EXCLUSIVE: With new contracts for Warner Bros Motion Picture chairs Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy signed, sealed and delivered, the (still) David Zaslav -run Warner Bros. Discovery is truly poised for a purchase by David Ellison and Paramount .

Coming off a $4 billion global box office year-to-date, De Luca and Abdy are clearly among WBD’s crown jewels and major assets for the Ellisons, which is more than you can say for Zaslav. With the duo re-upped, it’s akin to Ellison buying a house and discovering a Warhol painting hanging out back.

Sources at both studios tell us that while no formal offer has yet been sent from PSKY to WBD, the Jeff Shell and Gerry Cardinale-advised Ellison is just biding his time before making a bid for another iconic studio. However, it is unclear how

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