Skydance rise: Skydance’s 20-year defiance Skydance rise is transforming the industry. In 2002, when I attended the Sundance Film Festival, Skydance was just David Ellison’s $40 million bet on a handful of low-budget indies. Today, it’s the studio rewriting Hollywood’s playbook by turning $50 million gambles into $1 billion franchises. The shift didn’t happen overnight. […]