Apr 15, 2026 1:22pm PT

Mark Ruffalo Blasts Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger at Senate Hearing: ‘Don’t Trust Empty Promises from Billionaires’

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Mark Ruffalo warned of “devastating” effects on film, TV and the news media if Paramount Skydance completes its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.

Ruffalo, who is among more than 3,000 Hollywood signatories as of Wednesday of an open letter seeking to block the deal, spoke Wednesday via videoconference at a hearing called by Sen. Cory Booker (D-New Jersey), the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights. Booker noted that none of his Republican Senate colleagues were in attendance.

Mark Ruffalo Blasts Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger at Senate Hearing: 'Don't Trust Empty Promises from Billionaires'