David Ellison's skydance productions launches TV division

By Lucas Shaw NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - David Ellison, a major film financier and provider of Paramount's biggest movies, is getting into the television business. Skydance Productions, Ellison's company that co-finances and co-produces big-budget films like the recent hit "G.I. Joe: Retaliation," will launch a TV division May 1 and has hired former Fox executive Marcy Ross to run it. The announcement comes less than a week after TheWrap reported that Paramount CEO Brad Grey wants to bring TV production back to the studio and has been meeting with candidates to help run a new division. ...



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