Story perspectives

Mark Ruffalo Claims Blacklist Over Anti-Warner Merger Stance

5/17/2026

Summary

Story summary

Mark Ruffalo said he is on a Paramount-Skydance blacklist for opposing its Warner Bros acquisition.
He helped circulate an April open letter that many feared to sign and quoted an unnamed agent calling the executives “vindictive motherfuckers”.
In a May New York Times op-ed he urged artists to fight the Paramount-Skydance-Warner Bros merger, saying fear is the main obstacle and that courage is contagious, prompting Hollywood figures to oppose the deal.

1 of 1

Story summary

Mark Ruffalo said he is on a Paramount-Skydance blacklist for opposing its Warner Bros acquisition.
He helped circulate an April open letter that many feared to sign and quoted an unnamed agent calling the executives “vindictive motherfuckers”.
In a May New York Times op-ed he urged artists to fight the Paramount-Skydance-Warner Bros merger, saying fear is the main obstacle and that courage is contagious, prompting Hollywood figures to oppose the deal.