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Angels & Demons fails to crack Code

source: Screen Weekly

 India The sci-fi reboot was distributed by Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc. X Men Origins:Wolverine, which kicked off the lucrative summer movie season two weekends ago, was down one to No. 3 with $14.8 million. The total for the superhero picture ...

Published Tue, May 26

'Museum' sequel crushes 'Terminator' at holiday box office

source: Examiner.com

Times Online Meanwhile, Paramount Pictures' and Director JJ Abrams's reboot of the popular science-fiction franchise Star Trek earned about $29.4 million during its third week in theaters. Beaming down into the third-place spot at the box office, it has energized ...

Published Mon, May 25

Disney stands by Miramax

source: journalgazette.net

 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 ...

Published Mon, May 25

MOVIE REVIEW: 'Dance Flick' - Staten Island Advance

source: Staten Island Advance

But as a friend of mine at Paramount Pictures, "Dance Flick's" studio, mentioned to me, the Wayans' movies are just spoofs. True enough. The slave in the cotton field, the girl punched in the face by her boyfriend, the gay baiting -- this is only ... Telegraph-Journal - Fox 31 KDVR.com

Published Fri, May 22

Michael Moore's new documentary to open Oct. 2

source: Forbes

20 years ago with "Roger & Me" - about General Motors closing a plant in his hometown of Flint. Moore won the Academy Award for best documentary in 2003 for "Bowling for Columbine." Paramount Vantage is part of Viacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures unit.

Published Thu, May 21

Dance Flick

source: Variety

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, ...

Published Thu, May 21

'Terminator,' 'Museum' sequels vie for summer success

source: Examiner.com

Fox 31 KDVR.com In the spirit of the Wayans brothers' other genre-spoofs such as Scary Movie, Epic Movie and Date Movie, the comedians' latest feature – Paramount Pictures' Dance Flick – takes on the likes of Step Up, You Got Served and Flashdance. ...

Published Thu, May 21

DreamWorks wants family unity for King project

source: Reuters

The proposed film could potentially be a huge project for DreamWorks, which split off from Viacom Inc's Paramount Pictures last year to take itself private with the backing of Indian media conglomerate Reliance ADA. Martin Luther King Jr. bio set for bigscreen Variety

Published Wed, May 20