Florence Pugh, Pedro Pascal and More Join Fight to Block Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger as Open Letter Surpasses 2,000 Hollywood Names
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/florence-pugh-pedro-pascal-paramount-warner-bros-merger-open-letter-1236721627/
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rozodru@piefed.world · 46 pts · 139d
cool, cool..hey how many of them will continue to take work from Paramount-Warner Bros when the merger does go through?
ApollosArrow@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 139d
More immediately, how many of them would put forth money to stop this? If all rich actors banded together, they could probably stir up a nice ruckus.
LurkingLuddite@piefed.social · 1 pts · 139d
How many of them have over 50 million to just fucking buy it themselves?
It's just basic posturing to not put money where their mouth is. To benefit more than the cost would otherwise be.
Fuck all these clowns.
reef@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 139d
The deal is 100 billion
triptrapper@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 139d
I think they're suggesting that each of the 2000 signatories put up $50m each, totalling $100bn.
LurkingLuddite@piefed.social · -2 pts · 138d
Basic math is apparently far too difficult for some...
While I have no doubt the 2000 signatories do not have 100 billion, the point still stands: They will do nothing but bitch and moan, and go on to accept contracts from the merged entity.
I am sure there are far more than 2000 actors willing to complain about this, but will they do anything? No.
Just like most of the US will sit by and let Trump ruin everything, these actors will simply accept the merger while whining about it.
Humanity is a joke.
waddle_dee@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 139d
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 139d
Well I'm already boycotting amy adams after I found out she was in that JD vance movie.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 139d
Really? Fuck I liked Amy Adams.
RamenJunkie@midwest.social · 9 pts · 139d
If it helps, it came out in 2020 when Vance was still shitting on Dear Leader™.
Also, in case anyone wondered.
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/592984-hillbilly-elegy
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 139d
Empty gesture.
catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 138d
Actors bad
Agree if you want to be popular on this thread
Bloomcole@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 139d
Everyone except Pedro Pascal and a handful of others should STFU about democracy and similar issues.
None of them has the guts to use their voice to speak up about Palestine.
On the contrary, they sign a letter in support of shitrael to please their Hollywood zionist masters.