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Regal Cinemas CEO Eduardo Acuna Champions Paramount-WBD Merger, Says Antitrust Trial “Creates More Uncertainty And Distraction”
["Anthony D'Alessandro"]
Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: With the Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery merger hung up in a pending antitrust trial that’s set for March 2027, Regal Global Entertainment’s Eduardo Acuna, CEO of the No.
Watch on DeadlineThis is the first time that Regal has made its support of a Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery merger public.
Also shouting out their support of late for the merger is CEO of TKO Group Holdings, Ari Emanuel, who in a WSJ column called the antitrust lawsuit “trash,” arguing the merger “could save Hollywood”.
Bruckheimer further added in an appearance at April’s CinemaCon that when it came to the merger, “Look, I think the train has left the station.
You can sign all the petitions you want, but [the merger is] already being approved by European countries.