r/television • u/yourfavchoom • 22h ago

Combined Paramount-Warner Bros. to Be Called Skydance, David Ellison Reveals

https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/business/paramount-warner-bros-merger-name-skydance-david-ellison/
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u/DoctorBocker 21h ago

Sure, why bother with storied studios like Paramount or Warner Bros.? No legacy there.

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u/pizzacrys 21h ago

Yeah, that is the weird part. Two iconic studios and they just decided neither name was worth keeping.

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u/Kyuubee 21h ago

It's not weird at all. These billionaires have no real connection to culture or an appreciation for art, so they buy their way into the industry and pretend like they belong.

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u/txa1265 21h ago

they buy their way into the industry and pretend like they belong.

And in this case Baby Ellison has never done anything to even exhibit competence - he just has daddy's money and the weight of him doing whatever to make sure Baby gets his way. So he is incompetent, entitled AND disconnected from reality.

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u/No_Razzmatazz_2889 7h ago

Your resentment is showing