Current Events > I heard a rumor Universal and Warner Bros. are wanting to merge.

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I really, really would not like to see that.

Hollywood would be run by two competing mega-corporations. If you're a filmmaker who burns their bridge with Universal Bros., Disney owns you. You don't really have a third option to speak of unless you want to go independent.

And Universal content is different from Warner Bros. content. Universal has always been about horror, science fiction, fantasy, adventure, etc. Warner Bros. has always been about crime, drama, and the dark underbelly of society. I don't want to see a dinosaur movie cancelled to make room for another brooding comic book superhero movie.

I have a relative who is roommates with someone who works for Universal and that's my source. I'm hoping that the roommate is just stirring the pot and spreading rumors and that this isn't something that could actually happen.

"The reboot of Jurassic Park is going to be much closer to the novel."
"We're not doing Jurassic Park. We're doing Joker."
"I have a pitch for a series that's sort of a Harry Potter Meets Sabrina the Teenage Witch."
"We can't do that. She might rival Harley Quinn for popularity."
"I have an idea that is going to be for the 2020s what Back to the Future was for the 1980s."
"We're Warner Bros. and Batman is all we know."

Not that it means anything but AEW (who has a great relationship with WB/Turner) films one of its smaller programs at Universal Studios, so I'm sure there's some existing good will between WB and Universal.

Also how in the fuck is it possible for someone to work at a massive entertainment company, in a position where they can hear sensitive information, yet still need roommates?

CRON posted...

Not that it means anything but AEW (who has a great relationship with WB/Turner) films one of its smaller programs at Universal Studios, so I'm sure there's some existing good will between WB and Universal.

They have had a joint partnership since 2020. Even before then, Warner Bros. properties such as Harry Potter have shown up at Universal theme parks. But a full on merger is not something I'd like to see.

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There are other options - Paramount, Sony, Lionsgate, MGM, STX, and then the little indies

Disney will own both soon enough

Also, Universal and Warner Bros aren't split that succinctly by genre. By your descriptions, Dune, Matrix and Monsterverse would be Universal instead of Warner Bros.