Entertainment Lawyers

With the interesting developments around bids for Warner Bros. Discovery, it’s looking like a complicated festival season. But what will these major shifts among the traditional Hollywood studios mean for the coming film festival season? Brandon Blake, review here entertainment attorney Los Angeles USA with Blake & Wang P.A., offers his thoughts on these changes.                                             Brandon Blake   Upcoming Lineups, Looming Chaos Just ahead of Sundance releasing its 2026 plans, which will be its last year in Park City, we have a very unusual M&A landscape, where a somewhat hostile set of dueling bids has eclipsed the fact that Warner Bros. is heading for new ownership entirely. Warner Bros. has not been a major festival name for some time now. But it’s a chaotic merger (and that’s being kind), and the likelihood of escaping its impact ...

 In a planned company split that is going far smoother than it is for Warner Bros, Comcast has now shared that Versant will be ready to operate as a standalone company from January. Blake & Wang P.A.one of the top entertainment lawyer in Los Angeles, USA, Brandon Blake, unpacks what we know.                                                                           Brandon Blake Board of Directors Approval One of the last hurdles in the planned split of most of their cable TV assets from Comcast proper has now been passed, with Comcast’s board passing approval of the spinoff company. This will happen on Jan 2, after the close of trading in the US.   This split will see many familiar assets move into Versant control, including SyFy, MSNBC, E!, CNBC, the Gold Channel, and Oxygen. Ver...

   It’s time for round 2 of the battle for ownership of Warner Bros Discovery, as it will remain for a few months yet. WBD has asked its potential bidders for a second (sweetened) round of offers this week. Our expert entertainment lawyer from Blake & Wang P.A., Brandon Blake, sums up the status of the deal-making so far.                                                                                                                                       Brandon Blake   Non-Binding Bids, But Little Revealed   Let’s recap what we know to date. The first round of non-binding bids ended in the last weeks of November. Param...