A Very Ellison Holiday Season

6:00 AM PST 12/4/2012 by Kim Masters

The financier siblings have bet millions on everything from Cruise's "Jack Reacher" to "Zero Dark Thirty" -- will they lead to big rewards or hard lessons?

Holiday movies are like brightly wrapped gifts: They might look alluring, but you don't know what you're getting until you open them. Producers David and Megan Ellison have their names on a number of shiny packages this holiday season, and while some of Megan's already have proved disappointing, the biggest for both siblings remain swaddled in mystery.