Paramount Skydance’s deal with the 12 states that sued to block its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery was meant to end a fight. Instead, the settlement has split Hollywood and heightened anxiety over the entertainment industry’s future. ↧ ‘We all got played’: Hollywood torn on Paramount settlement wit... The deal announced this week resolved the last remaining major obstacle standing in the way of the merger. But it didn’t put an end to the drama in the entertainment industry.