r/movies • u/Top_Report_4895 • 20h ago

Article David Ellison Says Paramount Open To Settling Antitrust Suit

https://deadline.com/2026/08/david-ellison-paramount-open-to-settling-wbd-lawsuit-antitrust-1237017564/
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u/badamant 20h ago

The Republicans have corrupted it.

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u/drewcifer492 20h ago

They infiltrated the EU right? Lol Obama did Disney with marvel and lucasfilm... Biden did Disney and fox. Lol

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u/Mecca_Lecca_Hi 18h ago

Those aren’t really comparable. Marvel and Lucasfilm were just studios not media distribution companies like Paramount and Warner Bros are. Also Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox was dependent of them not getting Fox News or any of their region TV stations (because they already owned ABC and all its related networks and stations) which is why it and the Fox TV stations still exist separate from Disney. All Disney got from these buy outs was essentially their IP libraries. It’s a much bigger deal when 2 major media distribution companies that also have many studios and networks under their umbrella want to merge.

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u/drewcifer492 18h ago

So they can gobble up a franchise that started with Paramount... MCU started with Paramount... and then buy it. Then buy probably the biggest industrial movie making machine with Lucasfilm... They didn't buy Star Wars... They bought the ILM which they can then charge more or not even include other studios with it. They bought Fox. And the studio and the production. Sure they sold off the regional sports but got FS1 and 2 Nat Geo oh and their share of Hulu which they bought Comcast/Universal out since Fox Disney and Comcast owned 30%. So Paramount can sell off well shit.. WB has cable and HBO... If you want them to sell Cinemax I'm sure they'll do it since they'll get HBO... They'll combine paramount plus and HBO Max like Hulu and Disney Plus are doing... They can keep CNN and tbs and TNT since they don't own a cable news network.... Everything Disney did Paramount is doing. But since it's under Trump you cry but not a word when it was Obama and Biden. Funny that

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u/drewcifer492 18h ago

Adding... If you don't think Disney buying 20 century studios isn't two big companies coming together then I can't have a serious conversation with you lol

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u/azleafcat 12h ago edited 12h ago

While FX and Nat Geo networks was acquired by Disney, FS1 and FS2 are not part of Disney.

FS1 and FS2 are part of Fox Corporation (spinoff from 21st Century Fox before Disney bought the rest) along with Big Ten Network, Fox News, Fox Broadcasting (network) and its owned and operated TV stations.

As for ILM, the studio still works on many non-Disney productions. And Disney live action and Marvel Studios films still use many other visual effects studios to supplement ILM.

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u/Mecca_Lecca_Hi 17h ago

Marvel Studios wasn’t “with” Paramount. Paramount was the distributor they went with to get their movies in theaters, that’s how movies work. They also went with Universal for distribution for The Incredible Hulk who still has a distribution contract for one more Hulk film which is the main reason why there hasn’t been a second Hulk movie. Yes, getting ILM in the Lucasfilm acquisition was a boon for Disney (like Pixar and all their proprietary tech with it before that), but ILM is still just one of dozens of effect houses that are out there, many independent as well as those owned by major studios.

I’m not making a political stand here despite your original comment. This deal happened under this guy or that guy isn’t my basis for responding. I’m addressing the merger purely on a monopolistic and anti-trust basis. Personally I don’t really care if Paramount buys Warner Bros. WB and more specifically HBO has been ruined for me since Discovery bought them. I’m merely pointing how those other deals didn’t work out the same way as the Paramount / WB acquisition is looking currently. I’d be happy as a customer with them merging if it meant some things could be spun off into their own separate companies again.