The combined company now has the scale to take on Netflix and Disney, but little room for error as it balances massive spending on film and TV with servicing its crushing financial obligations.
Release schedules, box office and industry deals show where audience attention and studio money are moving next.
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Read the full report at Hollywood ReporterRedBird now has $6 billion committed and is one of two investors alongside the Ellison family controlling Paramount's voting stock.
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