The drama across the potential sale of Warner Bros. Discovery has taken one other flip, as a brand new report claims that on-line film and TV big Netflix is actively exploring bidding on the corporate.
That’s in accordance with Reuters, which states in accordance with “three sources acquainted with the matter … the video streaming service has employed Moelis & Co, the funding financial institution that suggested Skydance Media on its profitable bid for Paramount International, to guage a potential provide, two of the sources stated. Netflix additionally has been granted entry to the information room, which accommodates the monetary particulars wanted to make a bid, in accordance with two of the sources acquainted with the matter.”
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It’s simply the most recent twist in a seemingly infinite collection of ups and downs for Warner Bros. Discovery for the reason that media conglomerate was shaped in 2022 by the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery. Earlier in 2025, the corporate introduced it was intending to separate itself again into two firms — Warner Bros. and Discovery — with the previous controlling the Warner Bros. studio, HBO, and HBO Max, whereas the latter would home old skool linear cable channels like CNN, TNT, and TBS.
Whereas that might theoretically occur, in current months there was quite a few experiences about one or each of these firms being up on the market. That features rumors that Paramount Skydance — the newly shaped firm following Skydance’s acquisition of Paramount International — needed to develop even additional by shopping for Warner Bros. Discovery. Now comes phrase that Netflix could become involved within the bidding as effectively.
Reuters notes that Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos just lately stated to buyers that the corporate is historically “extra builders than patrons,” however that it will think about such acquisitions — though it supposedly wouldn’t be excited about the Discovery aspect of the enterprise containing the cable networks.
Principally these rumors will proceed till somebody truly buys WBD. After which there might be extra rumors after that about another person trying to purchase the brand new mixed firm. Then we are able to look ahead to the day within the close to future when there is only one film studio left in Hollywood and we not have to make use of our brains to decide on what to observe or the place to observe it, as a result of there’ll simply be one place that makes and distributes every thing.
