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53 of 53 · most liked firstNever forget that David Ellison's Skydance Media was originally created so he could be an actor. Skydance's first film was 'Flyboys' starring James Franco and... David Ellison. David and his daddy invested $60m to make Flyboys. It grossed $17m Here's a bit of David's acting:
unlabelledView post →"David Ellison dropped out of the University of Southern California’s film school and started an acting career. His father heavily financed his first major movie as an actor, 'Flyboys,' which was widely considered a flop." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b...
unlabelledView post →It’s been 20 years since Flyboys came out. It’s a film that featured David Ellison in one of the lead roles, as his dad Larry helped pay for the $60 million budget and David dropped out of university to star in this. It bombed hard, and it stunted David’s acting career.
unlabelledView post →David Ellison got his start in media when his dad paid to produce the movie 'Flyboys' so that David could act in it-David's dream was to be an actor. David is an awful actor.
unlabelledView post →The Flyboys love spending quality time together, long flights, small talks, movie nights, sharing meals out and of course battling. Orv is especially clingy and loves snuggles and hand holding. Boomi is always happy to oblige. they both have unshared hobbies and interests as well
unlabelledView post →Is it possible that David Ellison is ruining the film industry in revenge for him being a horrible actor? Don't tell us you don't remember him in Flyboys - aka WWI Top Gun - alongside James Franco and Martin Henderson?!
unlabelledView post →Flyboys must be at least nominated for it being the most mediocre film to make such a huge impact on the film industry that it's not even funny. Also, screw James Franco.
unlabelledView post →(Not Nickelodeon related, but still concerns its new parent company) Skydance’s first movie “Flyboys” turned 20 yesterday and one of the cast members was, you guessed it, the CEO of the company David Ellison. His acting career didn’t last and it was a box office bomb.
unlabelledView post →I didn’t know that he was one of the lead roles in a movie called Flyboys, which I’ve never heard of it until now.
unlabelledView post →A Father, a Son and Their $108 Billion Push for Media Moguldom: David Ellison dropped out of the University of Southern California’s film school and started an acting career. His father heavily financed his first major movie as an actor, 'Flyboys,' which was widely considered a flop.
unlabelledView post →Oh, I remember reading about this woman in Flyboys (the book by James Bradley, not the WWI movie). I don't know how scholarly accurate the book was, but it completely changed how I viewed warfare as a teen, going from "wow, guns and bombs sure are Neat" to "oh god war must always be a last resort."
unlabelledView post →Chris Roberts was developing a World War I flying movie called American Knight at the time and the Flyboys box office was the final nail in its coffin.
unlabelledView post →Some of you believe I am out here trying to destroy film. I already tried that when I produced Flyboys, and it was not that lucrative
unlabelledView post →All the talk about a studio head's flop of a first movie is a nicer prompt than it looks: almost everyone has an early creative attempt — a band, a story, a shaky short film — they'd rather leave in a drawer. I've never seen Flyboys myself. Which one is yours?
unlabelledView post →On a more personal level, "Flyboys" by James Bradley (who wrote "Flags of Our Fathers" that got turned into a movie) is deeply moving. But Bradley's revisionist politics on the war gradually surface more and more in each subsequent book he writes.
unlabelledView post →Just found out that Larry Ellison’s nepo-baby son David Ellison was cast in this horrible movie called “Flyboys” in 2006
unlabelledView post →I mean I’ve written a bunch of AUs that I’ll volunteer to turn into a movie any day 😂 Other than that, Gefionne’s “Flyboys” would probably be my top pick for a film. It has a very cinematic plot and since it’s an AU it would be easy to file the serial numbers off.
unlabelledView post →Today I realized that David Ellison initially tried acting, being one of the main characters in the James Franco WW1 movie Flyboys (also produced by David's Skydance and funded by his dad) before deciding to just be in the business side of things. If only he stayed as just another nepo baby actor.
unlabelledView post →CBS CEO David Ellison is the son of billionaire Oracle Corp chairman Larry Ellison. He dropped out of Pepperdine and USC. Funded a movie with his family's money, Flyboys, a box-office bomb. Same song, Epteenth verse.
unlabelledView post →First he wanted to buy his way into being a movie star (see Flyboys). Then he bought his way into co-financing Paramount's major franchises (P has long been the financially weakest major studio) like M:I, Star Trek, Jack Ryan, Terminator. Then he bought Paramount. Now he bought WB.
unlabelledView post →Failed actor David Ellison has completed his takeover of Paramount and Warne Bros after realising he couldn't buy himself a movie star career. It should be noted Flyboys isn't a terrible film... but Ellison is atrocious.
unlabelledView post →David Ellison was in Flyboys and hated it so much he decided to destroy the medium of film
unlabelledView post →If you ever want to REALLY regret watching a movie, catch FLYBOYS. It’s a WW1 drama about rich kids who become fighter pilots. Larry Ellison financed the film so his dipshit son could act in it. The same dipshit son who is about to run CBS. James Franco is in it. It’s so, so, so fucking bad.
unlabelledView post →Well aware. I’ve seen Flyboys. He’s not in this movie - he produced it.
unlabelledView post →Ellison’s lengthy bio on IMDB notes says he is “an accomplished pilot and a lifelong film enthusiast. He attended the School of Cinematic Arts at USC,” but never mentions his starring role in Flyboys. I guess they ran out of room on the internet.
unlabelledView post →You gotta wonder how different news would be today if people had gone to see the terrible looking James Franco movie FLYBOYS and thought "Hey, the ugly nepobaby with no eyebrows is a pretty decent actor." (I have not seen Flyboys, I bet David Ellison is not a good actor)
unlabelledView post →David Ellison poked fun at his 2006 acting debut in ‘FLYBOYS’ during Paramount Pictures’ CinemaCon presentation. He recalled partnering on the film early in his career, noting that Variety called it one of the biggest bombs of 2006, before adding an apology. #CinemaCon #Paramount
unlabelledView post →If you want to see how talentless nepobaby David Ellison is, get hold of "Flyboys" and watch - Ellison financed the movie for the role he got. The performance is the definition of "wooden."
unlabelledView post →His first foray into the entertainment industry was attempting to buy his way into being a movie star. (Check out the movie Flyboys.) Unfortunately he was too weird-looking and stiff to be an actor, so he had to resort to the backup option of buying his way into being a movie mogul.
unlabelledView post →I never thought the dude from Flyboys could potentially destroy the film industry.
unlabelledView post →And here’s another fun fact, their first ever film was the James Franco WWI epic Flyboys, and Ellison himself had a supporting role in the movie, what an egomaniac!
unlabelledView post →it should really be stated in the article that David started skydance to produce Flyboys in 2006 (when he was 23 years old), a terrible movie he himself stars in, and then they slowly took over Paramount. I'm sure the money used to start skydance was completely his own too.
unlabelledView post →Ooh, or Flyboys. There's a half decent movie in there trying to get out.
unlabelledView post →I was mostly in the countryside - Netherland's 'big sky' :-) - when listening to especially Flyboys and the Interpreter-soundtracks, and felt i was IN a movie.
unlabelledView post →Time to be reminded of what true #honour, #courage, & #valour really look like on the right side of history! Flyboys Official Trailer #1 - James Franco Movie (2006) HD youtu.be/0ejaNRXaQzg?... via @YouTubeOfficial
unlabelledView post →Wait why is the only movie on both Paramount+ and HBO Max right now 2006’s FLYBOYS
unlabelledView post →David Ellison, buying up the #media bought Skydance, then he bought Paramount, and later he bought Warner Bros. Discovery. Sean Morrow wrote: "David Ellison's Skydance Media was originally created so he could be an actor. Skydance's first film was 'Flyboys' starring James Franco and David […]
unlabelledView post →Flyboys is such a shit movie, I literally livetweeted a hatewatch of it on the Old Site. It was the only way I could get through it. These are the creative minds now in control of ~20% of Hollywood
unlabelledView post →"Flyboys" officially the worst movie since "The Birth of a Nation."
unlabelledView post →He's actually in a fave movie, Flyboys, playing one of the rich Americans who joined the Lafayette Escadrille during WWI. (Spoiler: After his character crashed, James Franco's character had to cut off his arm.)
unlabelledView post →🎬 The Top 4 Action Movies Released on August 15! What's your fave? 1. Kill Shot 2. The Flyboys 3. Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II - The Battle for Doldrey 4. Once Upon a Time in China 44 #Action movies released today: https://todayinmovies.com/genres/aug-15#action #FilmSky
unlabelledView post →David Ellison, star of the movie Flyboys, a movie financed by his father, Larry Ellison, wants you to know he’ll be a benevolent mogul on daddy’s dime.
unlabelledView post →Flyboys was made but I think that a video game would be better if made rather than another fighter planes movie
unlabelledView post →I remember middle school me excited for Flyboys, the first WWI movie in years. Also watched Scorsese’s The Aviator, which deals with Hughes’s life around this time. I struggle to find a remix for this movie beyond novelization or movie bundle collection
unlabelledView post →We are making a movie with French people in it that speak English so we are contractually obligated to hire Jean Reno. (m s v) #Flyboys
unlabelledView post →Tonight at @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco: • 5:30 PM: Bruce Henderson: Midnight Flyboys • 6 PM: ‘American Solitaire’ Film Screening Details & tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events
unlabelledView post →"David Ellison dropped out of the University of Southern California’s film school and started an acting career. His father heavily financed his first major movie as an actor, “Flyboys,” which was widely considered a flop." So tired of these nepo babies. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b...
unlabelledView post →I think it's notable David Ellison's first movie was Flyboys funded with daddy's money. The film received mixed reviews from critics, and grossed $18 million against a $60M budget.
unlabelledView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #RussellCrowe #Nuremberg #Flyboys James Franco’s Forgotten WWI Movie Gets Shot Down by Russell Crowe’s ‘Nuremberg’ http://dlvr.it/TPXqhs
unlabelledView post →Reading this WSJ piece on David Ellison archive.is/Zb2ht and saw "He co-starred with James Franco in “Flyboys,” a 2006 movie[...] After a second movie he was planning to act in fell apart, he pivoted to producing full-time." As if "Hole in One" (2009) letterboxd.com/film/hole-in... never happened.
unlabelledView post →Skydance makes shitty movies, like the first one, Flyboys, which Ellison paid to be in. We'd have much better film and culture generally if it wasn't in the hands of billionaires who lack artistic imagination.
unlabelledView post →Of course Skydance CEO David Ellison is a nepo baby who dropped out of film school to make a historically inaccurate war movie called "Flyboys" that flopped to the tune of $18M in worldwide sales against a $60M budget. He is a non-creative producer who uses connections to finance films.
unlabelledView post →Americans volunteers become fighter pilots in France during WW1 Before the USA enters WW1, a young Texas cowboy (James Franco) joins the Lafayette Escadrille in France, a squadron of American fighter pilots. The volunteers are trained and soon experience the glory, anxieties and horrors that go with air combat. “Flyboys" (2006) was inspired by real events and comes in the tradition of similar WW1 aviation flicks “The Blue Max” (1966) and “Aces High" (1976). Whilst not great like the exceptional…
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