Can a Nepo Mogul Also Rise?

For decades, Arnon Milchan was the sort of Hollywood player that the town made movies about—a longtime spy and Murdoch pal who was the driving force behind auteur-driven classics and populist hits at Regency. Now, years after a Netanyahu-connected scandal, it’s up to his son to reimagine the company in a much-changed Hollywood. For the first time ever, Yariv Milchan discusses his dad and explains his strategy.

For Regency, the question is whether things are being done right. Yariv says he’s doing his best, given the real difficulties plaguing the industry generally. Photo: Lia Toby/Getty Images)

Kim Masters

April 28, 2025

I met Yariv Milchan earlier this month in a conference room at the New Regency offices on the Fox lot, which has been the production company’s home for almost 30 years, even as the studio and the industry transformed around it. Milchan, a tall and fit-looking 56-year-old Israeli-French man, has been the chairman and C.E.O. of Regency ever since taking over from his father in 2016. Remarkably, he said this was his first time speaking to a reporter.