Is ‘Obsession’ Technically A Blockbuster? Lawyers For Paramount, State AGs Spar At Court Hearing On WBD Merger

July 17, 2026 Deadline

Obsession and F1 were front and center as lawyers representing Paramount on one side, and a dozen State Attorneys General on the other, clashed at a Friday hearing over what determines a blockbuster, and how quickly the AGs’ antitrust challenge to Paramount’s merger with Warner Bros Discovery should be moved along. Jeffrey Kessler on behalf […]