‘Skydance’ will be the name of the new Hollywood giant: David Ellison reveals the company name after the $110 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger

Hollywood’s new media empire finally has a name. David Ellison, the founder and chief executive of Skydance Media, announced on Friday that the merged company that will be born from the $110 billion merger of Paramount Skydance with Warner Bros. Discovery will be called “Skydance,” as TechCrunch reports. The announcement was made through a company-wide message and an internal video, just three days before the expected closing of the deal, on October 6, 2026.

The name is no coincidence: Skydance is Ellison’s original film production company, founded in 2006, which became famous with films such as “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Mission: Impossible.” Nevertheless, Ellison pledged that the historic brands will not disappear: “We never wanted a new corporate identity to overshadow, change or obscure any of them,” he wrote on the X network, stressing that Paramount and Warner Bros. will remain at the center of attention, according to the same reporting.

Along with the name, the new company also presented a giant trailer — a kind of parade of the strength of the intellectual property it now owns. On screen appear Warner Bros. icons such as Superman, Batman, Harry Potter and Dune, alongside Paramount stars such as Top Gun, the series “Landman” and “The Madison,” as well as the Starship Enterprise from “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.” Leonardo DiCaprio is not missing either, shown in moments from “Inception,” “Titanic” and “The Great Gatsby,” as Men’s Journal notes.

The merger, which combines the platforms Paramount+ and HBO Max as well as the networks CBS, CNN, MTV, TBS, Comedy Central and Food Network, paves the way for the creation of one of the largest media companies in the world, with franchises such as “The Lord of the Rings,” “Game of Thrones,” the DC universe and “Yellowstone.” The deal was cleared of its last obstacle this week, when a federal judge approved the settlement with U.S. state attorneys general, after objections from twelve states that argued the deal could harm competition.