While it’s still TBD what’s going to happen with WBD, movie lovers remain on alert. On December 5, Netflix announced plans to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery — including its extensive library of franchises like Harry Potter, The Sopranos, and the DC Universe — in an $83 billion deal some cinephiles denounced as the beginning of the end of the theatrical-release model. These fears weren’t assuaged when Paramount countered three days later with a hostile $108 billion bid. With both offers, there’s been bipartisan concern in Congress over whether WBD’s new owner will have too much power over the entertainment industry, while the Writers Guild of America has questioned whether a sale will cause wages and available jobs to go down and consumer prices go up. Jane Fonda has denounced

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