On the same day that Warner Bros. rejected Paramount’s $108 billion hostile bid for the company, CEO David Zaslav welcomed Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters to the famed Warner Bros. Studio, showing their less-than-subtle preference for the Netflix deal over the Paramount one. The trio was seen walking around the lot in pictures.
Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters visit David Zaslav at Warner Bros. lot
Shortly after Warner Bros. Discovery officially rejected David Ellison‘s $30 per share hostile bid for the company, stating to shareholders that it remains “inferior” to the Netflix deal, and “has numerous significant risks and costs on WBD,” Netflix’s co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters were seen with WBD CEO David Zaslav at Warner Bros.’s studio lot (via The Hollywood Reporter).
The three of them were pictured in iconic locations like the Warner Bros. Water Tower. This comes amidst Netflix’s $82.7 billion bid for WBD’s streaming and studios division. The bid was reportedly accepted by WBD on December 5, 2025.
Aside from the pictures of the three together, there are no further details about the visit.
With some concern in the film community about the likelihood of shorter theatrical windows if the deal goes through, Sarandos made a surprise appearance at a Paris event organized by French giant Canal+ Group and assured that they have no intention of shortening release windows or limiting theatrical releases.
“Our intentions when we buy Warner Bros. will be to continue to release Warner Bros. studio movies in theaters with the traditional windows,” Sarandos said (via The Hollywood Reporter), “We never got into it before because we never owned a theatrical distribution mechanism.”
As things stand, Paramount will need to persuade WBD shareholders to agree to the offered share price or raise the offer if they want to get ahead of Netflix.
This remains one of the most talked-about deals in recent times.
Originally reported by Sourav Chakraborty on ComingSoon.
