NEWS: Paramounts Wins Warner Bros Bidding War, BAFTAs Racial Slur Controversy, Pokemon Wind & Waves First Look & Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro Profile
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🗓️ 28 February 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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This week on PREVIOUSLY ON…, Jason and Rosie break down Paramount’s reported win in the bidding war for Warner Bros., after Netflix bows out. They also react to new trailers for Mortal Kombat II, the newly announced Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves, and Steven Soderbergh’s next film, The Christophers, starring Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel.
Next, they dive into Variety’s in-depth profile of incoming Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro, examining the major challenges he faces as he takes the reins of the company and oversees powerhouse IP like Star Wars and Marvel, both of which have faced increasing uncertainty in recent years.
They also cover the news that disgraced actor Jonathan Majors is set to star in an upcoming action film produced by conservative media company The Daily Wire, founded by Ben Shapiro.
Finally, they unpack the controversy at this year’s BAFTAs, where Josh Davidson, a man with Tourette’s whose life inspired a nominated film, shouted a racial slur while Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were onstage presenting an award.
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| 0:00.0 | Warning. On today's episode, we're talking about trailers. We're talking about Paramount WB merger and more. It is news. |
| 0:05.7 | News. |
| 0:41.1 | Hello, my name is Jason Concepcion. And I'm Rosie Knight. And welcome back to X-Ravid in the podcast where we dive deep into your favorite shows, movies, comics, and pop culture, company from IHeart podcast, where we're bringing you three episodes of the week. Plus News. Plus News on Saturday. It's news. It's news, guys. It's Saturday. Happy Saturday. In today's previously on episode, we are catching up on the biggest geek news of the week, |
| 0:41.1 | including fresh hot trailers from My Favorite Mortal Kombat 2. Can't Wait. |
| 0:46.5 | Pokemon and Saeer McKeleyn and Michaela Corwell, |
| 0:50.6 | plus a peek at what new Disney had Josh DeMorrow's facing, |
| 0:54.7 | which is going to be an interesting journey to watch post everything that we will be talking about in this news episode. |
| 1:02.7 | But first up. |
| 1:03.9 | But first. |
| 1:04.8 | But first. |
| 1:06.6 | Netflix has bowed out of the race to acquire Warner Brothers after Paramount raised their bid to an eye-popping $31 a share. That's about $11 billion, which means if it goes through, but hold on that. Hold on that. Paramount will pay something like $5 billion a year towards their debt, only towards their debt. |
| 1:32.3 | Just that debt. People are getting fired, folks. Paramount will also be required to pay the $2.8 billion termination fee to Netflix. |
| 1:40.5 | Ting, ting, ting, ting, ting. For Netflix dropping out. That's a red flag to me. |
| 1:44.6 | I don't know. |
| 1:45.5 | I think it's a slight red flag. |
| 1:47.3 | I had pitched guys a while ago that I felt like Warner Brothers had always been seeking |
| 1:51.6 | out Paramount as a deal and that they wanted to do the Netflix part to kind of make it look |
| 1:57.8 | less like a monopoly. |
| 1:59.0 | I was disbelieving. I had left that theory in the past, |
| 2:03.7 | but some of the reporting around this, Ted Sarando's being invited to the White House, Trump not |
| 2:08.1 | being there, Pam Bondi being there, and this happening while Ted was at the White House, |
| 2:12.8 | and this whole notion that Paramount's going to pay an extra $3 billion to pay off Netflix, it's giving |
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