And just like that, David Ellison is in the driver’s seat.
\n\nThe newly minted executive leadership team at Skydance, led by chairman and CEO Ellison and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz, held an on-the-record press gaggle at the Paramount lot in Hollywood, hours after their hard-fought acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery officially closed.
\n\nBoth in jeans and black blazers, Ellison and Kreiz fielded questions from the national press for nearly 30 minutes on the lot’s Stage 3. The event kicked off with a high-octane trailer showcasing the staggering amount of IP Skydance now owns — from Batman to “Game of Thrones,” the Star Trek universe to “Scream.”
\n\nPresent for the event were RedBird Capital founder and Skydance board member Gerry Cardinale; Skydance president Andy Gordon; chief legal officer and global president Makan Delrahim; motion picture group co-chairs Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein; chief content officer Casey Bloys; DC Studios co-chair Peter Safran; Skydance CMO Rebecca Mall; DTC exec JB Perrette and many more. Here’s what Variety learned on the ground.
\n\nHaving acquired a jewel like the Warner Bros. lot, along with the historic Paramount spread, questions turned to where, exactly, Ellison and Kreiz will lay their briefcases.
\n\n“We absolutely will keep both…
Original source: https://variety.com/v/tv/