Warner Bros. film chairs Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy will not join David Ellison’s management team when the Paramount Skydance–Warner Bros. Discovery merger closes.

Paramount film co-chairs Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein are poised to oversee the combined movie studios, Variety and Deadline reported as the deal heads toward an expected Oct. 6 close.

Goldberg, a longtime Skydance executive, and Greenstein, a close Ellison ally, are the expected film co-chairs for the merged Skydance-branded company, per Deadline and Variety.

Illustrative dual studio panels parting with merge-ribbon path and exit arrows — not executive likenesses, logos, or documentary photos.

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