Paramount Pictures is entering a a long-term agreement with Lotte, the Korean distribution and marketing company, which will include a number of the studio’s releases in Korea.  The studio also announced today that Lotte will open Mission: Impossible 5 in Korea on July 30. In addition, Terminator Genisys will be…

The legacy of screenwriters usually boils down to a life’s list of screen credits. Sometimes it goes beyond that, to the impact one makes on others. Latter is the case with Stewart Stern, the Rebel Without A Cause scribe who died last week. Stephen Chbosky, the writer-director of The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, and Ch…

Warner Bros’ remake of Point Break from Alcon Entertainment effectively has swapped debut dates with Mission: Impossible 5, taking this year’s Christmas Day weekend slot that M:I-5 abandoned when Star Wars 7 set up shop in the preceding weekend. Paramount’s Tom Cruise-Jeremy Renner sequel moved to the July 31 date…

What’s up with IMAX? Just about everything over the last week or so, it seems — contributing to an 11.7% spike in the stock price since last Wednesday. It touched a 52-week high this morning ($33.88) bringing it to its highest level since mid-2011. IMAX likely will benefit from Paramount’s announcement yesterday that i…

Paramount has rethought its plan to open the next Mission: Impossible sequel this coming Christmas, instead moving it up to the heart of summer. Skydance’s Tom Cruise-Jeremy Renner actioner Mission: Impossible 5 from Christopher McQuarrie, who directed Cruise in 2012’s Jack Reacher, now will open July 31. It will face…

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions have offered the villain role in the Christopher McQuarrie-directed Mission: Impossible 5 to Sean Harris. They are negotiating, though I’m being told don’t dress for it just yet. The Troika-repped British actor is best known for his work in The Borgias, and for…

Swedish up-and-comer Rebecca Ferguson, who got a Golden Globe nom for her English-language debut in the title role of BBC’s The White Queen, has been set to play the female lead opposite Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible 5 for Paramount Pictures, Skydance Productions and Bad Robot. This comes after Deadline revealed…

EXCLUSIVE: Alec Baldwin has two killer movie projects lined up, along with a possible TV successor to his Emmy-winning turn in 30 Rock. He’s in talks to star in Mission: Impossible 5, playing the head of the CIA. He’s also in talks to join Will Smith in the Peter Landesman-directed movie about football concussions at…

Fox has been talking to big directors to team with Matt Damon on Martian, and the latest is Ridley Scott. The filmmaker reportedly is eyeing the Gravity-like project about a stranded astronaut, but it would be surprising if he takes this over Prometheus 2. Paul Greengrass was among the directors kicking the tires on…

Paramount will deliver a tentpole sequel to good little boys and girls a couple of Christmases from now. The studio said today that Mission: Impossible 5 — this one directed by Christopher McQuarrie — will hit megaplexes on December 25, 2015. It’ll go up against Ben Affleck’s Live By Night and DreamWorks Animation’s Ku…

EXCLUSIVE: Skydance Productions has set Christopher McQuarrie to write and direct Star Blazers, the live-action adaptation of the space-set 1970s anime TV series also known as Space Battleship Yamato. McQuarrie, Josh C. Kline, David Ellison and Dana Goldberg will produce, and Shouji Nizhizaki and Paul Schwake will be…

Paramount and Skydance Productions today confirmed that Christopher McQuarrie (Jack Reacher, The Way Of The Gun) will direct the next installment of their Mission: Impossible franchise. McQuarrie Tweeted the message “Mission: Accepted” and will reunite in the pic with his Jack Reacher star Tom Cruise. Deadline’s Mike…