GEORGE MF WASHINGTON: Hollywood Dodges a Bullet.
The pleasantly surprising news that Paramount, not Netflix, came out on top in the Warner Bros. sweepstakes will turn out to be one of the great cultural bullet-dodges of all time… like Neo on Agent Smith’s roof big. Most everyone here in town understands this on a gut level, though few will say so out loud because as the drama dragged on, much of Hollywood decided that known cinephile Ellison was the bad guy in this particular story.
Perhaps now that the WB derby is over and the good guys won, someone in this accursed town can cash in on that signal and begin to reverse Hollywood’s grand mistake. Because in the recognition and reversal of that mistake lies a profitable way forward for the theatrical movie business, and for those of us who still love the art form and wish to see it endure for another generation of moviegoers, that would be great news indeed.
Netflix’s perilously woke management proved to be their undoing:
Netflix's bid for Warner Bros. Discovery collapsed after a monthslong political and financial battle, as well as one unusual episode that circulated widely in Washington's rumor mill involved what insiders later dubbed the "tampon incident," according to a report.…
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) March 5, 2026
This could be one of the biggest wins in recent history.
The New York Post says disgraced Susan Rice "cost Netflix on home stretch of Warner Bros. Discovery deal."
Netflix lost a deal that would have given the Obama's unchecked control over what our children watch.
Trump… pic.twitter.com/7BtT7ik0vZ
— Jack (@jackunheard) March 18, 2026