Paramount Pictures and JJ Abrams' Bad Robot are developing a biopic about disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong. The company's have secured the rights to New York Times reporter Juliet Macur's upcoming work "Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong" due out in June. Macur covered Armstrong's career for over a decade. No director, writer, star or … [Read more...]
Adam Sandler’s Western Rides At Paramount
October 26, 2012 by
Adam Sandler is moving his in development comedic western "Ridiculous 6" from Sony Pictures to Paramount Pictures says The Hollywood Reporter. Sony Pictures is reportedly under financial constraints for the next few months and the studio has been forced to redo deals with its major producers, along with seeking partnerships and arrangements with … [Read more...]
Fox Gets “Monuments,” Paramount Nabs “Adam”
October 25, 2012 by
Sony Pictures has turned to 20th Century Fox to help co-finance and distribute George Clooney's World War II art-heist feature "Monuments Men" says The Hollywood Reporter. Fox will pick up half the financing on the $ 50+ million feature, and distribute it internationally. Clooney, Cate Blanchett and Bill Murray are attached to the film that … [Read more...]
Warners Releasing 600 Paramount Films
October 5, 2012 by
Paramount Home Media Distribution and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group have announced they have reached a strategic alliance centering on more than 600 catalog titles from the Paramount film library. The deal grants Warner Bros. exclusive rights to physical Blu-ray and DVD distribution of those titles in the U.S. and Canada, and will make … [Read more...]
Paramount To Launch Baker’s “Vessel”
October 4, 2012 by
Paramount Pictures has acquired the rights and are planning a feature film remake of Clark Baker's sci-fi/horror short film "Vessel" reports Variety. Baker funded the short via Kickstarter and used a script by Matt and Ross Duffer ("Hidden"). It follows a group of airplane passengers who encounter an otherwordly force shortly after takeoff and … [Read more...]
Paramount, Abrams Seek Particles & Nazis
June 12, 2012 by
Paramount Pictures and J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Productions have acquired Patrick Aison's spec script "Wunderkind" reports The Wrap. Set in the 1970s, the action-thriller follows a young CIA agent hunting runaway Nazis with an older Mossad agent. The two become reluctantly intertwined as they hunt Hitler's former henchmen. The news comes as … [Read more...]
Paramount Remaking Hitchcock’s “Suspicion”
February 14, 2012 by
A few days after it was announced that DreamWorks was looking at a new adaptation of "Rebecca", Paramount Pictures is now looking for a new take on another Hitchcock classic - the 1941 romantic psychological thriller "Suspicion" says Variety. The original revolved around a dowdy woman (Joan Fontaine) who marries a handsome and charming man (Cary … [Read more...]
Paramount Adapts “Smoke and Bone” Books?
December 3, 2011 by
Paramount Pictures is in negotiations to acquire screen rights to Laini Taylor's recent young adult novel "Daughter Of Smoke and Bone" reports Deadline. The story follows a 17-year old art student who is sent by her awful father on travels across the globe to collect teeth for an unspecified but creepy purpose. This leads her to an encounter with … [Read more...]
Paramount Opens “World War Z” Xmas 2012
August 10, 2011 by
Paramount Pictures have locked down a December 21st 2012 release date for "World War Z", the Brad Pitt-led film adaptation of Max Brooks' best-selling darkly comic satire about a zombie apocalypse and its political ramifications. Many have been wondering how the studio would adapt the book which is essentially an anthology of different people's … [Read more...]
