Mark Ruffalo Bemoans Paramount Getting Approval for Warner Bros. Merger: 'An Incredibly Disappointing Outcome'

Mark Ruffalo voiced his disappointment after a judge approved the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger settlement Wednesday, calling it a "bad deal for this country." "This merger will stifle creativity, weaken free speech and cost people their jobs - it is a bad deal for this country and should never have been approved," the actor, who has been an outspoken critic against the $110 billion deal, wrote on X Wednesday evening. "This is an incredibly disappointing outcome for the hundreds of thousands of us who stood up to block it, but it's also not the end." He continued: "This . . .