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  • 2 years ago
Sony Pictures Chairman Tom Rothman commented that David Ellison will perform well as Paramount's new CEO if the $8 billion Skydance-Paramount deal is finalized. Rothman says Sony remains financially nimble as an "arms dealer" studio distributing other studios' films, unlike Paramount, which has debt from Paramount+. Sony is distributing the new Greg Berlanti romantic comedy "Fly Me to the Moon" starring Channing Tatum and Scarlett Johansson, which opens this weekend. Rothman believes the female moviegoing audience for rom-coms hasn't been lost to streaming if studios continue to make them.
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00:00It's been Zynga, and here's what's on the block.
00:02Sony Pictures chairman Tom Rothman commented that David Ellison will perform well as Paramount's
00:07new CEO if the $8 billion Skydance-Paramount deal is finalized.
00:12Rothman says Sony remains financially nimble as an arms dealer studio,
00:16distributing other studios' films, unlike Paramount, which has debt from Paramount+.
00:21Sony is distributing the new Greg Berlanti romantic comedy Fly Me to the Moon starring
00:26Channing Tatum and Scarlett Johansson, which opens this weekend.
00:30Rothman believes the female moviegoing audience for rom-coms hasn't been lost
00:34to streaming if studios continue to make them.
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