
Studio Signal — Week Ahead, Sunday, August 23, 2026
Mark Ruffalo sparks a massive public relations crisis for the Skydance and Warner Brothers Discovery mega-merger as advocacy groups call for a boycott over his geopolitical comments. Plus, Kai Rivers breaks down the weekend box office estimates and the theatrical revenge of an infamous movie tax write-off.
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