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Skydance Pauses New Spending On Jeremy Strong 9/11 First Responders Drama Series Amid Uncertainty Over Paramount Merger Approval
Skydance is pausing new spending on 9/12, a drama series starring and executive produce by Jeremy Strong and written and EP-ed by Tobias Lindholm.
Tentatively titled 9/12, the series, which was originally set up at Sister in 2021 as The Best Of Us before moving to Skydance late last year, tells the story of the first responders of 9/11, relying on heavily researched accounts, and pays tribute to those impacted. Still, the initial window coming to an end amid lack of significant FCC engagement on the proposed merger — the first evidence of talks between the watchdog agency and Paramount came only last week — likely raised enough concern for Skydance brass to halt spending against projects budged under the combined company. Working behind the scenes during the past few months has been former Sister Global CEO Cindy Holland, a Senior Advisor To David Ellison and Skydance, who has been putting together a programming strategy for Paramount+ post-merger.
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