"Flyboys was the humble beginning of the Ellison family's adventures in Hollywood. After giving up on acting, David spent more than a decade building Skydance into a player in the blockbuster business, financing such hits as Top Gun: Maverick and the Mission: Impossible series along with a number of largely forgettable movies. He was, in other words, a producer much like many others in town."
"Then, last year, David's father put up billions to help him buy Paramount, one of Hollywood's legendary movie studios and a company more than ten times the size of Skydance. This past fall, the Ellisons set their sights on an even bigger prize: Warner Bros. Discovery. At 43, David is now the first millennial to control a major Hollywood studio."
Flyboys launched the Ellison family's Hollywood involvement when David Ellison transitioned from acting to building Skydance, which financed blockbusters like Top Gun: Maverick and the Mission: Impossible series alongside many lesser films. Skydance established David as a producer focused on action-driven tentpoles. Larry Ellison invested billions to help David acquire Paramount, a studio far larger than Skydance, and the family later pursued Warner Bros. Discovery. David became the first millennial to control a major Hollywood studio. Larry's Oracle-built fortune made such media acquisitions achievable, reflecting a shared empire-building ambition and a shift of tech wealth into entertainment.
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