Paramount Slams Mark Ruffalo Merger Attack as ‘Antisemitic,’ Says Company Does Not ‘Tolerate Prejudice of Any Kind’

Home Film News Aug 21, 2026 5:01pm PT Paramount Slams Mark Ruffalo Merger Attack as ‘Antisemitic,’ Says Company Does Not ‘Tolerate Prejudice of Any Kind’ By Matt Donnelly Plus Icon Matt Donnelly Chief Correspondent @MattDonnelly Latest Amid ‘Spider-Man’ and ‘The Odyssey’ Leaks, Hollywood’s Battle Against Piracy Enters a Whole New Era 9 hours ago Bob Iger Gets All-Star Send-Off From Robert Downey Jr., Harrison Ford and New CEO Josh D’Amaro at D23 Disney Legends Ceremony 5 days ago Squishmallows Movie in the Works at Amazon MGM (EXCLUSIVE) 1 week ago See All Getty Images for Tribeca Festiva Paramount has come out swinging against a Friday screed from Mark Ruffalo, in which the award-winning actor accused moguls David and Larry Ellison of “powering some of the most destructive and inhuman forces in the world.” A spokesperson for the David Ellison-run enterprise said the company is “troubled when antisemitic tropes are invoked in purported service of a business dispute. Words like ‘genocide’ and ‘apartheid,’ applied to a corporate transaction, aren’t just wrong — they’re a bridge too far, and they cheapen the very real suffering those words are meant to describe. This doesn’t deserve a response in kind — and to be clear, we don’t tolerate prejudice of any kind, against anyone.” Related Stories Amazon Game Studios Divests MMOs ‘Lost Ark,’ ‘Throne and Liberty’ in Strategy Shift