Growing up, David Ellison spent every Sunday going to the movies with his mother and his sister, Annapurna founder Megan Ellison. As an adult, he spent more than 15 years pursuing his wish to run a legacy Hollywood studio. Now, his dream has become reality and all eyes are on the young mogul to see if he can right a studio that has been all but run into the ground.

On Wednesday, Ellison, the ambitious and reserved son of tech billionaire Larry Ellison, showed off his new throne — metaphorically speaking — and C-suite when hosting a meet-and-greet for journalists on the storied Melrose Lot in Hollywood, home of Paramount Pictures. The gathering followed a similar event in New York held Aug. 7, the day the $8 billion merger officially closed. The L.A. presser focused more on the movie

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