Jeffrey Kessler will work alongside former federal prosecutors Makan Delrahim and David Gelfand. The big-name antitrust lawyer is known for taking on plaintiff-side antitrust work and won pivotal competition cases against the NCAA and Live Nation.

Tom Hardy has apparently been let go from MobLand ahead of Season 3 after continually clashing with the Paramount+ crime drama series' creatives.

The David Ellison-led company has publicly said it expects the $110 billion deal to close by the third quarter, or Sept. 30.

The Paramount Center for the Arts is bringing back classic movies this summer, featuring nostalgic favorites like E.T. and The Goonies, all for just five bucks a ticket.

Though Paramount's pending merger with Warner Bros. Discovery is on track to close by the third quarter, or Sept. 30, the company is reportedly hoping to get the $110 billion deal over the finish line even sooner.

Absent something transformative, neither party is positioned to grow to a scale where they would catch up to the leading streamers,” Delrahim said.

Industry insider Matt Beloni broke the news in his Puck newsletter, explaining Hardy routinely clashed with producers Jez Butterworth and David Glasser, among others. “Hardy was apparently late to set a bunch,

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is expected to create complications for its SkyShowtime partnership with Comcast, Deadline can reveal. Industry sources said Paramount's proposed ownership of HBO Max will likely put the David Ellison-run company in breach of its joint venture agreement for SkyShowtime,

AEW President Tony Khan praised Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison ahead of the Warner Bros. Discovery/Paramount deal being finalized.