World Movie News: The Last 24 Hours
Paramount reportedly courts Elon Musk to help close its Warner Bros. Discovery deal, Jude Law joins Scarlett Johansson in Ari Aster’s Scapegoat, a farewell to Malayalam actress Savithri Sreedharan, and happy birthday to Joe Locke.
Morning all — a proper industry-deal story leading today, the kind that could reshape the studio landscape rather than just this week’s release slate. Here’s what happened in the world of movies during the last 24 hours.
Paramount reportedly eyes an Elon Musk investment to close the WBD deal: According to a Semafor report today, Paramount executives have discussed seeking an equity investment from Elon Musk as they work to finalise their acquisition of Warner Brothers Discovery, with Larry Ellison separately said to have personally committed to backstop more than $40 billion in equity financing for the mega-deal. If it goes ahead, it would mark a genuinely unusual entry point for Musk into traditional Hollywood studio ownership, at a moment when the Paramount-WBD tie-up is already one of the biggest stories reshaping the industry’s corporate landscape.
Jude Law joins Ari Aster’s Scapegoat: On the casting front, Jude Law is in negotiations to co-star opposite Scarlett Johansson in Scapegoat, the new A24 thriller written and directed by Ari Aster. Jacob Elordi has also recently joined the cast, giving the project a genuinely starry trio for Aster’s fifth collaboration with the studio that’s released all four of his previous films. No plot details have emerged yet, but given Aster’s track record, expectations are already running high.
A farewell to Malayalam actress Savithri Sreedharan: It’s also worth flagging the death of Indian actress Savithri Sreedharan, who died yesterday aged 85. Known for her work in Sudani From Nigeria, Virus and Dakini, she was a well-loved presence in Calicut-based Malayalam cinema for decades.
Happy birthday to Joe Locke: Rounding things off, Happy Birthday today to Heartstopper and Agatha All Along actor Joe Locke, who turns 22.
That’s all for today.
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