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Hollywood Petition Day Three Keeps the Paramount WB Shareholder Vote in Frame

Day Three of the Hollywood petition is not interesting because celebrities signed a letter. It is interesting because the letter is still attached to a corporate calendar. Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders have approved the Paramount Skydance transaction, while Variety reported the anti-merger petition had reached 4,194 signatories. [1]

The paper's Sunday brief on shareholder approval becoming a legitimacy fight said the petition had become regulator-facing. The same edition's major on Michael's $97 million debut showed why consolidation logic has real commercial force.

The letter's strongest line is structural: the merger would reduce major U.S. film studios to four. [3] Fortune carried the open letter as "unequivocal opposition" from Hollywood figures, while Variety named De Niro, Sofia Coppola and Holly Hunter among the new signatories. [1][2]

X reads the petition as antitrust pressure. Mainstream coverage still lets it drift toward celebrity news. The vote calendar disciplines the story. If regulators act, this letter will not be cited as vibes. It will be cited as labor-market evidence.

-- CAMILLE BEAUMONT, Los Angeles

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[1] https://variety.com/2026/film/news/petition-block-paramount-warner-bros-merger-4000-names-robert-de-niro-sofia-coppola-holly-hunter-1236728807/
[2] https://fortune.com/2026/04/14/warner-paramount-opposition-open-letter-movie-stars-directors/
[3] https://blockthemerger.com/openletter
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[4] LMAO Hollywood petition to block Paramount-Warner Bros. merger tops 4,000 names as Robert De Niro, Sofia Coppola, Holly Hunter and more join the fight https://t.co/t81Cw9Z2Bl https://x.com/kris_kinder/status/2048642825357590802

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