Tag: Paramount
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Paramount Sees the Light, Budgets for Smaller Films
Paramount may just be the king of the super-budgeted blockbuster film. They scored mega-hits this year with “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” “Star Trek,” and “GI Joe: Rise of Cobra,” all with...
Dec 21, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Taken’ Director Signs on to ‘Signals’
French director, Pierre Morel, has signed on to direct “Signals,” reports THR . Morel’s most recent film, the overachieving “Taken,” grossed upwards of $220 million worldwide. “Signals,” written by...
Nov 5, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongThe New Captain Kirk is the New Jack Ryan
Chris Pine, the talented young man who took on the daunting task of replacing William Shatner as the famed Captain Kirk in J.J. Abrams’ reboot of “Star Trek” earlier this year, will likely assume...
Oct 14, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongJ.J. Abrams Has Clout, Paramount Pays $2M for Untitled Pitch
Apparently J.J. Abrams knows something the rest of us don’t: Studios love lens flare. After this year’s critically acclaimed and monstrous box-office hit, “Star Trek,” which featured an unhealthy...
Oct 13, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Mission: Impossible 4′ Hires Writers
Producers Tom Cruise and J.J. Abrams, along with Paramount, are serious about “Mission: Impossible IV.” So much so that they have already hired Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec to pen the screenplay,...
Aug 7, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Baywatch’ to Become a Feature Comedy, a la ‘Stripes’
Jeremy Garelick will team up with Paramount to rewrite and direct “Baywatch,” a bigscreen comedy based on the syndicated series about sexy lifeguards that starred David Hasselhoff and Pamela...
Jul 8, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongClassic Atari Video Game, ‘Asteroids,’ Will be a Feature Film
In Hollywood’s latest endeavor to avoid originality at all costs, Universal has come out on top in a four-studio bidding war for the film rights to the classic 1979 Atari game, “Asteroids,” according...
Jul 3, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongDiCaprio Attached to Online Gambling Film
Leonardo DiCaprio may just be the busiest man in showbiz. The “Titanic” star has a slew of high-profile gigs emerging in the near future including a new Paramount film, that he is set to star in and...
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