UPDATED with California Attorney General statement: Paramount finally is getting serious in its standoff with blue state attorneys general and the Writers Guild of America over the antitrust action aimed at shattering David Ellison’s $111 billion deal to meld Warner Bros Discovery with the home of The…

In case you didn’t already know, Paramount CEO David Ellison really wants to make sure this afternoon that everybody is clear those pesky state attorneys general and their antitrust lawsuit are ruining a really good $111 billion thing — and now even Mexico agrees with him. “Paramount and WBD…

The DGA and IATSE may want to play footsie with Paramount over the state attorneys general antitrust lawsuit and hopes for a settlement. However, as the WGA has joined the charge against David Ellison’s currently stalled $111 billion purchase of Warner Bros Discovery, a very strong arm of Hollywood…

This week has been dominated by headlines about Paramount’s threat to leave California, by unions and other officials urging a settlement and by Capitol Hill Democrats warning of investigations. But on Thursday, attorneys completed the rather routine step of proposing key dates and deadlines in…

Two of Hollywood’s most powerful unions have a message for California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison: Work it out ASAP, whether in court or otherwise. The DGA and IATSE sent a joint letter to the pair on Wednesday to “raise concerns about the potential for a…

UPDATED: The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee wants Paramount CEO to sit for a transcribed interview to answer questions on its proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. The letter from Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) is just the latest that Democrats have sent to Ellison, as they…

It’s not everyday you see executives of the caliber of Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos and Paramount TV Media Chair George Cheeks give quotes for licensing deal extensions on a 37-year-old show. Then, Seinfeld is not just any show. Series distributor Sony Pictures Television has renewed its…

Xavier Becerra, the Democratic nominee to become the next governor of California, recommended that state attorneys general and Paramount reach a settlement and avoid an antitrust trial over the proposed Warner Bros. Discovery merger. Weighing in for the first time on the lawsuit, Becerra…

Paramount’s Chief Legal Officer Makan Delrahim said that “everything is on the table” when it comes to finding a resolution to a state attorneys general lawsuit seeking to block the company’s proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. At a Politico conference on Tuesday, Delrahim also defended…

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said he'd consider structural remedies to resolve a lawsuit over the Paramount-WBD merger but dismissed "behavioral" remedies that are hard to enforce, like David Ellison's pledge that the combined company will release 30 movies a year. "There’s ways where…

Paramount CEO David Ellison told a group of the company's top executives that he will start the process of exiting California on October 1 if the state’s Attorney General Rob Bonta will not negotiate to settle an antitrust suit around the planned merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Bonta has…

In a purely Made In Hollywood irony, one arm of the California government is helping Paramount’s legally challenged $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery even as the state’s Attorney General leads an antitrust lawsuit to shut down David Ellison’s big dream. As Deadline told you last w…