DreamWorks toons stay put
While one DreamWorks departs Paramount, another is staying put, at last for a few more years. DreamWorks Studios may be re-launching with a new infusion of cash, but DreamWorks Animation remains in a distribution deal with Par that runs through 2012. Originally spun into a public company to help investor Paul Allen liquidate his early investments, DreamWorks
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‘Shakespeare’ heads to bigscreen
Paramount Pictures is reteaming with “Spiderwick Chronicles” producers Mark Canton and Ellen Goldsmith-Vein to bring young-adult novel “Spanking Shakespeare” to the bigscreen. Based on the debut novel by New York-based eighth-grade teacher Jake Wizner, story centers on Shakespeare
Paramount to produce mobile comics
Paramount is to produce a string of mobile comics based on its current crop of movie properties. The studio’s Paramount Digital Entertainment unit has pacted with Singapore-based toon house Omnitoons to deliver Manga-styled series based on Gurinder Chadha-helmed Brit hit “Angus, Thongs and
Iron Man Special Collector’s Edition Blu-ray news from Paramount, kinda
So when we talked to Jon Favreau way back in 2006(?!), who would’ve thought that Paramount’s Iron Man would’ve been such a big hit? Well, we did, because we think
Paramount films fuel Viacom
From Variety: Paramount’s triple play — Indy, “Iron Man” and “Kung Fu Panda” — punched up revenue at parent Viacom by 21% to $3.9 billion last quarter, providing welcome relief as slower
Paramount forced to suspend $450m financing
From FT: The credit crunch has hit home in Hollywood after Paramount Pictures, which has released a string of hit movies this year, was forced to suspend plans for a $450m film financing. The studio has been
Paramount Ditches Comic-Con
From Variety: Paramount Pictures will not be putting on any panels or bringing any stars to Comic-Con this year. They may do some viral stuff. But their big “geek” titles G.I. Joe, J.J. Abrams’
Mario Puzo’s heirs sue Paramount over ‘Godfather’ game
Taking it to the legal mattresses, Mario Puzo’s estate filed a $1-million lawsuit today against Paramount Pictures for allegedly cheating “The Godfather” author’s heirs out of proceeds from a Corleone-inspired video game. According to the suit, Paramount and Puzo, who died in
Paramount Pictures and J.J. Abrams are going house hunting.
The studio has paid mid-six figures for a New York Times article written by Penelope Green about a Gotham home whose owners discovered secret panels and hidden clues that led them on a mystery-filled scavenger hunt. Abrams will produce the film via his Par-based Bad Robot shingle. Maya Forbes and Wally
DreamWorks exit could hurt Paramount. Well, duh.
Once considered a lock for $300 million-plus in domestic boxoffice, the latest installment in the Steven Spielberg franchise might have to claw its way to that benchmark. But with the first Indy sequel in 19 years now well into its global theatrical rollout and Spielberg and company now mulling their