Paramount and Warner Bros are now one Hollywood giant: Skydance. Here’s how we got here

CHICAGO (AP) — It’s official: Skydance-owned Paramount has closed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.

The companies completed the deal on Tuesday, ushering in a new Hollywood giant with the now shorter “Skydance” nametag. The merger brings two of America’s oldest moviemaking studios together. And HBO Max, titles ranging from “Harry Potter” to “Sinners” and even networks like CNN find themselves under the same roof as Paramount+, CBS and the likes of “Top Gun” and “The Godfather.”

All of them will come under the helm of billionaire David Ellison, and Read Entire Article