completed in August.<\/a><\/p>\nExecutives at the studio have been making a bullish pitch to many Hollywood players and spending big for high profile projects. About a dozen industry insiders who spoke to NBC News \u2014 including talent agents, producers and executives \u2014 said the studio is aggressively closing deals with top talent and signaling to the entertainment industry what the tech-driven future of the company will look like. <\/p>\n
In addition to \u201cDiscretion,\u201d Paramount has landed a Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet-starring crime drama, a four-year film, TV and streaming deal with the Duffer brothers (the duo behind \u201cStranger Things\u201d) and a multipicture deal with Will Smith\u2019s production company. Many who were interviewed spoke on the condition of anonymity, saying they\u2019re wary of discussing Ellison on the record as they try to broker deals with the studio and its competitors.<\/p>\n
They describe Paramount executives leading with a confidence that is lacking at many of their less resourced competitors right now, and a mandate to make mainstream movies in the action, horror and comedy genres. <\/p>\n
Representatives for Paramount Skydance declined to comment for this article. <\/p>\n
Paramount, the 113-year-old studio behind legendary movies like \u201cThe Godfather\u201d and \u201cTop Gun: Maverick,\u201d not to mention the \u201cYellowstone\u201d TV franchise, is beginning to take shape under Ellison, who previously founded Skydance Productions. <\/strong><\/p>\nEllison, 42, has long described himself as a film buff. He studied film at the University of Southern California, and often talks about how he and his sister, Megan Ellison (founder of Annapurna Pictures), grew up going to the movies together. <\/p>\n
Under David Ellison’s leadership, Skydance helped finance reboots of the \u201cTerminator\u201d and the \u201cMission Impossible\u201d franchises, which were distributed in theaters by Paramount.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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