Legendary LA Warner Bros. water tower gets makeover after $81B Skydance takeover

The iconic Warner Bros.water tower in Burbank has a new look following the completion of Paramount’s $81 billion megamerger with Warner Bros.

Discovery.The blockbuster deal officially closed Tuesday, with CEO David Ellison naming the combined media giant Skydance after the production company he founded in 2006.Shortly after the announcement, pictures surfaced showing workers adding the message “A Skydance Corporation” to the tower that has stood on the legendary Warner Bros.lot for nearly a century.The 133-foot water tower was built in 1927 and once had the capacity to hold 100,000 gallons of water.It was moved from its original location near the Warner Bros.

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Never miss a story The tower has appeared in numerous Warner Bros.productions over the years and became a prominent part of the studio’s hit animated series “Animaniacs,” which ran in the 1990s.For decades, it stood over the Burbank lot bearing little more than the giant yellow-and-blue Warner Bros.

shield, the WB initials and the words Warner Bros.Studios.That changed Tuesday.Water towers were common on Hollywood studio lots a century ago.Paramount Pictures also built a water tower on its Hollywood lot in 1927.

The 145-foot tower got its own Skydance makeover last year following Ellison’s acquisition of Paramount Global in August 2025, with the words “A Skydance Corporation,” according to Variety.The new media company will include two historic film studios and their Hollywood lots; major streaming services HBO Max and Paramount+; CNN and CBS News; live sports channels including CBS Sports and TNT Sports; and thousands of iconic movie titles.The newly-combin...