 5:17 pm
Posted by Roaad
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Posted on 7/27/26 at 5:49 pm to
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don't remember hearing this much angst when Netflix was the front runner. Did I miss that?
the only gnashing of teeth was over theatrical turn around times
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