Nolte: Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal Is Awful News for Movie Theaters and Movie Lovers
If you love movies, the merger of Netflix and Warner Bros. is about as bad as the news can get.

If you love movies, the merger of Netflix and Warner Bros. is about as bad as the news can get.

Paramount took its battle for Warner Bros. Discovery directly to shareholders Monday, launching a $30-per-share all-cash tender offer for the entertainment giant just days after Warner agreed to a deal with Netflix.

President Trump called Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos a “fantastic man” and praised his company while fearing its potential merger.

The Directors Guild of America (DGA) is set to meet with Netflix as theater owners call its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery an “unprecedented threat” to the movie business.

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Netflix has come to an agreement to purchase Warner Bros Discovery for a whopping $83 billion. What happens next is key in sealing that deal.

Netflix’s four-hour electronic lynching never stops for a moment to delve into what could’ve been a fascinating documentary, and even a valuable one, about the depravities people are willing to engage in pursuit of fame and, most importantly, how they later come to regret it.

The streaming giant Netflix has solidified itself as the King of Hollywood, announcing Friday its acquisition of Warner Bros. “Together, we’ll define the next century of storytelling, creating an extraordinary entertainment offering for audiences everywhere,” Netflix said in a statement.

Acclaimed “Good Will Hunting” and “Dune” star Stellan Skarsgård agreed with filmmaker James Cameron that Netflix should not be able to qualify for the Academy Awards without a proper theatrical run.

Netflix pushed back against claims made in a cease-and-desist letter from disgraced music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs’ legal team over it’s recently released docuseries, “Sean Combs: The Reckoning.”

Actress Jenna Ortega slammed artificial intelligence (AI) at a film festival on Saturday, warning Hollywood that it is opening a “Pandora’s box.”

Dec. 1 (UPI) — Netflix released a teaser for the four-part docuseries Sean Combs: The Reckoning, which arrives on the streamer Tuesday.

Oscar-winning director James Cameron has endorsed Paramount Skydance purchasing Warner Bros. Discovery, saying “Netflix would be a disaster.”

Cinematic titan James Cameron has come out in opposition to Netflix getting Oscar nominations and called the streaming giant’s theatrical release strategy “rotten to the core.”

Actress Genevieve Chenneour posted a video telling her fans that she has suffered a violent assault in London — and it isn’t her first.

This is the first memorable movie released by Netflix in what feels like years—since 2019’s The Irishman, perhaps.

The man arrested in the killing of John Beam says he believes the famed Last Chance U coach was using witchcraft on him.

According to the far-left fascists at GLAAD, of the 489 LGBTUVWXYZ characters currently on TV, 41 percent will disappear due to their shows being cancelled.

Netflix’s “Stranger Things” star Millie Bobby Brown reportedly filed harassment and bullying claims against her co-star David Harbour.

Netflix’s “Stranger Things” star Joe Keery, who also goes by his musician stage name Djo, is reportedly donating one dollar per ticket to LGBTQ+ youth initiatives.

Shame on everyone involved in the pretentious pail of anti-movie making called A House of Dynamite.

Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says he will never be interested in using AI-generated video as a tool in his movies, even joking that he hopes to pass away before he develops any curiosity about the technology.

Netflix has announced its commitment to leveraging generative AI across its streaming platform to improve various aspects of its service, including recommendations, advertising, and content creation. Critics fear the widespread introduction of “AI Slop,” low quality AI videos that have flooded platforms like YouTube.

Netflix missed the earnings target set by stock market analysts during the video streamer’s latest quarter, a letdown that the company blamed on a tax dispute in Brazil.

Netflix shares dropped seven percent in extended trading Wednesday after the company posted a third-quarter earnings miss after the bell Tuesday.

The Pentagon is calling out streaming giant Netflix over its new military series “Boots,” which follows the story of a gay man enlisting in the U.S. Marine Corps in the 1990s.

Congressman Tim Burchett is calling for Netflix executives to explain its massive amounts of “demonic” transgender content.

Netflix is pushing an “ungodly and dangerous agenda on our children and grandchildren,” Christian evangelist Franklin Graham said in response to the backlash against Netflix following various children’s shows repeatedly showing inappropriate LGBT+ scenes.

Netflix shares slumped again Friday as they ended the week with their biggest decline since April 4. The slide comes on the back of subscriber desertion driven by revulsion at trans content aimed at children.

Like almost everything produced by Netflix’s soulless algorithm, Monster: The Ed Gein Story is a total waste of time. It has nothing to say about the human condition, nothing to say about society, and at least if you watch paint dry, something happens—the paint dries.

A teen lesbian kiss scene in Netflix’s children’s show, “Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous,” has gone viral on social media amid mass cancellations of member subscriptions.

Netflix has watched its stock (and reputation) slide for two days in a row.

Elon Musk took to X on Wednesday to urge the public to cancel their Netflix subscriptions “for the health” of their children.

The Netflix Grooming Syndicate decided to drop a gay marriage and same-sex kiss into kids’ cartoon “Ada Twist, Scientist.”

Billionaire Elon Musk has added his name to the mushrooming number of consumers cancelling their Netflix membership after the streaming giant’s children’s cartoon show creator Hamish Steele smeared slain conservative icon Charlie Kirk as a “Nazi.”

The creator of a Netflix cartoon series aimed at children, that includes a transgender storyline, smeared Charlie Kirk and called the conservative activist a “Nazi” in an expletive-laden rant of social media.

The Truth About Jussie Smollett proves Netflix has no shame, no standards, and even less regard for its customers.

Users of the streaming giant Netflix reported downed services on Tuesday for unexplained reasons.

Major League Baseball (MLB) has seen a steady rise in ratings and a resurgence in popularity, and now some major new media players want to cash in.

The founder of a powerful artificial intelligence system that could be set to replace human workers in the entertainment industry is predicting a “radically different” world for content creation thanks to the introduction of AI tools.
