Skydance Archives

So here's the thing about that deal that David Ellison's Skydance Media, Gerry Cardinale's RedBird Capital, and Shari Redstone's National Amusements Inc (NAI) announced back in July that would lead to Skydance owning Paramount Global Even with the process by which Skydance would take over pretty well laid out, the tentative agreement did give Redstone a 45-day[...]

David Ellison's Skydance Media, Gerry Cardinale's RedBird Capital, and Shari Redstone's National Amusements Inc (NAI) had a very busy weekend, but it looks like they might be reaching the finishing line in terms of Skydance's attempts to acquire Paramount Global With their temporary deal having received the blessing of a special committee of Paramount's board[...]

Though all sides are remaining mum on the matter until an expected formal announcement on Monday, Bloomberg News and others are reporting that David Ellison's Skydance Media has taken a major step forward in its rollercoaster efforts to acquire Paramount Global from controlling shareholder National Amusements Inc (NAI) Less than a week after a tentative agreement[...]

The on-again, off-again dance between David Ellison's Skydance Media, Gerry Cardinale's RedBird Capital, and Shari Redstone's National Amusements Inc over the ownership fate of Paramount Global appears to be on in a very big way – with The New York Times and Wall Street Journal reporting that acquisition talks have resumed and that a tentative agreement is[...]

Despite a recent competing offer from Apollo Global Management and Sony Pictures, all signs are pointing to a merger between Paramount and Skydance Earlier today, CNBC's David Faber reported that both sides have agreed on the terms of a merger – with an announcement expected within the next few days Reportedly, the next step is for[...]

Netflix and Skydance are teaming up for a new anime series based on the "Terminator" franchise, marking the first time that the property has had an animated television series adaptation Produced in conjunction with Production I.G (Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045, B: The Beginning)- the streaming service's production line deal partner since 2018- the still-untitled project[...]

Joe, will be developed into a live-action television series courtesy of Erik Oleson, Paramount TV, eOne, and Skydance for Amazon Prime Video, according to Deadline Hollywood The character was last played in the film by Adrianne Palicki in Paramount's 2013 sequel G.I Joe: Retaliation Oleson, who's the showrunner and executive producer on the second season[...]

Jane Fonda has been tapped to voice one of the leads in the new Apple and Skydance animated film Luck She will voice "The Dragon", the CEO of Good Luck and the luckiest ancient being in all the land Luck "centers around the unluckiest girl in the world, who after stumbling upon the never-before-seen world[...]

While Legendary and George Clooney are working on one for television, Skydance is developing their own, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (Image: NBCU) Buck Rogers in Pop Culture Skydance's working with the estate of Philip Francis Nowlan, who created the character in 1928 Buck Rogers was an airman who found himself trapped[...]

Arnold Schwarzenegger's hour-long untitled spy adventure series produced by Skydance found a home on Netflix, according to Deadline Hollywood Also connected to the series is Top Gun: Maverick star Monica Barbero, which will head into development with a script-to-series commitment Created by Nick Santora (Scorpion, Most Dangerous Game ), the Schwarzenegger global spy series will[...]

If you're a fan of Korean drama series, chances are you're already familiar with Hotel Del Luna, but if you're not – that's okay! The popular South Korean show is getting an American adaptation, thanks to Skydance Television and CJ ENM, the studio behind Parasite Alison Schapker, current showrunner of Altered Carbon, is set to[...]

Both reunite to collaborate to explore the realm of time travel in a film for Skydance Production is tentatively scheduled to start in the last quarter of 2020, baring the status of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to The Hollywood Reporter The project's original title was Our Name is Adam based on the work of T.S[...]

Ireland's largest-scale production ever is feeling the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, with Apple TV+ and Skydance Television shutting down production on their series adaptation of Isaac Asimov's sci-fi novel trilogy "Foundation" The Jared Harris/Lee Pace-starrer was in the middle of filming when the Irish government announced new, restrictive measures that included canceling indoor gatherings[...]

The film will be produced by Skydance Derrickson and his writing partner C Robert Cargill will write the script The film will center around, you guessed it, the Bermuda Triangle. L-R: Editorial credit: DFree | Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock.com Chris Evans certainly is going all over the place with his career now that he has hung[...]

Hasboro and Skydance are co-producing with MGM co-financing. // Paramount Pictures/Hasboro The film serves as a prequel as Snake Eyes tries to become a member of the Arashikage Clan based out of Japan The clan is reputable for training generations of assassins, using deception and stealth in their ninja training to perform impossible tasks Ray Park played[...]

Paramount and Skydance announced the Marvel actor has joined the long-running spy franchise in an undisclosed role, according to The Hollywood Reporter. ABC Atwell joins the Tom Cruise-starred franchise for its yet-to-be-titled seventh film based the 1966 TV series created by Bruce Geller Writer-director Christopher McQuarrie, who's worked on the franchise since 2015's Mission: Impossible – Rogue[...]

When it was announced that disgraced Pixar Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter would be joining Skydance as head of their animation department, there was a good chance that no one thought it was going to be a big deal Yes, there was some press blowback and people weren't happy about it, but that was all[...]

Today, Skydance announced that John Lasseter was hired as the new head of animation Lasseter, who was previously with Pixar, was suspended and eventually left Disney after allegations of sexual misconduct were revealed Very little has been heard about Lasseter ever since and this sort of hiring is exactly what groups like Time's Up are[...]

According to Deadline John Lasseter, former head of Animation at Pixar, has joined Skydance as their head of animation This move is going to be considered controversial since Lasseter was forced out of Pixar when multiple allegations of sexual misconduct were filed Skydance CEO David Ellison made the announcement in a memo, posted below, and[...]

Skydance Media and ZAG animation studio have come together to develop Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir for live-action film and television projects. Photo courtesy of Skydance Media Cheif Operating Officer of Skydance Media Jesse Sisgold said of the announcement: "Jeremy and everyone at ZAG have done a tremendous job in creating and building Miraculous into the massive[...]

Skydance Media, LLC, the media company best known for various film projects as well as the video game Archangel, announced this week that they have entered into a partnership with Tencent Holdings, the parent company of Arena of Valor developer Tencent Games As part of that partnership, Tencent is now an investor in Skydance. The partnership "provides[...]

Marti Noxon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Mad Men), Skydance TV and AMC Studios are backing the production, with Noxon serving as executive producer, writer and showrunner Noxon is also expected to direct multiple episodes of the series. Set against the backdrop of the beauty industry and seen as a character drama/revenge fantasy, Dietland shines a spotlight on[...]

He was wearing a harness and wires and caught the edge of the roof, pulling himself up and trying to finish the shot — but he was seen limping immediately and it looked like he struck the building pretty hard. The postponement of film will likely force Paramount and Skydance to shuffle their film release schedule,[...]

Skydance Television is close to finalizing a deal for David Goyer (The Dark Knight, Krypton) and Josh Friedman (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) to adapt Isaac Asmiov's Foundation series for television Serving as the television arm of the same production company behind such films as World War Z and the recent Star Trek movies, Skydance[...]

Paramount Pictures has announced that a five minutes sneak peek of Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation will run exclusively in 363 IMAX theaters in front of