MUBI Notebook’s weekly news roundup covers significant industry developments and cultural moments. The US Department of Justice cleared Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros., determining the merger would enhance competition rather than create monopolistic control, while the UK launched a separate investigation. Fox Corporation announced a $22 billion acquisition of Roku to consolidate streaming assets. Wim Wenders reversed his longtime position on The Wrong Move, withdrawing the 1975 film from circulation due to its exploitation of then-13-year-old actress Nastassja Kinski, apologizing after she publicly stated she had requested edits for over fifteen years. The Tribeca Festival condemned influencers’ jokes trivializing sexual violence allegations. Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian-French artist behind the acclaimed graphic novel Persepolis and its 2007 animated adaptation which won the Jury Prize at Cannes, died at 56. The piece also notes forthcoming adaptations including Maggie Gyllenhaal’s direction of Rachel Kushner’s Creation Lake espionage thriller.
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