Amber Ruffin Roasts Skydance’s ‘Dumb Name’ After Warner Bros. Merger: ‘That’s a My Little Pony’

Amber Ruffin, a writer for "Late Night," criticized the new name for the merged Warner Bros. and Paramount, Skydance, in a segment of her show on Tuesday night. She mocked the name, stating, "Skydance? That's not a company. That's a My Little Pony." The merger, officially announced by Paramount's CEO David Ellison, has received criticism from both industry insiders and outside observers.

Ruffin went on to compare Skydance to "a dumb name for a giant company" and suggested the name was reminiscent of "My Little Pony." She also joked about Skydance being "what cavemen called the sunrise" and "what you name a baby if you give birth to that baby at Burning Man."

Ruffin then shifted her focus to the film "Digger," directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu and starring Tom Cruise. The film, released on October 2nd in the U.S., has been met with mixed reviews and has underperformed at the box office. Ruffin joked, "I heard Tom Cruise was in a new movie, and I heard the title and was like, 'What?' But apparently I misheard, and it's called 'Digger.'"

She expressed her frustration with the film's poor performance, saying, "I joined Scientology because I thought they could help movies become hits. But if a movie that rhymes with a slur can't make it in this social climate, then I quit," before clarifying that she was only joking about quitting Scientology.