Owner David Ellison | Founded 2010 | |
Industry Motion Pictures
Television Headquarters Santa Monica, California, U.S. Key people David Ellison
Dana Goldberg Divisions Skydance Television
Skydance Interactive Subsidiaries The Workshop Entertainment Founders David Ellison, Dana Goldberg Profiles | ||
Skydance Media (formerly known as Skydance Productions) is an American film and television production company based at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California. Founded by David Ellison in 2010, the company raised $350 million to co-produce and co-finance films with Paramount. Skydance is responsible for the feature-length films including True Grit, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Star Trek Into Darkness, World War Z, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Terminator Genisys, Star Trek Beyond and Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.
In 2013, Skydance launched Skydance Television, hiring Marcy Ross as President. The production company's first television series, Manhattan, premiered on WGN America on July 27, 2014. Their second series, Grace and Frankie, starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, and created by Marta Kauffman, premiered on Netflix on May 8, 2015. They also acquired the rights for producing a live-action television series based on the Sword Art Online franchise.
On March 16, 2017, Skydance launched an animation unit by forming a multi-year partnership with Madrid-based Ilion Animation Studios. Two projects are already in the works with one of the them eyeing a 2019 release.
Skydance’s future feature film slate includes Life and Geostorm.