If Netflix's deal to acquire Warner Bros. goes through, that could spell very bad news for Warner Archive, an essential resource of film preservation.

The competition between Netflix and Paramount Skydance to acquire the studio is haunted by the ghosts of mergers past.

Who didn’t feel nauseous on Friday when Netflix announced an industry-exploding deal to acquire Warner Bros. for $82.7 billion? Search far and wide on the internet and you’ll have a hard time finding anyone who’s elated that one of the Big Five Hollywood studios has been snapped up by the boneheads responsible for “Red Notice” starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

Ted Sarandos insisted that Netflix has no “opposition to movies in theaters” as the streamer said it “expects” to release Warner Bros. films theatrically if it completes its $82.7 billion deal for the studio and HBO Max.

In a similar move to the one they used on Hachette Books, Amazon has removed the option for preorders for some Warner Bros DVDs while they are negotiating the terms of a contract. The Wire tried to preorder two movies which come out June 17th, and found ...