Netflix releases a new motto for the Warner Bros. acquisition

Netflix releases key art (Image via Netflix)
Netflix releases key art (Image via Netflix)

The Warner Bros. acquisition deal with Netflix, which is yet to go through the regulatory processes, has completely shaken up the entertainment industry. After Netflix announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement with the company, the internet erupted with considerable backlash directed towards the global streamer.

However, Netflix is holding strong and has even released a new motto and key art concerning the acquisition.

Keep reading to find out more about the Warner Bros. acquisition deal.


Netflix releases new key art and motto after the Warner Bros. board rejects the Paramount bid

It appears Netflix is back at the top in the Warner Bros. acquisition race. The global streamer announced on December 5 that it was set to acquire Warner Bros. and its film and television studios, HBO and HBO Max. The acquisition, it explained, was bringing together:

"two pioneering entertainment businesses, combining Netflix’s innovation, global reach and best-in-class streaming service with Warner Bros.’ century-long legacy of world-class storytelling."
New Key Art (Image via Netflix)
New Key Art (Image via Netflix)

The global streamer has even released key art and a new motto regarding the acquisition. The new motto is a bold promise from the global streamer. It claims:

"Defining the next century of storytelling together...More choice. More opportunity. More value."

The new motto is accompanied by key art from the global streamer, bringing together two of the biggest IPs from both studios. On one side stands Millie Bobby Brown's Eleven from the global streamer's Stranger Things, and on the other side, Warner Bros.' Harry Potter.

Harry Potter and Stranger Things are some of the biggest projects from both the streamer and WBD, and the new key art is representative of the century-long legacy that the global streamer is set to inherit if the acquisition deal goes through the regulatory processes.

It seems that is more or less the case, as the Paramount bid, a hostile takeover bid after the public and industry's reaction to the global streamer's announcement, was rejected by the board of Warner Bros. The Warner Bros. board reportedly wrote a letter to the shareholders of the company informing them that the board had:

"Unanimously determined that the tender offer launched by Paramount Skydance (‘PSKY’) on December 8, 2025, is not in the best interests of WBD and its shareholders and does not meet the criteria of a ‘Superior Proposal’ under the terms of WBD’s merger agreement with Netflix announced on December 5, 2025.”

The Warner Bros. Discovery board's letter urged the shareholders of the company to reject the Paramount Sydance offer, as the terms of the global streamer's offers were much more superior to WBD's interests and did not impose as significant risks as the Paramount Skydance offer. This comes after reports that one of Paramount's backing investment firms, Affinity Partners, had actually backed out of Paramount's hostile takeover bid.

So, as of now, the global streamer is all set to win the Warner Bros. acquisition race and inherit an incredible library of shows and movies such as Harry Potter, Friends, The Big Bang Theory, The DC Universe, Game of Thrones, The Sopranos, and The Wizard of Oz, to name a few.


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Edited by Sroban Ghosh