{"id":264365,"date":"2026-09-22T01:33:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T01:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/22\/pretend-to-be-shocked-paramount-warner-bros-merger-to-go-through-any-day-now\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T01:33:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T01:33:05","slug":"pretend-to-be-shocked-paramount-warner-bros-merger-to-go-through-any-day-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/22\/pretend-to-be-shocked-paramount-warner-bros-merger-to-go-through-any-day-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Pretend to be shocked: Paramount\/Warner Bros merger to go through any day now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Paramount has agreed to several major commitments as part of its settlement with the states over the Warner Bros. merger:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Keeping its operations in California and not selling the Paramount or Warner Bros. studio lots<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Investing an additional $300M annually in U.S. film\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ukU1xVCMeC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ukU1xVCMeC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Variety\/status\/2102094011758522836?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>-After a nice lil fight, The Paramount\/WB merger has come through every major hurdle that has come across them after settling with a California-led group of US states and a Hollywood writers union, paving the way \u200cfor one of the largest media mergers in history.<\/p>\n<p>-UK\/EU and everyone else have already signed off on the merger, just leaving a US judge to formally give them the ok.<\/p>\n<p>-The deal has Paramount investing at minimum, an additional $300 million on film production in the U.S. annually \u2014 for a total of $1.5 billion over five years \u2014 and for the first five years they will need to release between 30-32 films each year. <\/p>\n<p>-When it comes to CNN and CBS, Paramount must have a third-party entity \u2014 a \u201cnews editorial independence board\u201d \u2014 oversee news operations.<\/p>\n<p>-Five years is the magic number for this settlement. 5 years for 30-32 films annually, 5 years for additional $300mill in production, 5 year guarantee to operate Paramount and WB studios in California, Pluto Tv must remain free for 5 years, separate negotiations for the distribution of basic cable channels owned by Paramount and Warner Bros. for 5 years. No word on what happens after that 5th year&#8230;.allegedly they could just cut everything down, go on a huge firing spree, flee LA, etc&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Variety\/status\/2102094011758522836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Source<\/a><br \/><br \/>2031 and Hollywood goes boom? <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/132897781.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paramount has agreed to several major commitments as part of its settlement with the states over the Warner Bros. merger: \u2022 Keeping its operations in California and not selling the Paramount or Warner Bros. studio lots \u2022 Investing an additional $300M annually in U.S. film\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/ukU1xVCMeC \u2014 Variety (@Variety) September 21, 2026 -After a nice [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":264366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-264365","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}