“Yellowstone” reignited the Western genre for millions and millions of fans, while also acting as a sort of career comeback for Kevin Costner.  Emboldening the star to go so far as to self-finance his own cinematic two-part Western epic, “Horizon: An American Saga,” based solely on the popularity of the series.  His attempt to capitalize on the resurgence of his movie star status and the hugely successful neo-Western TV show came up short however. 

Continue reading ‘Yellowstone’ Trailer: Taylor Sheridan’s Neo-Western Drama Returns For Season 5 Part 2 On November 10 at The Playlist.

Josh Brolin already has a couple of intriguing projects on his upcoming calendar: Rian Johnson‘s next “Knives Out” mystery, “Wake Up Dead Man,” and Zach Cregger‘s “Barbarian” follow-up “Weapons.” Now it’s time to add another one to the list. THR reports that Brolin is in final talks to star opposite Glen Powell in Edgar Wright‘s upcoming Stephen King adaptation “The Running Man.”

READ MORE: Josh Brolin Says Zach Cregger’s ‘Weapons’ Is “Brilliantly Designed” And “Better Than ‘Barbarian'”

Update: THR also reveals that Lee Pace (“Guardians Of The Galaxy,” “Halt And Catch Fire“) will play the main villain in the film.

Continue reading ‘The Running Man’: Josh Brolin & Lee Pace Join Glen Powell On Edgar Wright’s Stephen King Adaptation at The Playlist.

Glen Powell is now officially a Hollywood leading man, and he has a secondary role to partially thank for that: his memorable turn as Hangman in 2022’s “Top Gun: Maverick.” So when will Hangman return to the skies? The actor is playing mum, but he’ll at least confirm he has “a date” for when “Top Gun 3” starts shooting.

READ MORE: ‘Top Gun 3’: Paramount Has Had A Sequel In Development Since Last Fall

EW reports (via the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast) that the “Twisters” star confirmed he’s received a state date for filming of the sequel in a new interview with co-star Daisy Edgar-Jones.

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“The Godfather, Part III” is universally regarded as the disappointing third sibling of “The Godfather” franchise, but outside of unofficially ending Sofia Coppola‘s acting career, it is known for one famous line. At a pivotal moment in the film, Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), mutters, “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” That phrase is more than appropriate to describe the dance between Shari Redstone and Skydance Media over control of the studio that released the Francis Ford Coppola drama, Paramount.

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Miles Teller‘s turn as Rooster in “Top Gun: Maverick” won’t be his last as a Navy officer. Deadline reports that the actor will star in Paramount‘s remake of the 1980s hit “An Officer And A Gentleman.” No word on who else will star in the film with Teller, but he’ll have big shoes to fill. That 1982 pic solidified Richard Gere‘s A-list status, and the pic boasts one of the best movie songs ever: “Up Where We Belong,” which won Best Song at the Oscars.

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Following his much-discussed villain turn in “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” and earning him some of the best reviews of his career, Aussie actor Chris Hemsworth has his eye on yet another new franchise. According to Deadline, Hemsworth, known for the “Thor” and “Extraction” franchises, is in talks to join Paramount’s upcoming “Transformers”/”G.I. Joe” film.

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2024 may end up a banner year in horror thanks to “Nosferatu,” “MaXXXine,” “Cuckoo,” “I Saw The TV Glow,” and “In A Violent Nature.”  But Paramount is banking one of its premier genre entries will find an audience on its streamer, Paramount+.  That’s right, the “Rosemary’s Baby” prequel “Apartment 7A” will premiere on the streamer instead of a theatrical release.  

Continue reading ‘Apartment 7A’: ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ Prequel Starring Julia Garner To Premiere On Paramount+ This Fall at The Playlist.

After “Babylon” bombed in theaters in late 2022, many wondered what the future would hold for director Damien Chazelle, if he had any future in Hollywood left. Well, sorry to disappoint, Chazelle haters: his “poison pen letter” to Tinsel Town didn’t oust him from the industry after all, and he’s ready to make his sixth feature over at Paramount.  

READ MORE: Damien Chazelle Says After ‘Babylon’ Flop, He Won’t Get That “Kind Of Budget Anytime Soon”

News of Chazelle’s next project comes out of CinemaCon courtesy of The Playlist’s Gregory Ellwood.

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Both based on toys and animated series, Paramount’s “G.I. Joe” series has never been the blockbuster that “Transformers” were in their heyday. For years, Paramount toyed with the idea of making a film that would unite the two franchises, but it wasn’t until a post-credit scene in “Transformers: Rise of The Beasts” (2023). which teased a potential unification that this crossover seemed feasible.

Continue reading Paramount Makes ‘G.I. Joe’/’Transformers’ Crossover Film Official, Announces 2025 ‘Star Trek’ Film & Much More at The Playlist.

Glen Powell, action star? The actor arguably already made a foray into the genre in 2013’s “The Expendables 3” and 2022’s “Top Gun: Maverick,” but this time, he’ll be the leading man and not in a supporting role. The news came out of CinemaCon today that Powell will star in Edgar Wright’s upcoming remake of “The Running Man” at Paramount.

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David Ayer may never get to release his director’s cut of “Suicide Squad,” but he’s maintaining relevancy thanks to the success of “The Beekeeper.” Ayer’s latest made $152.6 million at the global box office off a $40 million budget: a big enough success to guarantee that he’ll at least make mid-budget movies for the foreseeable future.

READ MORE: ‘The Beekeeper’ Red Band Trailer: Jason Statham Is Out For Revenge In David Ayer’s New Action Film

And that’s precisely what Ayer has up next.

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A critically reviled box-office bomb or an ambitious and misunderstood marvel that deserves reappraisal? It may take more than a couple of years to assess the legacy of Damien Chazelle‘s “Babylon.” But wherever you stand on the 2022 movie, everyone agrees it was a lot of movie: excessive, derivative, audacious, debauched. A film that polarizing isn’t easy to evaluate, and it remains to be seen if time will be kinder to Chazelle’s latest than initial critics and audiences were.

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Having just completed a TV spin-off of his own movie, Netflix’s “The Gentlemen” series based on the 2019 film of the same name (read our review here), filmmaker Guy Ritchie is going back to a similar well. This time, it’s TV to TV: Paramount+, Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios & 101 Studios announced that Ritchie will direct and executive produce “The Donovans,” a new series that will be loosely based on Showtime’s popular “Ray Donovan” show starring Liev Schreiber, and Irish award-winning screenwriter, producer, and novelist Ronan Bennett will pen all ten episodes of this new series.

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As the world awaits “Gladiator 2” to hit theaters on November 22, Ridley Scott already has another project he’s in talks to direct. And it’s not exactly what audiences expect from the director either. Deadline reports that Scott is in final negotiations to direct a biopic about the popular disco group the Bee Gees for Paramount. Scott will also produce with Michael Pruss through his Scott Free Banner if the deal goes through.

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Updated: “The Offer,” Paramount’s limited series about the making of Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather,” came and went in 2022 to barely any fanfare. But instead of another making-of series, Indiewire confirms reports that MRC, the studio behind the series, wants to do a series remake of Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Conversation.” What’s more, there’s a director attached, J.C.

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Jim Carrey has hinted at retirement recently, but let’s not call it official just yet. Variety reports that the actor will return as Dr. Robotnik in the upcoming “Sonic The Hedgehog 3.” The previous two movies in the franchise are Carrey’s only films this decade, so it’s little surprise he returns. But then again, it’s unlikely the script for “Sonic The Hedgehog” is “written in gold ink” like Carrey stated a future project would need to be for him to star in another movie.

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Isn’t this curious? Just days after Tom Cruise signed a film deal with Warner Bros., THR reports that Paramount has a sequel to “Top Gun: Maverick” in the works. That comes as a surprise after the fallout of Cruise’s new deal, with sources saying that the relationship between the actor and the studio he’s made five of his last seven films with had reached a boiling point.

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Earlier this week, news broke that Tom Cruise signed a film deal with Warner Bros. to produce and star in movies for the studio. But what does Cruise’s new deal really mean? It’s not an exclusive deal, and Cruise has a couple of titles to finish making, including the upcoming sequel to “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning,” before he pivots to WBD. THR has the latest on the deal, hinting that a tense relationship between Paramount and Cruise may be what precipitated the actor to sign on under David Zaslav‘s current WBD regime.

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New “Star Wars” films are on the table, new “Superman,” “Supergirl,” and even “28 Days Later” franchise films? Hell, why not throw new “Star Trek” movies into the mix. While the “Star Trek” brand has dramatically expanded in the era of TV and streaming over the last few years, there hasn’t been a new film in theaters since 2016’s “Star Trek Beyond.” Could the franchise make the big leap back on the big screen?

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Once upon a time, David Fincher‘s follow-up to 2014’s “Gone Girl” would have been a sequel to the 2013 blockbuster “World War Z.” But Fincher’s entry into blockbuster filmmaking never happened, with Paramount eventually scrapping the project by 2019. But what did one of Hollywood’s most distinct visual stylists have in mind for the sequel? Deadline reports (via GQ UK) that Fincher described his take as similar to a hit HBO series with a similar backdrop.

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Last week, Marvel Studios pulled “Deadpool 3” from its May 3, 2024 release date, leading many to speculate if more studios would soon shuffle their schedules. And as the SAG-AFTRA strike crosses the 100-day barrier, several blockbusters on next year’s release calendar for Paramount move to different spots. Is the biggest name moving? Deadline reports that “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two” will now open on May 23, 2025, instead of June 28, 2024, as that film needs to resume production.

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So what’s going on with “Yellowstone” and the drama between Kevin Costner, Paramount, and the show’s writer/creator, Oscar-nominated writer Taylor Sheridan? Well, nothing, really; Paramount already announced that the second part of “Yellowstone” season five would be its last and that a new spin-off show centered around a new character played by Matthew McConaughey would be the new focus instead.

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Critics loathed the last movie iterations of the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” franchise from 2014 and 2016, respectively: a live-action revamp seven years after the previous 2007 animated film. Now after another seven years, Paramount reboots “TMNT” by going back to animation with “Teenage Mutant Ninja Nurtles: Mutant Mayhem,” in theaters next month.

READ MORE: ‘Mutant Mayhem’: Paramount Already Developing A ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Sequel & Spinoff Series

So what does this rendition of the cult ’80s media franchise have going for it?

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When you look at the current year of massive hit films, with “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” being the biggest film of 2023 thus far and “Barbie” scoring the biggest opening weekend of the year, it’s starting to seem as if there’s quite a bit of nostalgia going around. So, it makes sense that Paramount is already seeing dollar signs with the forthcoming release of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.” The film’s marketing has been incredibly well-received, and the film seems poised to have a big box office run.

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CinemaCon has had its share of big news coming out the event this week. One of the biggest?  Paramount has its “Transformers” franchise back in gear, with “Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts” in theaters on June 9. And apparently, the studio’s plans for the franchise have just begun. The Playlist’s Gregory Ellwood reports that Paramount also has “Transformers One” in the pipeline, the first animated “Transformers” movie in almost 40 years.

Continue reading ‘Transformers One’: Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson & Brian Tyree Henry Headline Voice Cast Of Upcoming Animated Prequel at The Playlist.