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EXCLUSIVE: We are hearing that Chris Petrikin, EVP of Global Communications and Corporate Branding, is leaving Paramount. The news comes in the wake of Jim Gianopulos’ planned departure from the Melrose Lot as Chairman and CEO, and Brian Robbins adding oversee of the motion picture studio to his growing portfolio. A…

Robin French, a talent agent who worked with legends including Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor and later headed production at Paramount Pictures in the late 1970s, has died. His family said he had been in declining health for the past few months and died September 6 in Palm Desert, CA. “Dad left knowing that we…

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…

In November 2018, Paramount Pictures boss Jim Gianopulos revealed a major new initiative for then-parent Viacom: a multi-picture deal with Netflix. “Our priority is to expand our role as a major global content supplier," Gianopulos said. Priorities have changed. Gianopulos is now headed toward the exits, and a rising…

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…

Jackass co-creator Bam Margera is suing Johnny Knoxville, Paramount Pictures, MTV and others over his firing from the franchise’s upcoming movie. Seeking millions of dollars in damages, the 39-page complaint filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court (read it here), cites “Defendants' inhumane, abusive and…

EXCLUSIVE: Brendan Fraser (No Sudden Move) has joined the casts of Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon and Max Barbakow’s Brothers. The former title from Apple TV + and Paramount Pictures is a crime drama, based on the bestselling book of the same name by David Grann. It’s set in 1920s Oklahoma and will…

EXCLUSIVE: Grey’s Anatomy alum Jesse Williams will star in Paramount Pictures' high-concept family action movie Secret Headquarters in what we’re hearing is the role of the villain. The pic, scheduled to hit theaters on August 12, 2022, is described as Home Alone set in the Batcave. Williams joins a cast that includes…

In the official trailer dropped Tuesday by Paramount, we see the origin story of Clifford and how his adventures begin as a small dog found by a magical animal rescuer, played by John Cleese. Emily asks how big the dog will get and is told it depends on how much she loves it. We know what’s coming next. In the…

EXCLUSIVE: After recently dating his upcoming untitled A Quiet Place project, Paramount Pictures is looking to stay in the Jeff Nichols business as sources tell Deadline they are in development on a new untitled project from the filmmaker that he will write and direct. Like with so many things related to Nichols…

Paramount Pictures has hired Mika Pryce as SVP Production for its Motion Picture Group. She starts on April 26 and reports to Motion Picture Group co-presidents Daria Cercek and Michael Ireland. "Mika has fantastic talent relationships, excellent taste and knows how to build a movie from the ground up,” Cercek and…

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures has secured the home entertainment and television licensing rights to The Space Between starring six-time Emmy Award winner Kelsey Grammer. The film, the directorial debut from Dallas Buyers Club producer, Rachel Winter, will be in select U.S. theaters on April 23, followed by a digital…