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There’s a terrifying amount of scare-centric programming this October, whether it’s being broadcast or streamed. Paramount+ has announced its “Peak Screaming” package, which will encompass scary movies, kids shows and originals. Amazon, of course, is releasing four original Blumhouse films this month: Bingo Hell, Black…

Paramount comedy The Lost City will now open wide three weeks earlier than expected, the studio announced today, as its release date moves from April 15 to March 25, 2022. Pic was previously set to open against Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, the third installment in Warner Bros.’ Fantastic Beasts…

“Every member of my family fights this fight.” So begins the official trailer for Mayor of Kingstown, Taylor Sheridan's series for Paramount+. Co-created by Sheridan and Hugh Dillon, Mayor of Kingstown follows the McLusky family, power brokers in Kingstown, Michigan, where the business of incarceration is the only…

ViacomCBS has set its debut Italian original for Paramount+, a retelling of the life of Hollywood journalist Oriana Fallaci co-produced by Viacom International Studios (VIS) and Italian producer Minerva Pictures. Miss Falacci Takes America will debut next year, portraying Fallaci’s early life as an Italian journalist…

The Challenge: All Stars has scored a second-season renewal at Paramount+, which also revealed the season’s premiere date and contestants set to return for the competition show.  Set to drop Thursday, November 11 exclusively on Paramount+, The Challenge: All Stars Season 2 will welcome back 24 cast members from the…

ViacomCBS is entering the NFT space in a multi-year partnership with tech group Recur to create a platform for IP and franchise. The platform, to launch in spring of 2022, will allow fans to buy and trade non-fungible tokens. These are unique digital assets increasingly common in the art and entertainment world that…

Paramount said Monday that it has acquired worldwide distribution rights to The Infernal Machine, a psychological drama/ thriller written and directed by Andrew Hunt and starring Guy Pearce. The pic just wrapped filming at Moviebox Studios’ facilities in the Algarve region of Portugal, which doubled for the U.S…

The new Star Trek: Prodigy has added Daveed Diggs, Jameela Jamil, Jason Alexander and Robert Beltran to its voice casting for the show, which premieres on Oct. 28 on Paramount+. The series, produced by Nickelodeon and CBS Studios' Eye Animation Productions, showcased a first-look clip from the series at New York…

"We cannot let fear define us in this moment," proclaims Sonequa Martin-Green in the explosive trailer for Star Trek: Discovery's upcoming fourth season. "The future remains uncertain, but the captain in me knows anything is possible," Martin-Green's Captain Michael Burnham adds amidst images of loss and also of…

Some cast members of The Real World Los Angeles will get another shot in the MTV spotlight as the network unveils who will reunite for Season 2 of The Real World Homecoming.  Set to reunite are Beth Anthony, Beth Stolarczyk, David Edwards, Glen Naessens, Irene Berrera-Kearns, Jon Brennan and Tami Roman, who will…

The much-delayed latest flick in the Jackass franchise is finally set to come out in early 2022, a date Paramount Pictures wants to stick to  — despite the best legal efforts of Bam Margera. “Margera's lawsuit is baseless,” said attorneys for the ViacomCBS-owned studio, MTV, fellow Jackasser Johnny Knoxville, director…

Bringing CineEurope attendees to their feet, Tom Cruise made a surprise appearance at the exhibition convention here in Barcelona today. Cruise, who is the only star to have appeared live and in-person on stage this week, added some wattage to what outside pandemic times is typically a very talent-heavy affair. He…