Paramount, Warner Bros. Discovery merger set to take effect
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Paramount is officially making good on its threats to leave California following criticism over the pending merger with Warner Bros.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta can rest easy: A merged Paramount Warner Bros. Discovery would already account for 36 movies on the release schedule for 2027. Note, that’s an organic number of theatrical releases which were always set to happen even before the union of the storied studios came together.
Movie studio Paramount has agreed to settle an antitrust lawsuit filed by 12 states, the last big obstacle blocking the company’s $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.
Paramount says its “deadly serious” about leaving California as LA Mayor Karen Bass vows to fight to keep the entertainment jobs in Hollywood. Sources within the studio made the comments to Deadline on Wednesday after reports emerged that Paramount came within a whisker of announcing they were leaving Los Angeles.
“Paramount Pictures has closed a deal for the U.S. rights to the original screenplay of A Nightmare on Elm Street, the movie written and directed by Wes Craven that kicked off the popular horror franchise featuring the killer with the metal-claw gloved hand and burned face, and will adapt it into a new feature,” the outlet wrote.
Paramount Pictures will release the “Untitled James Wan Paranormal Activity” movie on May 21, 2027, the studio announced Friday. Rising horror writer/director Ian Tuason is set to direct the Blumhouse-Atomic Monster feature. This new movie will be the ...
Paramount Pictures and Warner Music Group (NASDAQ: WMG) have announced a multi-year, first-look deal. The companies will partner on theatrical films, drawing on the lives and music of WMG's legendary and contemporary roster of iconic artists and songwriters.
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World War Z 2 confirmed; Brad Pitt to star and Edward Berger to direct
Paramount Pictures is moving forward with a sequel to the 2013 zombie film World War Z, having secured Brad Pitt to star in the film and tapped Edward Berger to direct it. Pitt is also set to produce the film,