Should Paramount Skydance prevail in its $111-billion takeover of Warner Bros. Paramount wants to wrap up its Warner merger by September — a rapid timetable. “They also go to editorial independence of two of America’s most significant news organizations, CNN and CBS News.”Hollywood Inc. Why Paramount was determined to buy Warner Bros. Paramount Chairman David Ellison has vowed to “build a stronger Hollywood,” by increasing the creative output of the two legendary movie studios — Paramount and Warner Bros. — to 30 theatrical releases a year. Warner Bros., which owns such prominent franchises as “The Matrix,” Batman, Harry Potter, “The Big Bang Theory,” and “Friends,” has long been one of Hollywood’s most prolific studios.

Source: CNN March 20, 2026 21:40 UTC