<p>Warner Bros. Discovery - the revered studio behind Barbie and Casablanca - is up for sale. A bidding war has emerged between Netflix and Paramount. But could either acquisition change the film industry forever? And are these bids even legal?</p><p><em>This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: </em><a href="http://thetimes.com/thestory" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>http://thetimes.com/thestory</em></a></p><br><p><strong>Guests:</strong></p><ul><li>Kevin Maher, chief film critic, The Times.</li><li>Louisa Clarence-Smith, US business editor, The Times.</li></ul><p><strong>Host:</strong> Manveen Rana. </p><p><strong>Producers: </strong>Harry Stott, Olivia Case, Shabnam Grewal.</p><p><strong>Read more:</strong><a href="https://www.thetimes.com/us/business-us/article/trump-news-paramount-netflix-warner-bros-gl2qqmx2d?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqfUxIeMu_wuM0yg7tsJBCCAH3UENTPKFSEM7OjYbw3Af9ufPdwEeJuMsYNbTMc%3D&gaa_ts=693978b0&gaa_sig=KgPbMWN4PTKs69YyullwrP_531pKTccJvxZW0alrj1VfndDx_Q1XgrW9FoaYqIyPzN5-C0qSxu3m14jrdQnC7Q%3D%3D" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Why Trump is really getting involved with the Warner Bros saga</a></p><p><strong>Further listening: </strong><a href="https://pod.fo/e/13b877" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Has Hollywood run out of ideas?</a></p><p><strong>Clips:</strong> Barbie / Great Gerwig / Warner Bros, The Dark Knight / Christopher Nolan / Warner Bros, Casablanca / Michael Curtiz / Warner Bros, Hamnet / Chloe Zhao / Universal Pictures, The Searchers / John Ford / Warner Bros, Dune / Denis Villeneuve / Warner Bros, Joker / Tod Phillips / Warner Bros, Beasts of No Nation / Cary Joji Fukunaga / Netflix, Warner bros intro / Max Steiner, House of Cards / Netflix, Sex Education / Netflix, WSJ, NBC.</p><p><strong>Photo:</strong> Getty Images.</p><p><strong>Get in touch:</strong> <a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></p><p><em>This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe </em><a href="https://www.thetimes.com/subscribe/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>here</em></a><em>.</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
