Mark Ruffalo Eviscerates Ellisons’ Paramount Merger, Citing Family’s Ties to Gaza ‘Genocide’

“They are crushing workers and consolidating the wealth of the world for their own power and concentrated dominance,” the actor writes August 21, 2026 @ 1:03 PM Mark Ruffalo (Credit: Karwai Tang/WireImage) and David Ellison (Credit: Paul Morigi/Getty Images) Mark Ruffalo lambasted the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, eviscerating Larry and David Ellison over their business ties and accusing the family of profiting from systems he says have contributed to the “genocide” in Gaza. “We have a chance to stop this,” the actor wrote Friday in an Instagram Stories post, urging support for efforts to block the deal. “This is the company that Larry Ellison is using to fund his son David’s Warner Bros acquisition,” the actor wrote. “These ‘really profoundly scary technologies’ will most likely be merged into one of the largest media conglomerates in the world and one day used on you. Look how she revels in what we now have come to see as a genocide, which was built on an apartheid system of oppression powered by Oracle.” He continued: “Larry Ellison will own most of “Para Bros”. Larry is a classic Oligarch. They are crushing workers and consolidating the wealth of the world for their own power and concentrated dominance. We have a chance to stop this. There are 12 state Attorneys General suing to block this merger. It will be catastrophic for our film industry.” Paramount didn’t immediately return TheWrap’s request for comment. More to come…