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Ryan Reynolds and John Krasinski are partnering to become Imaginary Friends. The pair are currently in negotiations for the fantasy comedy at Paramount, Deadline has confirmed. Paramount beat out the likes of Sony and Lionsgate in a bidding war for the pic which, once finalized, will have Krasinski as screenwriter and…

EXCLUSIVE: Kelvin Harrison Jr. has been added to the cast of The Trial of the Chicago 7, Aaron Sorkin’s long-in-the-making drama that recently was picked up by Paramount Pictures for domestic distribution. The starry cast includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, Frank Langella, Mark Rylance…

Deadline has confirmed that Ready or Not Australian actress Samara Weaving will play the role of counter-intelligence officer Scarlett in Paramount/Skydance/All Spark/MGM’s G.I. Joe spinoff Snake Eyes. The red-haired soldier, who was known to carry a crossbow as her choice of weapon, was originated in the 1980s Hasbro…

Industry projections this morning see Paramount/Skydance’s Terminator: Dark Fate at a $40M+ domestic start when it opens on Nov. 1. The sixth Terminator movie reteams series stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton, who haven’t been on screen together since 1991’s Terminator 2: Judgement Day. The film also…

EXCLUSIVE: Disappointment was written all over the face of filmmaker Ang Lee last week as he walked through a Los Angeles restaurant peering into the dimly lit corners in search of his waiting audience. The audience, in this case, was an interviewer eager talk to the three-time Oscar winner about his latest project, Ge…

EXCLUSIVE: Jacob Scipio, Cam Gigandet, Jack Kesy and Todd Lasance are joining Michael B. Jordan’s Navy SEAL team in Paramount’s feature take on Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse.  Directed by Stefano Sollima, Without Remorse is the origin story of John Clark, played by Jordan, a Navy SEAL-turned-CIA ops officer, who seeks…

EXCLUSIVE: Luke Mitchell has joined Paramount’s feature adaptation of Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse, which stars Michael B. Jordan in the role of John Clark. Directed by Stefano Sollima, Without Remorse is the origin story of Clark, a Navy SEAL-turned-CIA ops officer, and the first of two novels that Paramount is…

Deadline has confirmed that How to Train Your Dragon filmmaker Dean DeBlois is directing and writing Paramount/Hasbro’s live-action sci-fi pic Micronauts, based on the popular kids’ toys from the 1970s and 80s. The toys, little plastic men with move-able joints –which differed from Kenner’s decor, stiff jointed Star Wa…

Danielle De Palma has been hired as Paramount Pictures’ EVP Domestic Marketing. She will report to Marc Weinstock, president of Worldwide Marketing & Distribution, and Mary Daily, co-president of Worldwide Marketing & Distribution. Previously, De Palma served as a senior executive at Apple in the video marketing team…

UPDATED EXCLUSIVE: Comedy writer and actor Jason Mantzoukas and Homeland‘s Rupert Friend have joined the cast of Paramount's action thriller Infinite opposite Mark Wahlberg, Dylan O'Brien. Both of their roles are being kept under wraps.  The Antoine Fuqua directed film is an adaptation of the novel The Reincarnationist…

Deadline has confirmed that the Valiant Entertainment comic book project Harbinger is headed from Sony to Paramount, which is where producer Neal Moritz has had his first-look deal since last year. The comic follows a group of teens with superpowers who go up against the corporation that tried to exploit their…

We’ve confirmed reports from this afternoon that Viacom is in the lead for a portion of the Miramax library, though no deal is done and talks are ongoing. This comes in the wake of Lionsgate withdrawing its bid to focus on growing its core business. That said, Lionsgate’s current worldwide home entertainment rights…