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Mark Ruffalo isn’t shopping for into James Cameron’s plea to Congress to rethink the Netflix-Warner Bros deal. Cameron wrote a letter to Senator Mike Lee, who’s on the antitrust committee, claiming that if Netflix purchased Warner Brothers, it could destroy the movie trade. However Ruffalo questions whether or not Cameron would have a distinct viewpoint if Paramount have been shopping for WB. “So… the subsequent query to Mr Cameron needs to be this…’Are you additionally in opposition to the monopolization {that a} Paramount acquisition would create? Or is it simply that of Netflix?’,” Ruffalo shared on Threads, alongside a hyperlink to an article about Cameron’s letter. “I feel the reply could be very attention-grabbing for the movie neighborhood to listen to and one which needs to be requested instantly. Is Mike Lee in opposition to the Paramount sale as effectively? Is he as involved about that as he’s the Netflix sale?”
Ted Sarandos, the co-CEO of Netflix, additionally had some phrases for Cameron as effectively. “I respect Mr. Cameron enormously and I really like his work. However his letter to you knowingly misrepresents ourposition and dedication to the theatrical launch of Warner Bros. movies,” Sarandos started. He then explains that he met with each Cameron and Lee and reiterated his promise of a 45-day distribution window. He additionally claimed that if Paramount Skydance purchased Warner Bros as an alternative of Netflix, it could minimize about $16 billion from the movie trade to offset the acquisition. Proper now, Paramount Skydance remains to be in its 7-day window of dialogue with Warner Bros to attempt to make one other supply, and shareholders nonetheless need to vote to approve the deal in March. However proper now, it looks as if the one ones pleased with the present deal are Netflix.