The ‘kid’ takes over: David Ellison becomes a Hollywood colossus

Brooks Barnes
Sep 23, 2026 – 2.23pm

The age of the Hollywood mogul was supposed to be over. Movies are dead, haven’t you heard? Even the grandest studio – Warner Bros. – had started to resemble a relic of a powerful past.

Then came a “kid”.

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