"The roughly 2,000 Paramount employees who started getting layoff notices Wednesday no doubt also have little love for Ellison. And then there's writer-producer-director Taylor Sheridan, who this week telegraphed his opinion of Paramount's new head honcho in the most Hollywood way possible: signing up for a big new overall deal with a rival studio a full three years before his current pact expires."
"the reports that new Par streaming chief Cindy Holland (or Cindy the Netherlands, as she is known in some circles) was asking too many questions about the budgets for Sheridan's shows; and the alleged faux pas about Holland signing Nicole Kidman for a new Paramount+ series without checking with Sheridan first (since she also stars in his P+ hit Lioness)."
David Ellison assumed the CEO role at Paramount less than three months ago and quickly provoked internal backlash. Staffers at CBS News criticized efforts to shift the outlet toward overtly conservative hiring. About 2,000 Paramount employees began receiving layoff notices. Taylor Sheridan signed a prospective overall deal with NBCUniversal three years before his Paramount pact expired. Intermediaries for Sheridan publicly blamed Paramount leadership for multiple missteps. Specific complaints included a pre-Ellison movie Paramount would not greenlight, an alleged effort to delay a Warner Bros. project, streaming chief Cindy Holland's budget scrutiny, and Holland signing Nicole Kidman without consulting Sheridan.
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