Warner Bros. Film Chiefs' Last Day Is the Merged Company's First

Deadline reports that Warner Bros. motion picture chiefs Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy will have their last day on Tuesday, which the trade describes as essentially Day 1 of Skydance, the merged Paramount-Warner Bros company. The move ends months of speculation about whether the two would stay on after the merger, speculation Deadline ties to a down box office year. The calendar is the detail: last day and first day coincide, leaving no overlap between the outgoing film leadership and the new company's opening week.