Paramount Pictures and Entertainment One (eOne) will co-finance two upcoming wide theatrical releases: Clifford the Big Red Dogand Monster Problems. Â
eOne will distribute all rights in Canada and the UK (excluding TV in the UK) and Paramount will distribute all other rights including in the U.S.
Walt Becker is…
Paramount Pictures has promoted Kevin Suh to President of Themed Entertainment and Consumer Products where he’ll oversee licensing and development operations for Paramount's Parks and Resorts division as well as the Paramount Live Stage and the studio’s Consumer Products division. Suh will report to Paramount’s COO…
Paramount Pictures continues to be a key element to the Viacom turnaround plan, delivering another quarter of operating income growth in the second quarter despite flat revenue and modest box office thus far in 2019.
During a conference call with Wall Street analysts, Viacom CEO Bob Bakish said the studio has improved…
2ND UPDATE: Dora and the Lost City of Gold is moving again, but not by that much. Paramount is moving the release date for its live-action feature adaptation of the hit Nickelodeon show from July 31 to August 9.
The news comes in the wake of Disney pushing Artemis Fowl off August 9 and sending it to May 29 next…
Paramount Pictures has made a couple of marketing exec hires, setting 20th Century Fox veterans Danielle Kupchak as EVP Global Creative Content and Len Iannelli as SVP Special Projects & Events.
The pair joins the team led by Marc Weinstock, President of Worldwide Marketing & Distribution, and Mary Daily…
Paramount Pictures released the first trailer Saturday for Dora and the Lost City of Gold.
The live-action film is based on the popular Nickelodeon animated series, Dora the Explorer, and stars Eva Longoria, Michael Peña, and Isabela Moner in the title role.
After spending most of her life exploring the jungle with…
Paramount has moved the release of its Tiffany Haddish-Rose Byrne buddy comedy Limited Partners back by six months to January 10 and dated its literary-adaptation toon The Tiger’s Apprentice for 2020.
Limited Partners, which the studio acquired as a pitch in July, had been set to roll out on June 28 but no will open…
EXCLUSIVE: There were two big movie spec properties in play this week, and one of them is now spoken for.
In a high six against seven figure deal, Paramount Pictures tonight won Assisted Living, a script by Kay Oyegun that had Sony, Endeavor Content and Netflix in the mix as well. Sources said the high concept was…
UPDATED, 12:15 PM: Paramount said today that its Alexandre Aja-helmed horror pic Crawl has moved from an August 23 wide release to July 12. The pic starring Kaya Scodelario and Barry Pepper will open against STX’s Chadwick Boseman thriller 17 Bridges and Fox’s Dave Bautista-Kumail Nanjiani action comedy Stuber.
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UK artist/director Rapman, a.k.a Andrew Onwubolu, is set to direct Blue Story, a feature film which he also wrote based on his short video trilogy of the same name. Paramount Pictures acquired the worldwide distribution rights and is aiming to release the pic sometime this year. BBC Films developed and co-financed the…
Paramount Pictures said it is elevating Dan Cohen to president of Worldwide Home Entertainment & Television Distribution.
Cohen, who currently serves as president of Worldwide Television Licensing, assumes the role previously held by Mary Daily, who had overseen International Theatrical Marketing and Home…
EXCLUSIVE: Toho, Paramount and Bad Robot have set Marc Webb to direct Your Name, a reimagined version of the 2016 animated romantic fantasy drama film that became a classic in Japan. Webb followed (500) Days of Summer with the blockbuster reboot The Amazing Spider-Man and its sequel. Eric Heisserer is set to write the…
