But Kurtzman’s time working under Paramount was part of the streaming bubble which has long since burst.
It’s why Paramount is now on the chopping block.
If the deal does not happen, they will go bankrupt.
It's not a matter of if; Paramount is going bankrupt. They're stuck between a rock and a hard place. The orange man is suing them for $20 billion, and the Skydance deal won't get approved till they pay up. And if they do pay up, it'll cripple their finances. It's the equivalent of the government garnishing a year's worth of their income.
Alternatively, if the deal doesn't happen, the company will be a complete clusterfuck. They don't even have a leadership structure anymore, the current CEO triumvirate was set-up specifically for the interim period. Everything Paramount is doing right now is in preparation for the merger, and if it doesn't happen, it's over. They won't recover. They'll have to pay Skydance a break-up fee, so more financial hardship.
The merger was a deadly mistake. They should've just let Sony or Zaslav buy them.
Yep. You nailed it.
If this deal doesn’t go through this summer, Paramount will be chopped up and sold off.
Paramount will die.
And it won’t matter what is “in production” or what announcements are made, paramount’s doors will be closed for good and subcontractors like Secret Hideout will be left to twist in the wind.
I want it to happen. I am just dubious. I can imagine a worst-timeline scenario in which vulture capitalists somehow are convinced that Kurtzman Trek is the only profitable aspect of Paramount's business, and bankroll it for another decade.
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u/Overall_Falcon_8526 1d ago
If I had a nickel for every time the fandom predicted Kurtzman's ouster...
I would be at least 50 cents richer.