Skydance Succession: As David Ellison Sets His Team, Heads Are Rolling as Hollywood Finds Out Who’s Really in Charge

Of all the things keeping David Ellison up at night, the countdown to 2028 may be the most pressing. At least that’s what many media observers and Hollywood insiders believe. Ellison’s anxiety, they say, isn’t fueled by the forthcoming presidential election or the Olympic Games that will descend on Los Angeles, where Ellison now owns two iconic studio lots. Instead, his agita is arising from the 8 movies he still needs to acquire or produce in 2028 to reach the magic number of 30 — that’s the benchmark Skydance pledged to meet annually in order to close the $111 billion acquisition that made his company a content behemoth.

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