Trending Now - Warner Bros. Montréal Announces Staff Layoffs

WHO:

Warner Bros. Montréal

Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix

Warner Bros. Discovery

Former employees of Warner Bros. Montréal

WHAT:

An unspecified number of layoffs occurred at Warner Bros. Montréal.

Layoffs affected various disciplines, including narrative, design, and production.

99 employees were laid off in 2024.

Warner Bros. reported a 48% decrease in games revenue in its 2025 Q1 earnings report.

The Studios segment, which includes gaming, declined 14% year over year.

WHERE:

Warner Bros. Montréal, Canada

WHEN:

Layoffs were reported on Friday, March 13th, 2026.

The acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery was initially agreed upon in December 2024 for $82.7 billion.

Paramount Skydance outbid Netflix for the acquisition in February 2026.

WHY:

The layoffs are part of cost-cutting measures following the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount Skydance.

The games division has been struggling due to no new releases and the cancellation of several projects.

HOW:

Layoffs were communicated through LinkedIn by former employees.

(UPDATED March 16, 2026 17:21 UTC)

On Friday, March 13, 2026, Warner Bros. Montréal announced an unspecified number of layoffs affecting various disciplines, including narrative, design, and production, as part of cost-cutting measures following its acquisition by Paramount Skydance. This comes after the studio reported a significant decline in games revenue, with a 48% drop in its 2025 Q1 earnings and a 14% year-over-year decrease in its Studios segment. Former employees shared news of the layoffs on LinkedIn, highlighting the struggles faced by the games division due to the cancellation of several projects and a lack of new releases.