David Ellison goes minimalist with his new name for his Paramount-Skydance-Warner-Bros-Discovery empire

CEO of Paramount Skydance David Ellison says he wants to call his post-merger company "Skydance." Chris DELMAS / AFP via Getty Images David Ellison has a new name for the post-merger combo of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery. Ellison said Friday the name would be "Skydance," like his first movie studio. Paramount settled two lawsuits last week that paved the way for the acquisition. Just Skydance. It's cleaner. David Ellison has a new name for the company that will result from the $110 billion mega-merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery: Skydance. Skydance is the name of David Ellison's first movie production company, which produced movies including entries in the Top Gun and Mission: Impossible franchises. Ellison framed the move as a way to avoid degrading the status of either Paramount or Warner Bros., iconic movie studios that rose during Hollywood's golden era. "Paramount and Warner Bros.