On today’s episode, Variety’s Todd Spangler offers an update on where things stand for Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger process now that a judge has set a March trial start date for the antitrust case brought by 12 state attorneys general and the Writers Guild of America. “I think he feels like he’s been misunderstood,” Spangler says of Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison.

<p>On today&rsquo;s episode, <em>Variety</em>&rsquo;s Todd Spangler offers an update <a href="https://variety.com/2026/film/news/david-ellison-breaking-point-paramount-wb-merger-trial-1236828418/">on where things stand for Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger process now that a judge has set a March trial start date</a> for the antitrust case brought by 12 state attorneys general and the Writers Guild of America. &ldquo;I think he feels like he&rsquo;s been misunderstood,&rdquo; Spangler says of Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison.</p>

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