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Two top Hollywood unions are calling for California attorney general Rob Bonta and Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison to reach a settlement on their pending antitrust case because, they argue, industry workers are being harmed by the delayed timeline.
The leaders of the Directors Guild of America and IATSE made the request on Thursday in a letter that claimed their members are already seeing productions being put on hold or canceled as the two companies prepare for a March 2027 antitrust trial. Against a backdrop of already scant work, particularly in the L.A. area, DGA national executive director Russell Hollander and IATSE international president Matthew Loeb argued that the consequences of additional uncertainty would be borne by the rank and file.
“We write to raise concerns about the potential for a prolonged timetable for the litigation… and express to you the importance that you engage directly with each other to negotiate a resolution that ameliorates the anti-competitive aspects of the proposed merger,” their letter stated. “Should such an agreement prove impossible, we would ask that both parties seek to move the start of the trial to an earlier date, as continued delay and uncertainty around the future of WBD only harms our members.”
