# Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison says AI could be the biggest creative unlock in modern history

> Original title: David Ellison says AI could be the ‘biggest creative unlock in modern history’

- Source: The Verge · AI
- Published: 2026-11-10T00:28:49.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/ej8w0bco9zadvyc3782sk54oo
- Original: https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1030510/paramount-skydance-david-ellison-ai

## Summary

Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison said on the company's latest earnings call that AI could be the biggest creative unlock in modern history, likening its potential to CGI and digital composites. He said Terminator, which cost $4 million to make, would cost $60 to 70 million to shoot shot for shot today, and that AI tools could make budgets more digestible for riskier original stories. Ellison added that AI will never be a replacement for artists.