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Remember those rumors, oh, eight years ago about how Sony was a target for acquisition? No more. Still, don’t say merger yet. Deadline has confirmed that Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO Tony Vinciquerra has been in talks with Apollo Global Management about making a go for Paramount. This…

Along with the shift of animated movie Transformers One by one week in September this year, Paramount pushed the Aang Avatar animated movie from Oct. 10, 2025 to Jan. 30, 2026. The Lauren Montgomery directed animated film stars the voice of Dave Bautista (this was made official at CinemaCon last…

Transformers One, is going now on Sept. 20 instead of Sept. 13. The move gets Transformers One further away from Beetlejuice Beetlejuice which is going to eat up the September box office. However, already on this weekend is DreamWorks Animation/Universal’s Wild Robot. Two big animated movies are…

Two top Congressman want Bob Iger, David Zaslav and Lachlan Murdoch to provide some solid answers about Disney, Warner Bros Discovery and Fox's proposed sports streaming service. Putting their political feet on the gas, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) want a response by the…

EXCLUSIVE: Leslie Nielsen’s Lt. Frank Drebin was wrong: Cops and women do mix, and with that we have Pamela Anderson joining Liam Neeson in Paramount Pictures’ untitled Naked Gun reboot, which Akiva Schaffer is directing and executive producing for a July 18, 2025 theatrical release. The Baywatch…

Four directors of Paramount Global will not standing for re-election at the annual meeting, an SEC filing has confirmed, paring the board down to seven directors. Shareholders will vote on directors and other matters at the meet, which Paramount has set for June 4. The proxy statement, which…

The trailer for Paramount’s Smile 2 came as a surprise Thursday morning during the studio’s session at CinemaCon. Alhough not introduced, when the images first hit the screen, it was easy to assume Paramount was distributing a Lady Gaga concert movie (it truly felt that way). But as it continued, it…

What do you do when your conglom might be a target for a takeover? Don’t sweat it and laugh. As Skydance remains in talks with Paramount Global‘s majority shareholder National Amusements to take control of the studio, Paramount Pictures CEO Brian Robbins made light of sales talks before exhibitors…

CinemaCon on Thursday morning got a first look at the extended trailer for and a 3D scene from Paramount's animated Transformers One. The origins story movie is due for release on September 13. From Paramount Animation and Hasbro in association with New Republic Pictures, it's directed by Josh…

Refresh for More…Paramount ended their CinemaCon 2024 on an epic note, that being Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II. The logo was unveiled and title made official today at the Las Vegas studio exhibitor confab. Raised stakes here: Rhinos, man-eating monkeys, battling boats in the Colosseum and a very…

Has it been 10 years? Yes, and thus, Paramount said Thursday that it will re-release Christopher Nolan’s 2014 fall tentpole Interstellar. The Warner Bros co-production will hit theaters this fall. The movie grossed $188 million at the box office stateside, and north of $733M worldwide. Prints for Inte…

Paramount’s new animated Smurfs movie announced its voice cast at CinemaCon on Thursday. Joining Rihanna are Nick Offerman, Natasha Lyonne, JP Karliak, Daniel Levy, Amy Sedaris, Nick Kroll, James Corden, Octavia Spencer, Hannah Waddingham, Sandra Oh, Alex Winter, Billie Lourd and Xolo Maridueña with…