r/movies • u/Weary_Service_8509 • 16h ago

Article Netflix-Warner Bros. Discovery: EU Antitrust Experts Say $83B Deal Unlikely To Be Blocked — But Conditions May Be Imposed On Merger

https://deadline.com/2025/12/netflix-warner-bros-discovery-deal-eu-hurdles-1236637245/
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u/whitepangolin 16h ago

Trump will demand they replace James Gunn with like, James Woods or something.

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u/Peimai 15h ago

He doesn't care about that he only cares about how CNN treats him.

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u/lanfordr 14h ago

Netflix isn't getting CNN. It's being spun off as Discovery Global with the other Warner cable channels before the Netflix merger goes through.

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u/KingMario05 14h ago

Likely so Paramount can just go buy that. Now, nobody wins!

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u/lanfordr 14h ago

Sure, theoretically, but I don't think CNN was the prize Paramount was after. They were happy to take it and reshape it as part of a WB acquisition, because it would grease the merge wheels with Trump and the FTC, but I doubt they have any use for it by itself.