Overview
- Mark Ruffalo said on the “I’ve Had It” podcast that he believes he is already on a company blacklist because he has spoken out against the Paramount-Skydance bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.
- Ruffalo and attorney Norm Eisen are pressing state officials to use antitrust laws to stop the takeover, pointing to an open letter that organizers say has grown to nearly 5,000 signatures.
- Explaining slow early support for the letter, Ruffalo cited fear of retaliation in Hollywood and quoted an unnamed agent who called David and Larry Ellison “vindictive motherf***ers.”
- Ruffalo also warned that Ellison control of both CBS and CNN could pressure news coverage, pointing to CBS’s recent platforming of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as an example.
- Coverage notes the companies have put the deal’s value at about $110 billion and said it could close in the third quarter of 2026, while rivals such as Netflix declined to top the offer earlier in the bidding.