Jane Fonda has strongly criticized Netflix’s $82.7 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery, calling it a “catastrophic” business move that puts the entertainment industry and free speech rights at risk. On December 5, 2025, the two-time Oscar winner made a statement on Instagram with the Committee for the First Amendment. In it, he asked the Department of Justice to stop political interference in the antitrust review. She said that the deal is a “constitutional crisis” that is getting worse because of what the current administration is doing.
Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix, said that the company had bought Warner Bros. movies like Casablanca and Harry Potter for $27.75 per share. This added hits like Stranger Things and Squid Game to the streaming service’s library. Pending regulatory approval, the merger would bring HBO and HBO Max together. The companies plan to keep releasing movies in theaters. Fonda stressed that leaders in the industry must not give in to pressures to put profit ahead of creative rights.
Fonda’s statement is similar to what groups like the International Documentary Association have said, which says that documentary filmmaking will be hurt. Writers, producers, and theater owners in Hollywood have also spoken out against it, worried about big mergers and job losses. The First Amendment Committee promises to keep an eye on and take action against the “harmful transaction.”
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