Damon Lindelof has done a lot of business with Warner Bros over the years, and today the Watchmen creator has put the business of the pending Paramount and WBD merger in a stark bottom line perspective.
“Hollywood, believe it or not, is a blue-collar town,” the Lanterns EP posted Monday morning explaining why he joined Lost colleague JJ Abrams, Pitt star Noah Wylie, Sopranos kingpin David Chase, Emma Thompson, Don Cheadle, and Jane Fonda in signing an open letter against the David Ellison-owned company’s $111 billion take over of Warner Bros Discovery.
“It’s thousands and thousands of Grips and Gaffers. Drivers and Decorators. Builders and Boom operators. Camera teams and Caterers,” frequent progressive candidates and causes contributor Lindelof noted.
“And they’re all about to get fucked.”
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“Hollywood mergers mean fewer movies and fewer TV shows and that means fewer jobs,”
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