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Skydance - the newly formed corporate megazord combining Warner Bros and Paramount - has issued a full five-day return-to-office mandate to employees, and offered voluntary buyouts as the merging of the companies begins.

The company was formed earlier this month following a much-debated $110bn Paramount acquisition of Warner Bros., in which both companies were squished together to be led by a refreshed board , which includes former UK prime minister Tony Blair (in an advisory role), philanthropist Laurene Powell, and former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick .

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In an internal email seen by Vertical Slice , CEO David Ellison and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz told employees that in-person collaboration is "vital" for the company going forward.

"Especially in a creative company like ours, the best ideas come from people in the same room, sharing perspectives, challenging one another and solving problems," the email read.…