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The Mike-and-Pam Respite & Ellison’s Strange Structure

The latest industry chatter surrounding ‘Sinners’ and the murky timeline for Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy’s potential exit from Warner Bros.; a likely org chart wrinkle for Paramount under David Ellison; and why many in town are speculating about the ascent of Josh D’Amaro in the Disney C.E.O. sweepstakes.

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Even if Sinners turns into a sleeper hit, what happens with De Luca and Abdy? More uncertainty at a company that’s shot through with anxiety. Photo: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Kim Masters
April 14, 2025

You don’t have to have run a company, or even a lemonade stand, to know that uncertainty and instability are bad for businesses. Yet there is an epidemic of uncertainty in Hollywood, even beyond the agita that arises when tech transforms your business model, or a wildly impulsive president imposes and lifts tariffs on the fly. This town, after all, is living through a transitional moment, with Disney, Paramount, and the Warner Bros. film studio all facing leadership questions that have dragged on seemingly longer than Moses wandered in the desert. (That’s a little Passover shout-out to those who observe.)