David Ellison

“take one or two of Hollywood’s remaining historic studios out of California if the antitrust suit isn’t resolved by October”

“30 movies theatrically each year and keep them in theaters exclusively for 45 days after release”

“at least three years”

“David Ellison said Paramount will begin the process of relocating out of California as soon as Oct. 1 unless the Warner Bros. Discovery merger closes by the end of September.”

“as soon as October”

“combined studios will release an unprecedented 30-plus films a year.”

“claimed the company’s relocation could save some $500 million in taxes and other costs.”

“Ellison has pledged that Paramount and Warner Bros will be run as independent studios that will produce 30 movies theatrically annually, and he has committed to release that many titles in theaters f…”

“Ellison has announced that he is promising theater owners a contractual agreement to release 30 films a year, with an exclusive 45-day theatrical windows and a moratorium on distributing the movies o…”

““By uniting the iconic, basically, libraries of Paramount and the iconic libraries of Warner Brothers, we now have a library of 15,000 films,” Ellison said in a March CNBC interview.”

““When you put Paramount+ and HBO MAX together, you get to over 200 million basically gross subscribers ... That puts us in an incredible position to really be able to win in the content space.””

“Netflix, which itself was subsequently outbid by David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance for a $111 billion deal to merger with WBD in its entirety.”