‘Must Be Blocked’: Writers Guild of America Strongly Opposes Netflix-Warner Bros Merger

Jennifer Bowers Bahney Dec 5th, 2025, 4:57 pm

The estimated 20,000 members of the Writers Guild of America are warning that the proposed deal for Netflix to buy Warner Bros. “must be blocked.”

Netflix announced Thursday that it had won exclusive rights to negotiate a massive $82.7 billion deal to buy Warner Bros. — which includes CNN and HBO Max. Netflix officials said the company “plans to maintain Warner Bros.’ current operations, including continuing to release WB films in theaters.”

However, guild members fear “Netflix’s well-known antipathy toward theatrical releases” and its propensity for “putting all of its original movies straight to streaming with only a few exceptions,” reported.

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