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Linda Hope To Present Bob Hope Stamp At Ceremony 5/29
Original at Broadway World
• Fri, May 29
NY Hope was given a film contract with Paramount Pictures and went on to star in more than 50 feature films, including Road to Singapore and six more pictures in the Road series with Bing Crosby. Over the years, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and ...
Leno move shakes up US television
Original at Washington Post
• Fri, May 29
United States Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures have scheduled the family feature for a December 23, 2011, domestic release through Paramount. DETROIT (Billboard) - Cheap Trick is stepping outside of the label world to release its next studio album, "The Latest," ...
Angels & Demons fly away from Indian multiplexes
Original at Screendaily.com
• Fri, May 29
UK Paramount Pictures International's Monsters Vs Aliens was the only big studio Hollywood film to release in multiplexes after the UPF decided against releasing any movies in multiplexes after April 3. The UPF is protesting against revenue-sharing terms ...
Spielberg's "Tintin" to unspool in late 2011
Original at Reuters
• Thu, May 28
Crows Nest Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures have scheduled the family feature for a December 23, 2011, domestic release through Paramount. An international rollout will begin weeks earlier, in late October, with Sony Pictures Releasing International handling ...
CBR Plays "Transformers: RotF"
Original at comic Book Resources
• Thu, May 28
Ca Based on Hasbro's “Transfomers” property and Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures' upcoming feature film, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” on Xbox 360, Playstation 3 system, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 2 system, PSP system, Nintendo DS and ...
DreamWorks Ups Toon Output to 5 a Year
Original at TheWrap
• Thu, May 28
In Entertainment CA The company is also anticipating changes to its film distribution costs when its distribution contract with Paramount Pictures expires in 2012. Under the terms of that deal, DreamWorks Animation currently pays $50 million in fees per film, ...
Target to Showcase Activision's Transformers: Revenge of the ...
Original at WELT ONLINE
• Thu, May 28
Germany The Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen video game, based on the upcoming live-action feature film from DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures, in association with Hasbro, lets players take on the role of their favorite AUTOBOTS or DECEPTICONS, ...
How to make the perfect movie franchiseOriginal at Times Online
• Thu, May 28
New Zealand Herald UK “They are called product,” says Peter Bart, the former vice president of production at Paramount Pictures (he oversaw The Godfather and Rosemary's Baby). “The studio has its assembly line and this is the product.” And yet, as this product becomes ever ...
EA Spotlights Blockbuster Titles at E3
Original at WELT ONLINE
• Wed, May 27
Germany GI JOE The Rise of Cobra for all major video game consoles features an exclusive storyline that picks up where the live-action movie, from Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment, in association with Hasbro, leaves off, allowing players to ...
"Battle of the Smithsonian" to play out on FX
Original at Reuters
• Tue, May 26
Another likely box-office champ is headed for the network: this summer's "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," which it bought several months ago as part of a Paramount Pictures package that included last year's Stiller comedy "Tropic Thunder. ...
Tapping 45 Years of GI JOE History
Original at blogs.ign.com
• Tue, May 26
CA Matt Marsala is the Sr. Producer working on GI JOE The Rise of Cobra video game releasing August 2009 alongside the live-action movie from Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment, in association with Hasbro. Launching on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, ...
Lt. Worf (Source: Paramount Pictures)
Original at DailyTech
• Tue, May 26
IL Even though it sounds like something straight out of a Star Trek fan's possibly frightening dream, security company Sophos has translated its Sophos Threat Detection Test into the popular Klingon language from Star Trek. "Our routine monitoring of ...
Ben Stiller beats "Terminator" at box office
Original at KBIA
• Mon, May 25
AR Paramount Pictures' youth-oriented reboot of the "Star Trek" sci-fi franchise has earned $191 million after three weekends. The Viacom Inc unit also claimed the No. 5 spot with "Dance Flick," a comedy spoof from the Wayans family. ...
Disney stands by Miramax
Original at journalgazette.net
• Mon, May 25
IN Time Warner Inc. shut down two labels, Warner Independent Pictures and Picturehouse, while Viacom Inc. consolidated its Paramount Vantage unit into Paramount Pictures, and News Corp.'s 20th Century Fox closed Fox Atomic. “People are as interested in ...
Dance Flick
Original at Variety
• Thu, May 21
By PETER DEBRUGE A Paramount release of a Paramount Pictures and MTV Films presentation of a Wayans Brothers production. Produced by Keenen Ivory Williams, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Rick Alvarez. Executive producers, Richard Vane, Craig Wayans, ...
Overture Films and Paramount Vantage Set Release of New Film by ... - PR Newswire
Original at prnewswire.com
• Thu, May 21
Its affiliated companies, Anchor Bay Entertainment and Starz Entertainment, make the films available domestically to viewers via home video, premium television, Internet and other outlets. Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and ...
Paramount Adapting Techno Thriller Daemon
Original at Dread Central
• Wed, May 20
CA Walter Parkes (who coincidentally wrote 1983's WarGames and has only one other feature script credit, 1992's Sneakers) and David DiGilio (creator of the much too short-lived TV series "Traveler") will pen the script for Paramount Pictures. ... Shall We Play a Daemon? IGN
"Gossip Girl" star Chace Crawford gets "Footloose"
Original at Reuters
• Tue, May 19
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Chace Crawford will play the lead role of Ren McCormack in the film 'Footloose'," the magazine quoted a Paramount Pictures spokesman as saying. Paramount could not immediately be reached for comment. Trade paper Daily Variety also reported the news on ...
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Saving Hollywood
Original at Reuters
• Tue, May 19
Viacom (VIAB), which owns MTV, Comedy Central, and Paramount Pictures, is similarly ambivalent. On the one hand, Comedy Central offers a vast array of old shows and comedy clips on its Web site, available for free if you just watch this little piece ...
Where No Film Has Gone Before: Star Trek Screened in Space
Original at Discover Magazine
• Tue, May 19
Last week, Paramount Pictures transferred a copy of the movie to NASA's Houston center, which then uploaded the blockbuster to the International Space Station. Astronaut Michael Barratt then used a laptop to watch it inside the Unity module. ...
Yes, I Look Fabulous, but Inside I'm Saving
Original at New York Times
• Mon, May 18
United States Paramount Pictures, for instance, had a splashy premiere for “Star Trek” at Grauman's Chinese Theater two weeks ago, building a giant replica of the Starfleet emblem and rolling out thousands of yards of themed carpet for stars to traverse. ...
'Star Trek' screened in space
Original at News & Observer
• Mon, May 18
Houston, we have a movie: Space Station crew to watch 'Star Trek' The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com Paramount Pictures Sends Star Trek Copy to the ISS Astronauts on ... Softpedia First six Star Trek' movies get beamed up to Blu-ray San Luis Obispo Tribune
Paramount Pictures Sends Star Trek Copy to the ISS Astronauts on ...
Original at Softpedia
• Sat, May 16
Paramount Pictures, the copyright owner for the new film, sent a copy of its work to the ISS Mission Control in Houston, which was then uplinked to orbit. NASA Astronaut Michael Barratt said that he planned to watch the movie on a laptop computer, ...
NASA astronaut says beam me up “Star Trek” !
Original at Reuters
• Fri, May 15
So NASA and the studio behind the film, Paramount Pictures, said on Friday that they have kindly obliged Barratt by beaming up a digital copy, so that he can view it aboard the International Space Station. Barratt plans to watch “Star Trek” on a laptop ...
Paramount Pictures' Star Trek Warps into Kennedy Space Center ... - Hospitality 1st
Original at hospitality-1st.com
• Tue, May 12
Paramount Pictures' Star Trek Warps into Kennedy Space Center: America's Gateway to Space Exploration Kennedy Space Center, FL – May 2009 – Paramount Pictures' Star Trek, directed by JJ Abrams, opened at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex (KSCVC), ...
Group wants to save some of Pittsburgh's Hollywood history
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Sat, May 9
PA Perched along The Bluff above the Monongahela River, the Paramount Pictures building is the last vestige of "Film Row," where major motion-picture companies once screened films for theater owners as part of the industry's distribution process. ...
Paramount dips into "Swim" pool
Original at Reuters
• Thu, May 7
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Paramount Pictures has purchased film rights to "Swim the Fly," a young-adult novel by Don Calame. The book, the first in a proposed trilogy, is a teen comedy in the "American Pie" mold about three high school friends ...
Reboot: The Ten Best Movie Do-Overs
Original at Minyanville.com
• Thu, May 7
New York Take Star Trek from Paramount Pictures (VIA), which is set to open this weekend. It seeks to breathe new life into a decades-old franchise with a young cast, hot director and edgier storyline. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. ...
Rock of Ages granite quarry in Star Trek movie
Original at Fox44
• Tue, May 5
Rock of Ages Tourism Director Todd Paton says Paramount Pictures needed a sheer cliff as a backdrop for a car chase in the movie. When Paramount movie officials visited Barre last year they didn't say what movie the scene would be used in. ...
Paramount Rolls the Dice on Star Trek
Original at Escapist Magazine
• Mon, May 4
Paramount Pictures isn't screwing around with Star Trek: The studio has sunk $150 million into promoting the film in an attempt to get beyond the traditional Trek fan base and turn it into a genuine summer blockbuster. Paramount wants Star Trek to be a ...
Cosgrove keeps weaving her web
Original at The Spokesman Review
• Mon, May 4
Instead, she falls neatly into the tradition of Nickelodeon talent such as Emma Roberts and Josh Peck, teens who are trying to build their acting careers in independent films. Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Films are developing “How Could You Do ...
Studios delay several big films in Mexico for flu
Original at Reuters
• Thu, Apr 30
- Steve Gorman Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc (VIAb.N) also plans to indefinitely postpone its Mexico release of "Star Trek," and 20th Century Fox, owned by News Corp (NWSA.O), said earlier this week it would delay its Mexico opening of the superhero ...
MTV Games and Paramount Pictures Take STAR TREK and Rock Band(R ... - PR Newswire
Original at sev.prnewswire.com
• Wed, Apr 1
NEW YORK, April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- MTV Games and Harmonix's Rock Band(R) are joining forces with Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment to celebrate the May 8th theatrical release of the film STAR TREK from director/producer JJ Abrams. ...
DVD Review: Gulliver's Travels (1939)
Original at Blogcritics
• Sun, Mar 29
OH Gulliver’s Travels was Max Fleischer’s and Paramount Pictures answers to Walt Disney’s Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs and is just as visually pleasing if not as overall entertaining. The Fleischer brothers, Dave and Max, with their studio were ...
'Spock' makes pitch for Star Trek premiere in Alta.
Original at ottawacitizen.com
• Thu, Mar 19
The campaign to bring the famously logical first officer of the Starship Enterprise to Vulcan, Alta. has received a high-profile boost from the man himself, who says Paramount Pictures' decision not to premiere the new Star Trek film in the tiny ...
Transformers’ Director Takes Issue With Transformers 3 Release Date
Original at Comicbook.com
• Wed, Mar 18
On Monday, Paramount Pictures announced that Transformers 3 will be released in theatres on July 1, 2011. So, let us review the three-quel’s checklist. Officially, Transformers 3 has no director, no Shia LeBeouf, and no Megan Fox. ... TRANSFORMERS 3 for Summer 2011 Mania
Vulcan denied launch of new Star Trek film
Original at calgaryherald.com
• Tue, Mar 17
There will be no homecoming for Spock this spring after Paramount Pictures deemed it illogical to launch the new Star Trek film in the tiny Alberta hamlet of Vulcan. According to Dayna Dickens, co-ordinator for the Vulcan Tourism and Trek Centre, ...
Paramount says no to Star Trek premiere in Vulcan
Original at iNews880.com
• Mon, Mar 16
Paramount Pictures has said "thanks, but no thanks" to Vulcan, after a lengthy campaign by community reps to lobby Paramount to premiere the upcoming Star Trek movie in Vulcan in May. Paramount has informed Vulcan there isn't enough time to make it ...
Paramount Releases Third 'Star Trek' Trailer
Original at Airlock Alpha
• Thu, Mar 5
Paramount Pictures released its third trailer for the film attached to Warner Bros.' "Watchmen," and in an unprecedented move, released the trailer online the same day. The new trailer, which can be found at Apple.com by clicking here unveils a lot ...
Samsung Mobile and Paramount Digital Entertainment Collaborate to ... - Business Wire
Original at businesswire.com
• Mon, Feb 23
Paramount Digital Entertainment (PDE) is a division of Paramount Pictures Corporation. PDE develops and distributes filmed entertainment across worldwide digital distribution platforms including online, mobile and portable devices, videogames, ...
MOVIE REVIEW - 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Original at HollandSentinel.com
• Thu, Jan 1
The Age MI - Jan 1, 2009 AP In this image released by Paramount Pictures, Brad Pitt is shown in a scene from, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, ... New Orleans is a Pitt co-star in Benjamin Button 2TheAdvocate
A Still Curious Case
Original at Seed Magazine
• Wed, Dec 24
Benjamin Button, with its numerous funerals and fatalities, has a body count rivaling that of most Hollywood shoot-'em-ups. And while Button may be in the enviable position of growing younger and more dashing (he's played by Brad Pitt) as those around him age, he too is fated to expire. Ult...
Hossein Amini writing new Jack Ryan movie for Paramount
Original at monstersandcritics.com
• Fri, Dec 19
San Francisco Luxury News - Dec 19, 2008 By Patrick Luce Dec 19, 2008, 16:49 GMT Hossein Amini is set to pen a new Jack Ryan movie for Paramount Pictures – the first big screen adventure for Tom ... Hossein Amini to Pen New Jack Ryan Thriller MovieWeb Jack Ryan taking on a new assignment Reuters
Deals: DreamWorks Bell-Ringers Lagging on $750 Mil Holiday Goal
Original at Defamer
• Thu, Dec 18
Spielberg himself may be on the hook for a bill due next month: $20 million to acquire the 17 films the 'Works had in development at Paramount. Nikki Finke, meanwhile, blows off Thompson's version of the DreamWorks story for her own ...
Market Robs Spielberg of His Dream Studio [Recessionomics]
Original at Gawker
• Thu, Dec 18
By Owen Thomas DreamWorks is now living on dribs and drabs of money loaned here and there — including money from Spielberg's own pocket — and may end up being a much smaller studio, one of the many supplicant production houses that orbit around Hollywood's big names.
My Favorite Star
Original at New York Observer
• Tue, Nov 25
By Peter Bogdanovich Besides Leo McCarey and Howard Hawks, the most significant director in Grant’s career was, of course, Alfred Hitchcock. Grant was the first major Hollywood star to work with Hitchcock after the director’s arrival in the States. Hitchcock told me that because Cary was British, he didn’t h...
Opinion: Trailers for 'Underworld 3' and 'Valentine 3D'
Original at Cinematical
• Thu, Oct 23
By William Goss Naturally, today's release of Saw V (read our review) brings with it numerous trailers for early '09 horror offerings. Earlier this week, we received the first trailer for that Friday the 13th remake (which you can see here), and now we have two others.
Heroes' Zachary Quinto Named the Next "Spock"
Original at Blogcritics
• Sat, Jul 28
By Miss Cordy But at Comic Con in San Diego on Thursday, Paramount officially announced that Zachary Quinto, who currently plays Sylar on NBC's Heroes, will be playing the younger version of the famous Vulcan Spock, in the upcoming Star Trek XI. The film is set for a December 2008 release and is being dir...
Russell Shaw: Tom Cruise's Firing: Anti-Scientology Religious Bigotry
Original at Huffington Post
• Wed, Aug 23
Tom Cruise, whose last few movies have not reached the prestigious creative and box-office level of some of his earlier work, has just been told by Viacom's Paramount Pictures that his contract would not be renewed. Some folks forget all that as we mock Scientology and its Hollywood adher...
Nikki Finke: Who's Crazier: Viacom or Tom Cruise?
Original at Huffington Post
• Wed, Aug 23
If there's suddenly a litmus test for insanity to be administered by the owners of Hollywood movie studios, then start with the executive suites. That's my reaction to the are-you-shitting-me pronouncement by Viacom Inc. chairman Sumner Redstone today that his Paramount Pictures is te...