Image Credit: FilmMagic David Ellison found himself under a new spotlight in 2025 upon his company Skydance Media's merger with Paramount. Now known as Paramount Skydance, the film producer-turned-exec made headlines at the end of the year when he launched a hostile takeover of Netflix's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. "We're really here to finish what we started," David said during a December 2025 appearance on CNBC's Squawk on the Street, just days after Netflix announced its acquisition of Warner Bros. "We put the company in play," the exec added.