Ted Sarandos is bummed out and a bit betrayed that James Cameron believes it would be “disastrous for the theatrical motion picture business” if Netflix was successful in buying some of Warner Bros’ key assets.

“I was particularly surprised,” the streamer co-CEO said Friday of the blistering February 10 letter the Avatar director sent Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) basically backing Paramount‘s $108 billion hostile takeover bid in all but name.

More than surprised, and fully aware most of the industry are weary of the streamer’s commitment to bums in seats in theaters, the alway be selling Sarandos feels Cameron was disingenuous slagging the “good person” Netflix chief for promising a “ridiculously short” 17-day theatrical release window — cause he says he never said that, ever.

“I met with James personally in late December and laid out for him our 45-day commitment to theatrical exhibition of films and to the Warner Brothers slate,” Sarandos told Fox Business’s The Claman Countdown today in the latest sit-down in the exec’s seemingly never ending media blitz this week. “I have talked about that commitment in the press countless times.  I swore under oath in front of the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust that that’s what we would be doing.”  

“So I am …I’m particularly surprised and disappointed that James chose to be part of the Paramount disinformation campaign that’s been going on for months about this deal,” Sarandos said, sticking it at the same time to the Oscar winner and his David Ellison-owned WB rival.

Of course, and not to undermine Cameron’s love of the big screen creation and experience, as Deadline mentioned in our previous story about the Titanic helmer’s letter to the MAGA Senator: Paramount is putting out Cameron’s next film, Hit Me Hard and Soft of Billie Eilish live in concert in May.

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