Longtime Ellison lieutenant Dana Goldberg will run Paramount Pictures with former Sony executive, Josh Greenstein. Only one senior Paramount executive, George Cheeks, will remain after this week's Skydance takeover.

David Ellison is CEO, Jeff Shell is President, Cindy Holland oversees streaming, Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein co-chair Paramount Pictures

David Ellison has unveiled his senior exec team at Paramount ahead of the expected completion of its merger with Skydance later this week, with a raft of high-profile exits confirmed and the revival of Paramount TV Studios on the cards.