Why I’m NOT Panicking About Paramount Buying Warner Bros.
I’m looking at the Paramount–Warner Bros. deal as both a filmmaker and someone who wants better movies to watch. There are real concerns, but I also think there’s another side worth talking about.
What would you want them to make that Hollywood isn’t giving you enough of?
CHAPTERS
00:00 Why the panic?
01:00 What Paramount is buying
01:52 What’s in the settlement?
02:48 Jobs and a changing Hollywood
04:05 What about the debt?
04:25 Where filmmakers find opportunities
06:19 Competition and audience choice
07:40 Politics and censorship
08:36 Capitalism and what comes next
SOURCES & FURTHER…
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