托马斯·巴克利报道：康卡斯特公司NBC环球娱乐部门主席唐娜·兰利表示，在派拉蒙天舞公司收购华纳兄弟探索公司的过程中，确保电影产量不受影响至关重要。派拉蒙已公开承诺，两家制片厂合计将至少发行30部电影。
Langley, chair of Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal Entertainment division, said that it’s important film output doesn’t suffer as part of Paramount Skydance Corp.’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.
兰利负责管理包含环球影业电影制片厂和Peacock流媒体平台的业务部门。她周四在洛杉矶举行的彭博年度“屏幕时间”（Screentime）大会上表示：“越来越多的年轻人走进电影院，我们需要留住他们，因此产量至关重要。如果我们实质上失去了一家制片厂——虽然这不是既定的计划和目标——但如果真的失去了一家制片厂，那将是糟糕的。”
Paramount has publicly committed to releasing at least 30 movies combined from the two studios.
出生于英国的兰利曾在华纳兄弟旗下的新线影业（New Line Cinema）担任日益高级的职务，之后加入环球影业。此后，她与导演克里斯托弗·诺兰以及创作者泰勒·谢里丹建立了合作关系。
“More young people are coming to the cinema, and we need to keep them there, so volume matters,” Langley, who runs the unit that includes the Universal Pictures film studio and Peacock streaming service, said at the annual Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles on Thursday. “If we essentially lose a studio, which is not the stated plan and goal, but if we lose a studio, it’s bad.”British-born Langley rose through increasingly senior roles at New Line Cinema, now a division of Warner Bros., before joining Universal. She’s since cultivated relationships with director Christopher Nolan and creator Taylor Sheridan.
今年7月，环球影业发行了诺兰执导的《奥本海默》，该片全球票房达到17.5亿美元，成为环球影业历史上票房最高的电影。2023年，诺兰凭借《奥本海默》获得其首座奥斯卡最佳影片奖，这也是他结束与华纳兄弟近二十年的合作关系后，由环球影业发行的首部电影。
In July, Universal released Nolan’s , which has generated $1.75 billion in global box office sales and become the highest-grossing film in the studio’s history. In 2023, Nolan won his first Academy Award for Best Picture with , his first film to be released by Universal after breaking from a nearly two-decade-long relationship with Warner Bros.
兰利表示，诺兰的下一部电影尚未确定由哪家制片厂发行，因为他目前仍是自由身。
Nolan’s next film isn’t yet set at any specific studio, as he remains a free agent, Langley said.
得益于包括焦点影业（Focus Features）旗下特色厂牌发行的《芭比》和《奥本海默》等 blockbuster 影片，环球影业成为今年首家全球票房突破50亿美元的制片厂。
Universal became the first studio this year to cross $5 billion in global box office sales, thanks to blockbusters including and from the specialty label Focus Features.
“我们拥有一些世界上最优秀的电影制作人，”兰利说。“这是我们战略中非常重要的一部分。”兰利表示，这部价值数十亿美元的动画系列的最新作品，其商业表现可能不如早期作品，因为对老好莱坞的引用可能超出了儿童的理解范围。尽管如此，成年影评人还是很喜欢这部电影。兰利还谈到了梦工厂的最新发行作品，该片在票房上也令人失望。近年来，原创动画尤其面临挑战，几乎没有出现突破性的热门作品。
“We are home to some of the best filmmakers in the world,” Langley said. “And it’s a very big part of our strategy.” the latest installment in the multi-billion dollar animation franchise, may have under-performed commercially relative to earlier titles because references to Old Hollywood may have gone over children’s heads, Langley said. Still, adult critics loved the film. Langley also touched on the latest DreamWorks release, , which also disappointed at the box office. Original animation has been especially challenged in recent years, with few breakout hits to point to.
6月，康卡斯特宣布了分拆NBC环球和天空电视台的计划，放弃了十多年前开始的一项战略，此前该公司难以证明宽带和媒体集团会让股东受益。
In June, Comcast announced plans to spin off NBCUniversal and Sky, unwinding a strategy that began more than a decade ago after struggling to demonstrate that a broadband and media conglomerate would benefit shareholders.
兰利表示，她对不再被“束缚”于一家股价挣扎的传统业务感到乐观。“我对此更多的是兴奋和乐观，”她说。“实际上，我一点也不害怕。”
Langley said that she’s optimistic about not being “tethered” to a legacy business with a struggling share price. “I’m mostly more excited and optimistic about it,” she said. “I’m not fearful of it at all, actually.”