Darren Aronofsky shares serious concern about Hollywood consolidation deal

Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky has shared his view on Netflix acquiring Warner Bros.

While speaking at the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah, Darren raised concerns over the deal, which means that Netflix has acquired Warner Bros. Discovery, HBO Max, HBO, and their TV studios.

"I have not digested it yet," the Requiem for a Dream director said of the deal."It’s such brand new news. My sense is it’s not going to be a smooth road. I caught a few headlines today. It feels like everyone’s freaking out about it. I don’t want to comment on it because I just don’t understand any of it, and it’s very easy to fall into rally points right now."

He went on to raise his one concern, which is also the main concern of the rest of the industry, saying, "The only thing I’d say is it’s always good to have more buyers Anytime there is consolidation, it’s bad. We already only have a limited amount of buyers. When you want to make a TV show or a movie, you send it out to everyone, and you hope a few of them get hungry for it and get a bidding war of some type that gives you what you need to make a piece of art."

"Having one less player is always bad. That’s a bummer," Darren Aronofsky declared.