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Lindsey Anderson Beer and Her Lab Brew Banner Re-Up at Paramount (Exclusive)
Paramount Pictures has renewed its first-look deal with Lindsey Anderson Beer and her production banner Lab Brew. In re-upping the deal, the studio has also picked up Here Comes the Dark, a supernatural thriller spec script by Shane and Carey Van Dyke, the duo who co-wrote the 2022 thriller Don’t Worry Darling. Anderson Beer and […]
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‘South Park’ Creators Matt Stone, Trey Parker Set Live-Action Comedy With Kendrick Lamar at Paramount
Matt Stone and Trey Parker are combining forces with rapper Kendrick Lamar for a live-action comedy feature from Paramount Pictures. During its presentation Thursday at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, the studio announced that an original comedy from South Park creators Stone and Parker is set to begin shooting this summer and will hit theaters on […]
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Neal H. Moritz, Paramount Renew First Look Production Deal
Paramount Pictures and Neal H. Moritz’s Original Film banner have renewed their first look production deal for another three years. The new deal extends the studio’s relationship with Moritz through 2027. The partnership was last extended in 2020 after Moritz and his production banner left their longtime deal with Sony Pictures. “We are proud to continue our long-standing […]
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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’ Director Jeff Rowe Signs First-Look Deal With Paramount Animation
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem filmmaker Jeff Rowe is continuing his collaboration with Paramount Animation. The studio announced Tuesday that Rowe has signed a multi-year first-look development deal, covering his pursuits in directing, development, producing and executive producing on animated and live-action titles. He is currently at work for the studio on directing the […]
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‘Naked Gun’ Reboot With Liam Neeson Lands 2025 Release From Paramount
The Naked Gun reboot is about to make 2025 a good year. Paramount Pictures announced release dates Wednesday for a number of upcoming films. This includes director Akiva Schaffer’s new untitled installment in the Naked Gun comedy franchise hitting theaters July 28, 2025. The movie, first announced back in 2022, stars Liam Neeson and includes […]
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‘Naked Gun’ Turns 35: Team on Adapting Failed TV Series, Leslie Nielsen’s Magic, Reboot Frustrations
Turning a short-lived parody TV series into a feature film was always going to involve taking a chance, but as the team behind the Naked Gun franchise learned, it wasn’t quite on the level of sticking your face in a fan. Following the breakout success of the 1980 smash hit Airplane!, that film’s writer-director team […]
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Kingsley Ben-Adir Plays Defiant Bob Marley in Latest ‘One Love’ Biopic Trailer
Peaky Blinders actor Kingsley Ben-Adir dons dreadlocks and speaks in a Jamaican patois to play a reggae legend in the latest trailer for Bob Marley: One Love, which dropped Tuesday. The biopic has Marley overcoming adversity, including a failed assassination attempt, to rise to musical fame with a message of love and unity in dangerous […]
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Rogue ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Intermissions at Movie Theaters Spur Studio to Intervene
After a small number of independent theaters added their own intermissions to screenings of Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, the film’s team has stepped in to intervene. The Hollywood Reporter has learned that there have been isolated incidents of theaters pausing the critically praised film — which Apple Original Films and Paramount Pictures […]
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Tracy Owen, Industrial Relations Executive at Paramount, Dies at 43
Tracy Owen, senior vp industrial relations for Paramount Pictures and Paramount Television Studios, died Oct. 1 in Los Angeles after suffering a stroke. She was 43. “Since first joining our team over 10 years ago, Tracy has been a bright light who touched the lives of all who had the privilege of working beside her,” […]
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Brooke Robertson Tapped to Run Global Communications at Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures has promoted Brooke Robertson to head of global communications and media relations. She’ll report directly to president and CEO Brian Robbins. In the the top role, the well-respected executive will be responsible for overseeing the film studio’s corporate brand and global communications strategies across all units, including Paramount Pictures, Paramount Animation and Paramount […]
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Paramount’s ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’ Has Film Sequel, TV Series in the Works
Cowabunga! Paramount’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is set for a sequel. Ahead of Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies opening the computer-generated animated tentpole on Aug. 2, it was announced that a follow-up from director Jeff Rowe and Point Grey Pictures is in the works. Also in development is a two-season series for Paramount+ with the […]
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‘Bob Marley: One Love’ Reveals Kingsley Ben-Adir as Music Legend in Biopic Trailer
Kingsley Ben-Adir portrays reggae superstar and counterculture icon Bob Marley in the first trailer for the forthcoming biopic Bob Marley: One Love. Set for release Jan. 12, 2024, the Paramount Pictures feature centers on the life of Marley, from the early days of his career to his death in 1981. Reinaldo Marcus Green (King Richard) […]
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