EXCLUSIVE: We are hearing that Don Granger, Skydance President of Features and Skydance Sports, is making the jump to the new Paramount after the merger goes through on Aug. 7. Granger will lead film under co-Chairs of Paramount Pictures, Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein.
Granger has worked on Skydance co-productions such as Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise’s highest grossing movie and Paramount’s highest global grossing movie ever at $1.49 billion. He also has worked on Skydance movies like The Old Guard 2, Mayday, Balls Up, Way of the Warrior Kid, and Matchbox.
Granger is also involved with leading Nocturna, the horror label formed with Andy & Barbara Muschietti that focuses on high-quality, horror features for global audiences in both theatrical and streaming. That label’s first title is They Will Kill You. He also serves as the EP of Skydance’s Reacher TV series.
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