Will David Ellison Say Goodbye to Hollywood? Some See Paramount’s Potential Exit From California as ‘Strategically Unwise’ — but Others Say It’s Just Smart Business

David Ellison, we have been told, loves Hollywood. He loves movies. In trying to rally industry support behind the Paramount-Warner Bros. megamerger, he has claimed the combined studios will release an unprecedented 30-plus films a year. Waving the banner for the entertainment industry in his home state, Ellison also h

As Paramount continues to rattle state AGs in its antitrust suit against the Melrose lot’s yearned merger with Warner Bros Discovery, Cinemark has come out in support of the $111 billion deal. At the same time today, exhibition trade org, Cinema United, sent a note to Paramount CEO David Ellison and California AG Rob B

The move by the chain follows AMC and Regal signaling support for David Ellison's marriage of Paramount and Warner Bros.

Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison wants California Attorney General Rob Bonta's state and its counterparts to post a bond to cover the merger delay costs. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images; Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Paramount Skydance wants the states and writers suing to stop its WBD deal to