c/startrek · by USSBurritoTruck@startrek.website · 2yParamount and Skydance agree to terms of a merger deal https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/03/paramount-skydance-merger-deal-update.html46 points · 15 comments · view on lemmy.world
15 Comments
reddig33@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 2y
Just what we needed, more fucking mergers. 
Sanctus@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
What happens when all the dinosaurs have mated?
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club · 4 pts · 2y
Chicken's done?
jimhensonslostpuppet@startrek.website · 8 pts · 2y
I'm just hoping that this doesnt mean SNW will be cancelled like some of the other shows
optissima@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
... how do you have hope for stuff like this at this point.
jimhensonslostpuppet@startrek.website · 5 pts · 2y
I like SNW, so I hope its not cancelled.
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website · 4 pts · 2y
These mergers can take a long time to complete, so we're probably safe for a while.
I wouldn't count on any serious going longer than five seasons under the old ownership, anyway...
jimhensonslostpuppet@startrek.website · 4 pts · 2y
Yeah I guess they took TOS's "five year mission" statement a little too literally
zabadoh@ani.social · 7 pts · 2y
Skydance: Started and run by Larry Ellison's son, David Ellison, and being that, it's impossible for him to run out of money.
I hope he's a Trekkie.
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website · 12 pts · 2y
They produced Into Darkness and Beyond, so they at least have some history with the franchise.
zabadoh@ani.social · 7 pts · 2y
I wish that made me more confident that they can make decent Trek movies and TV, but it doesn't
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website · 8 pts · 2y
If your concerns are on the creative side of things, I don't think that's really what they do - their expertise seems to be getting things made.
themoken@startrek.website · 4 pts · 2y
I don't hate this. Seems like Skydance has less conflict of interest (i.e. alternative franchises) than the Warner Brothers merger talks from December. Remains to be seen if this is a good thing from a Trek point of view but... Could be worse.
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 2y
forget skydance and mergers bring back columbia tri star
Fortyseven@startrek.website · 2 pts · 2y
Womp, womp: https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/paramount-special-committee-meets-vote-skydance-deal-bloomberg-news-reports-2024-06-11/