James Cameron Bolsters Support for Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger, Says Ellison-Run Mega-Studio 'Doesn't Bother Me at All'

Just as thousands of his industry peers are raising calls to block Paramount's $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, "Avatar" and "Titanic" filmmaker James Cameron doubled down on his support of the merger, telling the Associated Press, "I'm a supporter of it. I know it's controversial." In an AP report published Tuesday on the industry's consensus on Paramount's next big move, Cameron said in an interview conducted last week that he has faith Paramount CEO David Ellison is "the right man for the job to run a major studio" and that an Ellison-run . . .