Lionsgate Chief Backs Paramount-WBD Merger, Urges Certainty Over Delay
Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer publicly endorsed Paramount’s merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, saying certainty and the removal of delays are crucial for the industry. In Lionsgate’s earnings call, he praised Paramount CEO David Ellison, floated potential film co-financing and bolstered Paramount+ content as benefits, and argued a bigger Paramount could lift the whole industry even as the $110 billion deal faces antitrust lawsuits and a trial set for next March.