Category: Deals
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Eagle Eye Drama Acquires Barbara Cartland Biography for TV
Eagle Eye Drama has acquired Matthew Sweet’s biography of Barbara Cartland, the romance author whose books sold close to a billion copies.
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Peccadillo Pictures Takes UK Rights to A Teacher’s Gift
Peccadillo Pictures will release A Teacher’s Gift in UK cinemas in mid-November, securing BIFA eligibility for the British South Asian drama.
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Lina Khan Calls Paramount-WBD Merger Facially Illegal
Former FTC chair Lina Khan says the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery deal seems facially illegal and urges state AGs to keep fighting.
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Paramount-WBD Merger Nears Deal via Hold Separate Antitrust Fix
California’s AG is weighing a hold-separate arrangement to let the $110B Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger close while litigation runs.
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Ruffalo Pressures Bonta to Reject Paramount-WBD Deal
Mark Ruffalo is calling on California AG Rob Bonta to reject a Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery settlement ahead of the March 2027 antitrust trial.
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Ruffalo Pushes California AG to Reject Paramount-WBD Settlement
Mark Ruffalo and Elizabeth Warren press California AG Rob Bonta to reject a settlement in the $111B Paramount-WBD antitrust fight.
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Ruffalo Presses California AG to Reject Paramount-WBD Settlement
Mark Ruffalo is pressing California AG Rob Bonta not to settle the states’ antitrust suit over the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
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California OKs Standalone Postproduction Tax Credit
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 2319, a $10 million standalone postproduction incentive that lets projects shot elsewhere bring post work to California.
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California Signs Post-Production Tax Credit Into Law
California’s AB 2319 creates credits for picture editorial, sound, music, VFX and finishing, even when filming happens outside the state.
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California Fixes Tax Credit Catch for Independent Producers
California exempts independent productions from tax credit caps and speeds monetization payouts from five years to two, shifting production finance math.