Reverberations from the historic combination of Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery are now being felt overseas.
Despite a Monday report claiming international executive Kevin MacLellan was close to clinching the top job outside North America, sources tell Variety he will not move forward in the role.
MacLellan currently serves as Paramount’s president of international and global content distribution, a role he assumed in 2025. Before that, he served as president of international television at NBCUniversal from 2011 to 2013, then as the company’s chairman of global distribution and international from 2013 to 2020.
The news follows Ellison’s announcement of the senior executives who will run the newly formed Skydance Corp. on the eve of officially closing the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
