A federal judge has set a March 2 trial to determine whether David Ellison’s Warner Bros. takeover can move forward. Set us as preferredParamount Skydance must wait until March to defend its proposed $111-billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Business Paramount agrees to months-long delay of Warner Bros. merger The concessions come as Paramount Skydance already was facing the prospect of a lengthy moratorium. Paramount said it now has 81.6 million streaming customers, an increase of 2 million from the first quarter. Paramount released the earnings after markets closed Tuesday.