Bugs Bunny and SpongeBob against the Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger
Well,while the whole $11 million dollar Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery mega-merger in progress right now since while being approved by the FCC,clearing a anti-trust hurdle due to the mandatory waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act expiring on February 19th,the DOJ being fine with the deal,European regulators being unlikely to block the horizontal merger,and being backed by Saudi Arab funds, But still many labor unions(such as the WGA),cinema groups,government officials such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren(Massachusetts),Sen. Adam Schiff(of California), and California AG Rob Banta(who is launching a vigorous probe on the Paramount-Warner Bros. mega-merger),Democratic politicians,and even celebrities and filmmakers like John Oliver,Mark Ruffalo,Jane Fonda,Tessa Thompson,and James Cameron are still not happy with this merger and are doing their best by working on getting this merger blocked and put a stop to it right before it can close in the third quarter of 2026.
While I’m still scared and concerned about the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger and the future of Hollywood and already drew pics of Bugs Bunny,Daffy Duck,and Porky Pig being against Paramount taking over Warner Bros. before last year, now with WB giving in on Paramount’s demand after telling them no 9 times and even after they agreed to merge,it seems David Zaslav and the rest of the Warner Bros. Discovery people across it’s studios,divisions,and company,including the gatekeepers are not really happy with the merger they’re going through now and Zaslav said the deal might never close at all(due to a leaked audio revealing the truth) ,which is actually a relief and I’m happy Zaslav and the WBD team are having second thoughts and regretting their mistake, along with myself being dissapointed at Zaslav for putting the company up for sale, starting the bidding wars with Netflix and Paramount fighting over WB, and now Netflix giving up and having Paramount win over control of WB, they’ve could’ve gone with the original plan to split the company into two:Warner Bros. and Discovery Global instead of making a stupid decision to sell the studio/company and having another rival studio acquire it that would impact and change Hollywood forever. Also,I used to trust David Ellison and appreciated him for merging his company,Skydance with Paramount and bringing a new chapter in Paramount’s history, now I’m rightfully angry at him for now wanting to merge his already merged company with Warner Bros. Discovery,out of a attempt to become a media mongul(David,you already merged your company with Paramount,but there’s no reason to merge with Warner Bros. and create a massive media company,since Paramount is already a massive company in it’s right).
Since I’m still watching and hoping the Warner Bros.-Paramount deal would not go through since I’m praying for their people to work on and actually succeed in putting a stop to this merger and block it for good,since the huge merger would ruin and bring Hollywood down to a few players and reduced competitions,much like how I did a sequel to my WB Vs. Netflix pic with WB and Netflix becoming allies to go after Paramount in response to Warner Bros. Discovery signing the $11 billion dollar deal with Paramount merge, I decided to make a colored sketched drawing pic with two of my biggest cartoon idols, Bugs Bunny and SpongeBob SquarePants together for the first time.
Now here in this pic,they have come together to protest and speak about the bad idea of their companies merging with Bugs being upset at his boss for what he did to his company and telling him to tell the Ellisons no again and end the deal with them and SpongeBob demanding both his company and Warner Bros. that the merger would be a disaster for Hollywood and should not happen at all by telling them both to break it up and end the deal.
I feel this would be a nightmare reality for me if the Paramount-WB deal goes through at the end of the year if it doesn’t get stopped,I’ll be forced to live with Looney Tunes and SpongeBob SquarePants being owned by the same company and I do not want that(plus,I don’t want Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon to become sister kid’s channels,even one time,Cartoon Network did a promo on Cartoon Cartoon Fridays in 1999,where Double D/Edd,Johnny Bravo,I.R. Baboon,and Buttercup ended up on the wrong channel,plus Warner Bros. and Paramount produced a few films together before such as South Park:Bigger,Longer,and Uncut,Watchmen, and Beowulf and also having two of their top streaming services,HBO Max and Paramount+ combined would also be a disaster since it would have the prestige of the HBO brand watered down by Paramount+’s bundled,more popular content and result in price increasing and cable skepticism).
Let’s hope at the end,the whole Warner Bros.-Paramount deal won’t happen at all since people like the California DOJ and the WGA are now gonna do their best by working on putting an stop and blocking this mega media merger and preventing it from ever coming to light,to save Hollywood from becoming a tech-filled,corporate check and reducing competition,diversity, and creativity.