Hugh Grant considers Netflix’s purchase of Warner a bad thing for cinema

New Delhi.- British actor Hugh Grant said this Saturday in India that Netflix’s purchase of Warner is “another bad news for those who enjoy the cinematic experience”.

“I find it hard to watch a movie on a streaming platform. In fact, I hate it,” Grant said at a leadership forum organized by the Indian newspaper Hindustan Times in New Delhi.

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Grant has starred in films from the Warner empire in recent decades, such as ‘About a Boy’; ‘Music and Lyrics’ or, later; ‘Cloud Atlas’ or ‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ “I love cinema made for theaters, made on celluloid, for the public, as a community experience,” Grant said this Saturday in New Delhi The most popular British actor of the nineties won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical in 1994 for his role in the romantic comedy ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’, and in the nineties he embodied iconic roles such as the bookseller William Thacker in ‘Notting Hill’ and the seducer Daniel Cleaver in the ‘Bridget Jones’ saga. The transaction is expected to close following the announced separation of Discovery Global, the television-focused company, which will encompass CNN, TNT Sports, Discovery+ and free-to-air channels in Europe. The operation could be completed in the third quarter of 2026. The purchase of WBD by Netflix represents the merger of two of the main audiovisual entertainment companies. The catalog will include HBO productions such as ‘The Big Bang Theory’, ‘The Sopranos’ or ‘Game of Thrones’, or films like ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and from the DC universe, which will join Netflix series like ‘Wednesday’, ‘Money Heist’, ‘Bridgerton’ or ‘Adolescence’. Grant is not the first movie star to speak out against Warner’s sale to Netflix. Jane Fonda said yesterday, upon learning of the operation, that the purchase of Netflix threatens the entire film industry.