Mega-producers Jerry Bruckheimer (F1) and Emma Thomas (Oppenheimer) were grilled at CinemaCon Wednesday over why they haven’t signed an open letter in heavy circulation calling on regulators to block the Paramount-Warner merger.
“First of all, I wasn’t asked,” Bruckheimer said in conversation with Puck’s Matt Belloni. “Look, I think the train has left the station. I think this is well on its way. You can sign all the petitions you want, but [the merger is] already being approved by European countries. It’s happening. So there’s not much we can do about it other than take [Paramount’s] David [Ellison] at his word that he’s going to make 30 movies [a year], and that would be fantastic.”
Bruckheimer continued: “I know David. I know he loves movies. That’s why he got in this business. … He’s very passionate about getting movies made, and he tries to make a lot
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