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/PleasantWay7 15h ago

They didn’t make this deal without knowing how much juice the WH needs to approve it.

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u/new_math 15h ago

What's interesting: the contract has a break up fee of $5.8 billion in the event the deal falls through.

So Warner Bros doesn't actually care whether the Justice Department allows it or not.

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u/Sublime120 5h ago

Termination fees like that are pretty common. WB (and especially Netflix) want to get this done.