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EXCLUSIVE: More changes at Paramount+: Tanya Giles, the streaming platform’s chief programming officer, is leaving after a combined 28 years at Paramount Global and its various iterations. A rep for Paramount+ confirmed Giles’ departure to Deadline, declining further comment. There is no immediate…

Paramount Pictures chief Brian Robbins wants to boost the studio’s annual theatrical output to 12 to 15 releases, up from its current Covid-affected level of eight this year and 10 to 12 in 2023. “Theatrical is here to stay,” Robbins said in an appearance at the Bank of America Media, Communications & Entertainment…

Asked on Thursday about streamers that fawned for Top Gun: Maverick during the pandemic when cinemas were closed, producer Jerry Bruckheimer said there were no other option. It was always a big-screen destination. “I felt, and so did Tom [Cruise], this was a movie for theaters — that’s why we made it,” said…

In the switch-off between Paramount studio chief Jim Gianopulos to Brian Robbins, it was buzzed that the studio was on the verge of completely giving into theatrical day-and-date as it looked to fuel its streaming service Paramount+. However, in the new era under Robbins, he promised exhibitors attending CinemaCon on…

Paramount Pictures CEO Brian Robbins has just made it effective that the studio’s COO Andrew Gumpert will be taking on the additional oversee of Nickelodeon Studios. Gumpert arrived at the Melrose Ave. lot from Sony in January 2017, when the late CEO Brad Grey was at the studio, filling the need for a sharp business…

Nickelodeon, in its first in-person upfront presentation since 2020, detailed a comprehensive plan to push its brand on screens as well as via real-life experiences, podcasts, music and other arenas. At Palladium Times Square (and via a livestream), execs laid out their strategy for media buyers. The last time they…

ViacomCBS is further expanding its Dora The Explorer universe. Paramount+ has given a series order to a new Dora the Explorer CG-animated preschool series, produced by Nickelodeon Animation. Additionally, the first-ever live-action Dora the Explorer series, inspired by the tone of Paramount Pictures' 2019 film Dora and…

Tom Freston, a founder of the MTV network, once observed: "What's fascinating about the future is that so many people claim to understand it." In 2006, Freston, then CEO of Viacom, was fired by Sumner Redstone, who explained that "Freston doesn't understand the future." As it turned out, Redstone had failed to…

ViacomCBS CFO Naveen Chopra — asked Tuesday about Paramount's management shakeup — said outgoing studio CEO Jim Gianopolus "leaves some very big shoes to fill. There is no doubt he has helped revitalize the studio both creatively and financially. But I think Brian [Robbins] is really the perfect person to take the…

The transition plan for Paramount Pictures is officially set, with ViacomCBS confirming Jim Gianopulos will exit and Brian Robbins will add leadership of the studio to his growing portfolio. The changing of the guard had been reported on Friday. As follow-on reports Sunday had indicated, the other key part of the…

As Nickelodeon CEO Brian Robbins prepares to take over Paramount Pictures from Jim Gianopulos, the film studio’s television division Paramount TV Studios will move under the purview of Showtime CEO David Nevins, Deadline has confirmed. Launched by Brad Grey and inherited by his successor Gianopulos, Paramount TV has…

Jim Gianopulos is leaving Paramount as Chairman and CEO, Deadline has confirmed. A report in the Wall Street Journal said Brian Robbins, the head of ViacomCBS Inc.'s Nickelodeon kids TV empire, will take over Gianopulos’ position as the head of Paramount Pictures. His appointment is imminent. Robbins, who goes from…