{"id":497546,"date":"2026-02-25T01:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T01:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/497546\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T01:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T01:52:07","slug":"warner-bros-has-decided-that-maybe-paramount-could-be-the-better-deal-after-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/497546\/","title":{"rendered":"Warner Bros. Has Decided That Maybe Paramount Could Be the Better Deal After All"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just when you\u2019d begun to accept a future where your favorite Warner Bros. titles<\/a> would start popping up on Netflix<\/a>, Paramount has deployed<\/a> a fresh attempt to take control of the deal. And this time, the price it\u2019s dangling is so high, Warner Bros. has actually decided to entertain the offer.<\/p>\n

This news comes days after director James Cameron spoke out<\/a> against Netflix taking control of Warner Bros., amplifying concerns about the streamer\u2019s pledge to keep movies in theaters<\/a> for a set number of days\u2014something Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos has insisted is genuine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, it seems that Paramount\u2019s persistence\u2014which has grown more intense<\/a> as Warner Bros. inched closer to finalizing things with Netflix\u2014may have a glimmer of a chance at paying off. As Deadline<\/a> reports, the Warner Bros. Board of Directors has just announced that Paramount Skydance\u2019s new bid could potentially lead to a \u201cCompany Superior Proposal,\u201d according to terms outlined in Warner Bros. Discovery\u2019s merger agreement with Netflix.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s important to note that nothing has been decided yet. According to Deadline, \u201cWBD clarified that its board has not made a determination as to whether the revised PSKY proposal is, in fact, superior to the merger with Netflix, but the idea that it potentially could be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Warner Bros.\u2019 next step is to enter further talks with Paramount. \u201cIf or when the board ultimately determines it has a superior proposal in hand from Paramount, Netflix will have four business days to negotiate with WBD and to propose any revisions to its own transaction,\u201d Deadline writes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf or when is key,\u201d since the Netflix agreement WBD has seemed pretty set on remains in place for now.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s in Paramount\u2019s new offer, which builds on the company\u2019s unsolicited takeover attempt that began last year? For shareholders, the biggest detail is probably \u201can increased purchase price of $31 a share in cash,\u201d though there\u2019s more involved on top of that as part of the massive proposed merger.<\/p>\n

According to Variety<\/a>, that includes \u201ca daily ticking fee of 25 cents per quarter beginning after Sept. 30, as well as a $7 billion regulatory termination fee payable by Paramount Skydance if the deal does not close due to regulatory matters, and payment of the $2.8 billion termination fee that Warner Bros. Discovery would be required to pay to Netflix to terminate their existing merger agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just when you\u2019d begun to accept a future where your favorite Warner Bros. titles would start popping up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":497547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,1316,44,9489,41,39,42,40,4432],"class_list":{"0":"post-497546","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-netflix","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-paramount","12":"tag-top-news","13":"tag-top-stories","14":"tag-topnews","15":"tag-topstories","16":"tag-warner-bros"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}