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Skydance is a diversified media company founded by David Ellison in 2010 to create high quality, event-level entertainment for global audiences. The Company brings to life stories of immersive worlds across its feature film, television, and interactive platforms.”
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SUB-PAGE (https://skydance.com/about/) About – Skydance Media
[H1] About [H1] Skydance was founded in 2010 with David Ellison’s ambitious vision to establish a diversified media company to create high-quality content and engaging experiences for a global audience. Skydance’s independence, versatility and multi-platform approach have propelled the Company’s growth in live-action features, television, animation, interactive and new media. Today, more than 500 colleagues across two continents share David’s vision and, together, have expanded Skydance’s portfolio, creating a world-class studio on the forefront of where entertainment is heading. [H1] 2010 The name Skydance comes from David’s love of aviation. An accomplished pilot, he took inspiration from flying aerobatics known as “skydancing” – giving his new company a name to evoke limitless possibilities. During these early days, when the company was based out of the hangar at the Santa Monica airport, Skydance secured its first notable partnership, with Paramount Pictures, to finance and produce some of the world’s most legendary franchises. The company’s first feature film, True Grit, was directed by the Coen Brothers, and went on to receive 10 Academy Award nominations, becoming the highest-grossing western film at the time. [IMG: our-story-2010] [IMG: our-story-2010] [H1] 2011 The action escalated with Skydance’s next film: Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, where Tom Cruise held audiences on the edge of their seats as he dangled 2,700 feet high on the side of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. At that time, Ghost Protocol was the highest grossing film in the series – which is now currently in production on the seventh and eighth installments. [IMG: our-story-2011] [IMG: our-story-2011] [H1] 2012 Skydance teamed up with Tom Cruise again the following year to bring Lee Child’s best-selling book series Jack Reacher to the big screen with Cruise starring as the hard-hitting vigilante. Cruise not only mastered fight sequences that required unique street-fighting techniques but also did his own stunt driving behind the wheel of a 500 horsepower V8-powered Chevy Chevelle. [IMG: our-story-2012] [IMG: our-story-2012] [H1] 2013 In just three years, Skydance reached a critical milestone: its first billion-dollar worldwide box office year. In addition to tentpole films G.I. Joe: Retaliation and the Brad Pitt-starring World War Z, Skydance also produced another globally popular franchise with the release of Star Trek Into Darkness. Soon after, the Company launched its second pillar: Skydance Television, with the goal to expand the Company’s world-building with a slate of premium, elevated content scripted series across all genres and become a leading supplier to a wide range of global streamers, premium cable channels and networks. [IMG: our-story-2013] [IMG: our-story-2013] [H1] 2014 Skydance Television quickly broke into producing scripted content, setting up its first comedy series, Grace and Frankie, at Netflix. Grace and Frankie marked the burgeoning streamer’s first original comedy series and now after seven seasons, is set to become the longest running series on Netflix. Created by Marta Kauffman and Howard J. Morris, and starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Sam Waterston and Martin Sheen Grace and Frankie, to-date, has earned 13 Primetime Emmy® and six Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for both Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin and a Golden Globe nomination for Lily Tomlin. Skydance Television’s first drama series, the critically acclaimed Manhattan, debuted on WGN America and went on to win a Primetime Emmy® Award – a first for the company. [IMG: our-story-2014] [IMG: our-story-2014] [H1] 2015 The next installment of the blockbuster Mission: Impossible franchise: Rogue Nation premiered with Tom Cruise once again raising the bar by performing his own death-defying stunts, including hanging on the side of Airbus A400M as it takes off and flies 5,000 feet above the ground. Terminator: Genisys earned almost half a billion dollars at the global box office, allowing Skydance to claim a second billion-dollar milestone in only five years of operation. [IMG: our-story-2015] [IMG: our-story-2015] [H1] 2016 Skydance continued its rapid expansion with the acquisition of a leading game developer to form Skydance Interactive. An avid gamer, it was always David’s ambition to expand Skydance’s world-building and storytelling into virtual reality and immersive gameplay. The interactive studio now brings together leading artists and technologists to create and publish original and IP-based virtual reality. Fueling another year of box office success, the next chapters in two of the most popular franchises launched with Star Trek Beyond and Jack Reacher: Never Go Back earning more than half a billion dollars worldwide. [IMG: our-story-2016] [IMG: our-story-2016] [H1] 2017 David Ellison realized a lifelong passion by launching Skydance Animation. Its mission: to bring bold, meaningful and original stories to global audiences with a team exceptional artists, harnessing the power of animation to bring these worlds to life. The studio’s film slate now includes: Luck, directed by Peggy Holmes; Spellbound, directed by Vicky Jenson, with music and score composed by the legendary Alan Menken; and Pookoo, written and directed by Nathan Greno. In addition to its films, the studio is expanding its reach by developing a number of high-quality series. Skydance Interactive released its first virtual reality title: Archangel. This mech-shooter game received multiple award nominations and wins, including Best in VR at E3. Archangel went on to launch a multiplayer update, Archangel: Hellfire, adding new maps and mechs to this wildly popular title. [IMG: our-story-2017] [IMG: our-story-2017] [H1] 2018 Skydance formed a strategic partnership with global communications giant Tencent, allowing the Company access to Tencent’s expertise and unmatched scale in China, the second largest media market in the world, further strengthening its global footprint. Tencent’s partnership allows for co-financing opportunities on all Skydance films in this critical global market, as well as marketing, distributing and merchandising efforts. The partnership also supports collaboration in television, interactive and virtual reality. Mission: Impossible – Fallout hit theaters to become the highest-grossing film in the franchise’s history. Tom Cruise’s sixth turn as Ethan Hunt saw the daredevil actor perform a HALO jump from 25,000 feet in the air, among other jaw-dropping stunts. Skydance Television continued its success, celebrating five series on-air and streaming with the season four premiere of Grace and Frankie and the series premieres of epic sci-fi noir Altered Carbon on Netflix; spy-thriller Condor on AT&T Audience Network; revenge fantasy Dietland on AMC; and Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan on Amazon, which brought Tom Clancy’s legendary character Jack Ryan to television for the first time. [IMG: our-story-2018] [IMG: our-story-2018] [H1] 2019 Skydance launched its fifth pillar with Skydance New Media, a division creating story-focused interactive experiences crafted as IP-based series with real-time computer graphic technology, where the user is fully in control of exploration, discovery, mystery, adventure and problem solving. Skydance continued its longstanding relationship with Netflix with the premiere of the studio’s first streaming film, the explosive 6 Underground, starring Ryan Reynolds and directed by Michael Bay. Within its first month of release, the massively popular action film was viewed by more than 83 million subscribers and went on to become one of the most popular films of all time on the streaming service. That same year, Skydance teamed with visionary director Ang Lee for Gemini Man starring Will Smith and reunited Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton for Terminator: Dark Fate helmed by Tim Miller and produced by series creator James Cameron. [IMG: our-story-2019] [IMG: our-story-2019] [H1] 2020 With the release of The Old Guard, Skydance landed its second movie on Netflix’s list of Top Ten Most Popular Films – and is notably the only studio to achieve this milestone to date. The massively popular and critically acclaimed action movie was directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and written by Greg Rucka, and stars Charlize Theron and KiKi Layne. To exceptional reviews from both fans and media alike, Skydance Interactive launched the top-selling, award-nominated The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners, a virtual reality game that allowed players to step through the flooded streets of post-apocalyptic New Orleans and has expanded to include The Meatgrinder horde mode update and addictive downloadable content. Skydance Animation Madrid established to create one globally integrated studio across two continents, with more than 350 animation colleagues in Los Angeles and Madrid, solidifying the studio full oversight of all production aspects across features and television, ensuring the highest quality throughout the life cycle of each project. Skydance announced a $275 million capital raise to further expand its scope across the entertainment landscape, led by strategic investments from RedBird Capital Partners, a private investor with extensive reach across sports and entertainment, and Korean powerhouse CJ ENM and its entertainment subsidiary Studio Dragon. The partnership with CJ ENM allows Skydance to collaborate across both studios’ vast libraries to create compelling stories with worldwide audience appeal in addition to further strengthening its presence within the APAC region. [IMG: our-story-2020] [IMG: our-story-2020] [H1] 2021 Skydance continued to grow with the launch of Skydance Sports to develop premium sports related scripted and unscripted content, documentaries and events. Skydance Animation’s inaugural animated short, Blush, premiered at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival. The animated short from writer/director Joe Mateo went on to receive critical praise as well as a number of accolades and nominations. Skydance New Media announced a partnership with Marvel Entertainment for their first project: a narrative-driven, blockbuster action-adventure game featuring a completely original story and take on the Marvel Universe, Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra. The Tomorrow War starring Chris Pratt and Yvonne Strahovski premiered and became the most streamed movie during its opening weekend on Prime Video. The studio also released Without Remorse starring Michael B. Jordan and Snake Eyes starring Henry Golding. Skydance Television released the first season of the epic sci-fi saga Foundation. The show quickly became a global hit and went on to receive two Primetime Emmy Nominations along with two VES Award wins. [IMG: our-story-2021] [IMG: our-story-2021] [H1] 2022 The highly anticipated film Top Gun: Maverick broke numerous box office records including becoming the highest gross domestic film of the year. The film received universal praise from fans and critics and landed countless award nominations and wins. In addition to winning the Oscar for “Best Sound,” the film received a total of six nominations at the 95th Academy Awards including one for “Best Picture,” the film also won the People’s Choice Award for “Best Action Movie of 2022.” Skydance expanded its relationship with Apple by entering a multi-year, live action first look deal with the streamer to produce an annual slate of premium feature films. Skydance premiered The Adam Project starring Ryan Reynolds on Netflix which became one of the streamer’s most popular films of all time and went on to win the People’s Choice Award for “Comedy Movie of 2022.” The studio also released The Greatest Beer Run Ever, starring Zac Efron and Russell Crowe and directed by Peter Farrelly, which debuted at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival before premiering on Apple TV+. Skydance Television released the first season of Reacher on Prime Video. Based on the book series by Lee Child, Reacher was a massive hit premiering as the most watched series on Prime Video and swiftly earned a season two renewal. Fans also bid a heartfelt farewell to Grace and Frankie, which with the release of its final episodes, became the longest running series in Netflix history. Skydance Animation released its first feature film, Luck. Directed by Peggy Holmes and starring Eva Noblezada, Simon Pegg, Jane Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg and Flula Borg, this heartwarming film quickly became a fan favorite on Apple TV+. Within its first year, Skydance Sports formed numerous partnerships with the biggest names in sports and entertainment including with the NFL, Tom Brady’s Religion of Sports and Meadowlark Media. The studio also released its first project, the Sports Emmy-nominated docuseries Good Rivals, focusing on the unique rivalry between the U.S. and Mexico’s national soccer teams. Skydance New Media announced its second game: a collaboration with Lucasfilm Games to develop and produce a richly cinematic action-adventure a game featuring an original story in the legendary Star WarsTM galaxy. Skydance Interactive released the next chapter of the tourist’s story with The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinner – Chapter 2: Retribution. [IMG: our-story-2022] [IMG: our-story-2022] [H1] 2023 Skydance became the first and only independent studio to reach the #1 spot on two streamers in the same weekend with The Family Plan on Apple TV+ and the second season of Reacher on Prime Video, both debuting the week of December 15, 2023. The Family Plan was the most viewed movie in Apple TV+ history at the time of release, and Reacher quickly became the #1 title of 2023 for Prime Video. In addition to The Family Plan, Skydance released several feature films including the Academy Award nominated Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning as well as Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Ghosted, Heart of Stone, and Spy Kids: Armageddon. Air, the first scripted feature from Skydance Sports, debuted to critical acclaim. Directed by Ben Affleck and starring Affleck, Matt Damon, and Viola Davis, the film went on to receive Golden Globe nominations for “Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy” and “Best Actor – Musical or Comedy” for Matt Damon’s performance. The sports studio also released NFL Draft: The Pick Is In on the Roku Channel and Kelce on Prime Video – both documentaries broke records on their respective platforms and went on to receive nominations at the 45th Sports Emmy Awards. Skydance Animation formed a new multi-year partnership with Netflix to develop and produce animated films for the streamer including Spellbound, Pookoo, Ray Gun
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The Hollywood Reporter 04.21 Michael Shannon To Play Hall Of Fame Coach Bill Parcells In Skydance Sports Movie About NFL’s 1983 “Mr. Irrelevant” John Tuggle Deadline 04.16 Diana Taurasi Docuseries Set at Amazon Prime Video Following WNBA Star and Olympic Gold Medalist’s Life and Career Variety 04.04 Kansas City Chiefs Docuseries in the Works at ESPN The Hollywood Reporter 03.28 Hallmark Teams Up With NFL for Second Christmas Movie, ‘Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story’ Variety 03.27 Streaming Ratings: ‘Reacher’ Leads Overall As ‘Running Point’ Makes Notable Bow The Hollywood Reporter 03.27 Max Irons, André De Shields & Marc Menchaca Round Out Cast Of ‘Neuromancer’ Apple TV+ Series Deadline 03.27 Dane DeHaan Joins ‘Neuromancer’ Apple TV+ Series Deadline 03.19 ‘Reacher’ Returns With Record Viewership On Prime Video Through First 19 Days Of Season 3 Deadline 03.13 ‘Neuromancer’ Apple TV+ Series Casts Peter Sarsgaard Variety 03.13 Matthew McConaughey & Woody Harrelson’s Apple Comedy Series Rounds Out Cast Variety 03.06 Clémence Poésy Joins ‘Neuromancer’ Apple TV+ Series Deadline 03.06 Skydance Sports Inks Overall Deal With NFL MVP Josh Allen The Hollywood Reporter 03.04 Bill Nighy Joins Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham in Amazon Prime Video Action Series ‘Ride or Die’ Variety 02.27 ‘Reacher’ Spinoff ‘Neagley’ Adds Five Series Regulars Variety 02.25 Skydance Sports Joins Hidden Empire for Annual NFL Career Tour Variety 02.24 Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson’s Apple TV+ Comedy Casts Natalie Martinez and Brittany Ishibashi Variety 02.21 Jason Winer To Direct & Exec Produce Matthew McConaughey & Woody Harrelson’s Brothers Comedy Series At Apple Deadline 02.07 Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson Comedy Series Casts Holland Taylor as McConaughey’s Mother Variety 02.06 Mark Strong Joins ‘Neuromancer’ Apple TV+ Series Deadline 02.04 Corey Stoll Latest To Join Apple’s ‘Matchbox’ Movie Deadline 02.03 Danai Gurira Joins John Cena in ‘Matchbox’ Movie The Hollywood Reporter 01.31 Rafael Nadal Docuseries in Development From Netflix and Skydance Sports Variety 12.18 ‘Sex Education’s Reda Elazouar Joins Mark Wahlberg In ‘The Family Plan’ Sequel Deadline 12.17 Kit Harington Joins Mark Wahlberg In Apple And Skydance’s ‘The Family Plan’ Sequel Deadline 12.11 ‘Cross’ Reaches 40 Million Viewers in First 20 Days on Prime Video The Wrap 12.06 Teyonah Parris Joins John Cena’s ‘Matchbox’ Movie The Hollywood Reporter 12.06 Arturo Castro Joins Apple’s Live-Action ‘Matchbox’ Deadline 12.05 Sam Richardson Latest To Join Apple’s Live-Action ‘Matchbox’ Movie Deadline 12.04 Sienna Miller Joins John Krasinski in ‘Jack Ryan’ Movie for Amazon The Hollywood Reporter 12.04 Jason Kelce to Host Late Night Talk Show for ESPN The Hollywood Reporter 11.22 Paramount Acquires ‘Freediver’ Documentary Variety 11.08 John Krasinski Returning to Star in ‘Jack Ryan’ Movie for Amazon The Hollywood Reporter 10.30 Mark Wahlberg & Michelle Monaghan Returning For Apple/Skydance Sequel To ‘The Family Plan’ Deadline 10.30 Dan Fogelman Sets NFL Family Drama Series at Hulu Variety 10.15 ‘Reacher’ Renewed for Season 4 as Amazon Prime Video Sets Season 3 Release for 2025 Variety 10.09 ‘Reacher’ Spinoff Starring Maria Sten Gets Amazon Green Light The Hollywood Reporter 10.01 John Cena To Star In ‘Matchbox’ Movie From Sam Hargrave, Skydance, Mattel Films And Apple Deadline 09.17 Aaron Rodgers Docuseries Touches Down At Netflix Deadline 09.09 Peter Farrelly’s Amazon MGM Action Comedy ‘Balls Up’ Adds Chelsey Crisp To Cast Deadline 09.09 Apple’s ‘Way Of The Warrior Kid’ Adds Levi McConaughey & Ava Torres Deadline 09.04 Linda Cardellini & Jude Hill To Star Opposite Chris Pratt In Apple & Skydance’s ‘Way Of The Warrior Kid’ Deadline 08.27 Brooklyn Decker Among 6 Cast In Amazon’s YA Drama Series ‘The Runarounds’ From ‘Outer Banks’ Creators Deadline 08.19 Myha’la Joins Zazie Beetz In New Line Nocturna Skydance Horror Pic ‘They Will Kill You’ Deadline 08.13 Heather Graham Joins Zazie Beetz in Horror Thriller ‘They Will Kill You’ The Hollywood Reporter 08.12 Patricia Arquette, Tom Felton Join Zazie Beetz in Horror Thriller ‘They Will Kill You’ The Hollywood Reporter 08.07 Daniela Melchior Lands Female Lead In Peter Farrelly’s ‘Balls Up’ At Amazon MGM And Skydance; Eric André Also On Board Deadline 08.05 New Line To Co-Finance & Release Zazie Beetz Horror Pic ‘They Will Kill You’ From Skydance & Muschiettis’ Nocturna Deadline 07.31 Plaion to publish Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra Games Industry 07.29 Benjamin Bratt Latest To Join Mark Wahlberg, Paul Walter Hauser In Amazon MGM’s ‘Balls Up’ Deadline 07.18 Amazon Lands Idaho Murders Doc Series From Directors Liz Garbus, Matthew Galkin The Hollywood Reporter 07.01 ‘Neuromancer’: Briana Middleton Joins Callum Turner In Apple TV+ Series Deadline 06.28 Hallmark, NFL Team for Kansas City Chiefs-Themed Christmas Movie The Hollywood Reporter 06.25 Mark Walhberg & Paul Walter Hauser To Star In Amazon MGM Action Comedy ‘Balls Up’ From Peter Farrelly Deadline 06.21 ‘Moana’ Co-Director Don Hall Inks Deal With Skydance Animation The Hollywood Reporter 06.04 Skydance Media Installs Pair Of Execs In Top Business Affairs, Legal And HR Posts, Expands Roles Of CFO Larry Wasserman And General Counsel Stephanie Kyoko McKinnon Deadline 05.29 Netflix announces 10-part Jerry Jones documentary series, promising 'definitive story' of Cowboys owner CBS Sports 05.16 Tim McGraw to Star in Bull Rider Drama Series at Netflix Variety 05.16 New York Giants Set For New Iteration Of HBO’s ‘Hard Knocks’ Deadline 05.15 Carrie-Anne Moss Joins Arnold Schwarzenegger In ‘Fubar’ Season 2 Deadline 05.13 Skydance Animation Names Blue Sky Studios Vet Bruce Anderson Head Of Production Deadline 05.10 Maria Bakalova & 3 Others Join Apple’s Action Adventure Pic ‘Mayday’ Deadline 04.25 ‘Masters Of The Air’s Callum Turner Joins Apple TV’s New Sci-Fi Series ‘Neuromancer’ Deadline 04.23 Skydance Sports Expands Leadership Team With Nancy Cotton, Sandino Moya-Smith, Danette Trosclair Deadline 04.11 ‘Foundation’: Cherry Jones, Brandon P. Bell Among 8 Cast For Season 3 Of Apple Series Deadline 03.21 ‘Succession’s Arian Moayed and Carmen Ejogo Join ‘Fountain Of Youth’ For Apple And Skydance Deadline 03.15 ‘It’ Duo Andy and Barbara Muschietti, Skydance Launch Horror Label Nocturna The Hollywood Reporter 03.14 ‘Expats’ Star Brian Tee Among Four Joining Prime Video’s ‘Reacher’ For Season 3 Deadline 03.06 Apple Greenlights New Sci-Fi Drama Series ‘Neuromancer’ Based On William Gibson Novel Deadline 02.28 ‘Outer Banks’ Creators Set Music Drama ‘The Runarounds’ at Amazon (Exclusive) The Hollywood Reporter 02.26 Troy Kotsur Joins Apple TV+’s ‘Foundation’ Season 3 Cast The Hollywood Reporter 02.23 Skydance Sports Ups Ashley Nendick To CFO, Taps Marjorie Williams For Business, Legal Affairs Deadline 02.22 ‘Reacher’ Will Go Undercover as Season 3’s Source Material Announced; Maria Sten Set to Return Variety 01.24 Eiza González To Star Opposite John Krasinski And Natalie Portman In ‘Fountain Of Youth’ For Apple And Skydance Deadline 01.19 Domhnall Gleeson Joins Guy Ritchie’s ‘Fountain Of Youth’ At Apple And Skydance Deadline 01.18 John Krasinski & Natalie Portman To Star In Guy Ritchie’s ‘Fountain Of Youth’ For Apple And Skydance Deadline 01.11 Mark Wahlberg’s ‘The Family Plan’ Apple TV+’s Most Watched Movie Ever Deadline 12.21 ‘Reacher’ Season 2 Comes Out Swinging For Amazon & Skydance As Prime Video’s Top Title Of The Year Deadline 12.21 Hannah Waddingham-Octavia Spencer Action-Adventure Show Lands at Amazon The Hollywood Reporter 12.19 ‘Foundation’ Renewed for Third Season at Apple TV+ The Hollywood Reporter 12.05 Gary Ross To Direct ‘Old Time Hockey’ For Skydance Sports Deadline 11.30 Skydance Television Bolsters Development & Production Team With Shelley Zimmerman & David Wolkis Hires Deadline 10.24 Jason T. Reed Named Head of Skydance Sports The Hollywood Reporter 10.05 Jason Kelce Documentary ‘Kelce’ Examining Eagles Team Captain’s 2022-23 Season Unveils Prime Video Premiere Date Deadline 08.14 Skydance Media Closes $1B Credit Facility Led By J.P. Morgan Deadline 07.11 Tituss Burgess Joins Voice Cast of Apple and Skydance Animation’s ‘Spellbound’ The Hollywood Reporter 06.13 Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh to Star in Skydance, Apple Feature ‘Mayday’ The Hollywood Reporter 06.09 Roku, Skydance And NFL Films Team For Documentary About The Draft Deadline 05.11 Skydance Sports, NFL Films And Dallas Cowboys’ Jerry Jones Team For Docuseries Covering Owner’s Rise, 1990s Super Bowl Titles And Building Of Richest Franchise In Sports Deadline 05.03 ‘Yellowstone’ And Country Music Star Tim McGraw Teams With Skydance To Launch Nashville-Based Down Home, A Media Company For “Everyday Americans” Deadline 04.13 ‘The Big Door Prize’ Earns Speedy Renewal at Apple The Hollywood Reporter 04.05 James Patterson Signs First-Look Deal With Skydance Television Variety 03.21 Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson Re-Team for Apple TV+ Comedy The Hollywood Reporter 03.15 ‘Ghosted’ Director Dexter Fletcher & Skydance Reunite On ‘Fountain Of Youth’; James Vanderbilt Penning Script Deadline 03.09 Sigourney Weaver Joins Miles Teller In ‘The Gorge’ For Apple And Skydance Deadline 03.01 Ben Affleck, Matt Damon’s ‘AIR’ Scores 2023 Global Theatrical Release The Hollywood Reporter 01.23 Octavia Spencer’s Orit Entertainment Enters First-Look Deal With Skydance Television The Hollywood Reporter 12.20 Amazon’s ‘Cross’ Adds Isaiah Mustafa, Ryan Eggold The Hollywood Reporter 11.29 Nzingha Stewart To Direct First 2 Episodes Of Amazon’s ‘Cross’ Starring Aldis Hodge Deadline 11.22 Maggie Q, Ciaran Hinds Among Those Rounding Out Cast For Apple And Skydance’s ’The Family Plan’ Starring Mark Wahlberg Deadline 11.18 NFL And Skydance Team To Create Multi-Sport Production Studio Deadline 11.15 America’s Cup, Skydance Sports And ‘Free Solo’ Team Board All-Access Documentary Series On World’s Greatest Sailing Competition Deadline 11.03 Aldis Hodge To Star As Alex Cross As Amazon Orders Series From Ben Watkins, Paramount TV & Skydance Deadline 10.27 Michelle Monaghan Joins Mark Wahlberg In Apple And Skydance’s ‘The Family Plan’ Deadline 10.19 Skydance Media Completes $400 Million Funding Round Led By New Investor KKR, Values Company At Over $4 Billion Deadline 10.13 Kylian Mbappé Inks First Look Deal With Skydance Sports The Hollywood Reporter 10.12 Apple Original Films Boards Skydance’s ‘The Gorge’ With Anya Taylor-Joy Set To Co-Star Opposite Miles Teller Deadline 10.11 ‘The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners’ Studio Reveals Next VR
SUB-PAGE (https://skydance.com/tv/cross-season-2/) Cross Season 2 – Skydance Media
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Cross Season 2
NOW STREAMING ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO
How to Watch
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How to Watch
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Seasons
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About
Cross is a complex twisted thriller set in Washington, D.C. that follows Alex Cross, a brilliant homicide detective and forensic psychologist with an uncanny ability to get inside the minds of killers in order to stop them. Season Two pushes the series into a bolder, more dangerous chapter as billionaire business titan Lance Durand calls the FBI for protection after receiving a death threat — one that links him to the murder of a billionaire playboy. Detective Alex Cross and FBI Agent Kayla Craig lead a new joint mission to protect Durand and to find the killer, who leaves behind gruesome clues. Meanwhile, John Sampson, Cross’ partner and longtime best friend, makes an unexpected connection.
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Cast & Crew
Showrunner | Executive Producer
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Ben Watkins
Executive Producer
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Aldis Hodge
Executive Producer
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Sam Ernst
Executive Producer
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Jim Dunn
Executive Producer
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J. David Shanks
Executive Producer
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Aiyana White
Executive Producer
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Craig Siebels
Executive Producer
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Owen Shiflett
Executive Producer
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James Patterson
Executive Producer
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Bill Robinson
Executive Producer
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Patrick Santa
Detective Alex Cross
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Aldis Hodge
John Sampson
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Isaiah Mustafa
Kayla Craig
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Alona Tal
Lance
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Matthew Lillard
Rebecca
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Jeanine Mason
Donnie
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Wes Chatham
Elle Montiero
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Samantha Walkes
Regina “Nana Mama” Cross
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Juanita Jennings
Damon Cross
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Caleb Elijah
Janelle “Jannie” Cross
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Melody Hurd
Bobby Trey Abellard
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Johnny Ray Gill
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🛡️ Trust Signals — reviews, proof links, trust-theatre flag (Trust & Proof)
| Page | Reviews | Proof links |
|---|---|---|
| / (home) | 2 | 3 |
| /about/ | 4 | 2 |
| /news/ | 6 | 2 |
| /tv/cross-season-2/ | 2 | 2 |
🔗 Identity & Technical Layer — schema JSON-LD: identity chains, entity gaps (Identity & Authority)
Homepage schema
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"@id": "https://skydance.com/#website"
},
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"@type": "ListItem",
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/about/
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/news/
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},
"thumbnailUrl": "https://skydance.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/news-bg.c6c4f8.jpg",
"datePublished": "2020-06-29T18:54:43+00:00",
"dateModified": "2020-09-22T19:44:08+00:00",
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},
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"height": 1083
},
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"@type": "ListItem",
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},
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"name": "News"
}
]
},
{
"@type": "WebSite",
"@id": "https://skydance.com/#website",
"url": "https://skydance.com/",
"name": "Skydance Media",
"description": "",
"potentialAction": [
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"@type": "EntryPoint",
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/tv/cross-season-2/
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"@type": "WebPage",
"@id": "https://skydance.com/tv/cross-season-2/",
"url": "https://skydance.com/tv/cross-season-2/",
"name": "Cross Season 2 - Skydance Media",
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},
"image": {
"@id": "https://skydance.com/tv/cross-season-2/#primaryimage"
},
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"caption": "Alex Cross Season 2 Amazon Prime Skydance Television"
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Your Diagnosis
Before revealing the machine’s verdict, predict the BS score for each signal. Higher = more BS (more fluff, less verifiable substance). Drag each slider, then submit to compare your judgment against the engine.
Stuck? Reveal the heuristic lens — how the deterministic page-auditor reads each signal (no AI, pure pattern rules)
These are the structural rules a local, deterministic auditor applies — the same lens you can use to judge each signal. They describe what to look for, not this company’s result.
Classify each sentence as substantive or hollow. Grounding markers — numbers, currencies, dates, technical units, named entities — outweigh marketing adjectives. When fluff sits right next to hard evidence, the fluff is forgiven.
Pull the main entities out of the H1, then check whether they actually recur through the body. A page that announces one thing and then talks about another drifts. Headings with no real sentences underneath read as pseudo-substance.
Count trust words (review, testimonial, rating, verified) against real outbound proof links (Google, Trustpilot, Clutch, G2, Yelp). Lots of trust language with zero verification links is trust theatre. Unlinked logo galleries count against it.
Look at how much sentence length varies. Natural writing varies its rhythm; templated or mass-produced copy is statistically uniform. Very low variation reads as commodity content — unless unique named entities break the pattern.
Inspect the JSON-LD. Is there an Organization or Person schema, and does it carry sameAs links to real external profiles (LinkedIn, socials)? Missing schema or no identity declaration signals an anonymous entity.
Want to apply this lens yourself? The free BS Indicator Chrome extension runs these heuristic checks live on any page. Bear in mind it is a single-page, deterministic tool — it relies only on pattern rules for the page in front of it and does not perform the cross-page semantic correlation this audit uses, so its readout is a starting lens, not the full verdict.
Based on 1884 businesses audited.
Skydance Media has 16.5 points less BS than the average for Arts, Culture & Entertainment.
Arts, Culture & Entertainment BS: Skydance Media (skydance.com)
Skydance Media is a substance-heavy entity that treats its website as a professional portfolio of global IP. The BS score is driven only by minor technical SEO structural errors (H1 spam) and a few unavoidable industry cliches. This is a rare example of a site where the reality of the business likely exceeds the claims made on the page.
Consolidate the homepage heading structure to use a single H1 and move slide titles to H2 or H3 to improve technical coherence. Map the existing ‘Skydance in the News’ section to specific NewsArticle schema to formalize the proof paths. Add Person schema for David Ellison to link the brand’s primary authority figure to his verifiable digital footprint. Explicitly link the ‘billion-dollar box office’ claims to a data source or press release to fully close the trust loop.
The site is an exact match for the Arts, Culture & Entertainment category, specifically within the film, television, and digital media production sectors. The content is entirely focused on content creation, IP management, and global distribution partnerships.
“The score of 16 represents minimal BS. Information density (4/30) and Semantic Coherence (2/20) are the strongest pillars, as the site provides overwhelming specific evidence for every claim. The score is only elevated by minor technical flaws and the use of 'immersive' and 'world-class' jargon in the value prop blocks.”
This training module utilizes a snapshot of public data from Skydance Media, captured on May 24, 2026, to demonstrate how machine logic evaluates different types of business narratives.
Purpose: This data is presented under “Fair Use” / “Educational Exception” for the purpose of forensic semantic analysis, allowing users to compare human intuition against machine-generated evaluations.
Notice to Skydance Media: This analysis is part of a non-adversarial audit conducted by 1 Euro SEO. The results provided by 1EuroSEO are intended as professional feedback to help improve any website’s machine-readability and authority signals. The 1EuroSEO BS Detection Tool is a free tool, and anyone can test any company to see how their content is interpreted by AI models.
Any company can use the insights for free and improve its voice by comparing it to industry clichés or competitors. When a company has updated its content, it can always submit a new audit request, which will be reflected in a new current score.
To all users: You are encouraged to visit the live site at https://skydance.com to view the most current version of its content and learn from the source what this company is about and what it offers.