(L-R:) Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

The future of Hollywood depends in part on a battle between two Davids: Zaslav, who has agreed to sell Warner Bros. and HBO to Netflix; and Ellison, who has opposed the sale and launched a hostile takeover bid.

Now both men are plotting their next steps, while their allies engage in corporate trash talk, hoping to influence the eventual outcome of a once-in-a-generation movie studio sale.

Here’s a sense of how heated it’s getting: A person on Zaslav’s side likened Ellison’s recent behavior to a “temper tantrum.” A person on Ellison’s side said Zaslav and Netflix don’t know what’s hit them yet.

Still, despite all the bravado, the feud could end as abruptly as it began — if t

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