Hasbro has completed its $3.8 billion all-cash acquisition of Entertainment One, the company announced Monday.
The merger gives Hasbro access to a pool of valuable international brands, including the wildly popular children’s character Peppa Pig, along with “PJ Masks,” “Clifford the Big Red Dog” and the upcoming “Ricky Zoom.” Those join Hasbro’s already lucrative existing catalog of properties — which includes “Transformers,” “G.I. Joe,” “Ouija” and what it gained last year after buying the remaining stake in the Mark Gordon Company, the independent TV and film studio behind “Grey’s Anatomy.”
Hasbro has an existing production deal with Paramount Pictures, which now exists under the combined ViacomCBS banner.