Cinemark Joins AMC Theatres and Regal in Supporting Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger

Cinemark has endorsed the Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery merger, meaning all three of the country’s major theater chains are backing the $111 billion deal. “The enduring success of our industry requires a healthy theatrical ecosystem supported by financially sound studios and exhibitors that can effectively creat

There's an argument to be made that people wouldn't be all that interested in Coyote vs. Acme if it weren't for the way David Zaslav tried to kill it. By trying to shelve the project, Warner Bros. Discovery only drew attention to its habit of disappearing nearly completed movies in order to cash in on tax write-offs.

The company says every month of court-ordered delay costs it roughly $7 million a day in ticking fees owed to Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders

Paramount seeks $1.88 billion bond from state AGs over merger lawsuit  Reuters

Following its merger with Warner Bros., Paramount is demanding that California and other US states suing to block the merger put up the funds to cover fees the company must pay if the deal is delayed.

Following its merger with Warner Bros., Paramount is demanding that California and other US states suing to block the merger put up the funds to cover fees the company must pay if the deal is delayed.

Paramount wants to require the posting of the bond so they can recover losses if a court approves the merger and said the states have “ample resources to post” even a large bond.

Paramount Skydance is demanding California and other US states suing to block its merger with Warner Bros. put up $1.9 billion to cover fees the company will have to pay if the deal gets delayed, according to a lawsuit filed Monday.

Paramount wants a $1.9 billion bond from state AGs fighting the Warner Bros. merger  CNN

Paramount Skydance asked a federal judge on Monday to require California, 11 other states, and the Writers Guild of America to post a $1.88 billion bond that would cover the company’s financial losses from its blocked merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. In the newly filed court motion, Paramount argued the plaintiffs s

Paramount’s $111 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery has been postponed until the conclusion of a trial, scheduled for March.

Paramount Wants $1.88 Billion Bond From States, Writers Challenging Warner Deal  WSJ

The David Ellison-led company says that the state AG plaintiffs are required to post the bond "so that if they lose, the injured party has a source of recovery for the damage caused."

Paramount agreed to delay its proposed acquisition of WBD to as late as June 2027 while the state AGs' case heads to trial.

Paramount finally is getting serious in its standoff with blue state attorneys general and the Writers Guild of America over the antitrust action aimed at shattering David Ellison’s $111 billion deal to meld Warner Bros Discovery with the home of The Godfather. In the deepest sense of an offer they can’t refuse, make t

The Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery merger will face “sufficient competition” in the UK to prevent the combined Hollywood giant from gaining too much market power, the competition watchdog has said. In a full decision published on Monday, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) laid out why it cleared the £111bn ti