Paramount Pictures

Paramount Global‘s (NASDAQ:PARA)(NASDAQ:PARAA) Paramount Pictures aims to elevate its live-action Sonic the Hedgehog films to the level of grand cinematic events akin to Walt Disney Co.’s (NYSE:DIS) Marvel’s Avengers series. Toby Ascher, executive producer of the franchise,...

The slap heard around the world has put a dark cloud over actor Will Smith and has movie studios now questioning what to do with the movies they have in the works to which he is attached. Another movie now faces trouble after losing a co-star and the studio. What Happened: JoJo Siwa, a popular...

The movie industry ended 2021 on a high note, with “Spider-Man: No Way Home” turning in $253 million in domestic box office revenue in its opening weekend. A packed lineup of blockbusters for 2022 and the potential return of moviegoers could set up well for movie theaters and movie...

ViacomCBS Inc’s (NASDAQ: VIAC) Paramount Pictures film “A Quiet Place 2” has surpassed $100 million in U.S. ticket sales, Variety reports.   The film did $80 million at the international box office and $108 million at the domestic box office through the...

The early reviews of “Spider-Man: Homecoming” are in, and they’re pretty good. Marvel Studios wants “Spider-Man” to snare some of the profitable prestige monopolized the past month by Warner Bros’ “Wonder Woman,” the biggest creative and commercial...

With a record-setting opening weekend, “Beauty and the Beast” is now at the core of two prominent Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) eras. Before it defined the age of live-action remakes, the cartoon story was a forceful unit of the company’s Renaissance period. The Disney Resurgence...

There’s no talent monopoly in the 2017 film industry. Nine public corporations and dozens of private companies brought this year’s Oscar-worthy pictures to the big screen. Based on Academy Award nominations, here is how the talent is distributed: Lions Gate Lions Gate Entertainment Corp...

David W. Miller, Managing Director of Loop Capital Markets, discussed in a report Friday the likelihood sale of minority stake of Viacom, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: VIAB) Paramount Pictures unit. Viacom said in late February it's looking into selling a minority stake in Paramount, but part of any...

Quicken Loans and Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB) (NASDAQ: VIA)'s Paramount Pictures announced a partnership on Wednesday, ahead of the theatrical release of "Star Trek Beyond," which will debut in U.S. theaters on July 22. Quicken’s Rocket Mortgage will debut television spots,...

In this corner, we have Shari Redstone, who Wednesday the NY Post reported has been in contact with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) founder Jack Ma in connection with the sale of Paramount Pictures, a holding of Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB). Related Link: What's Going On With CBS, Viacom And...

Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA)-owned Paramount Pictures announced on Wednesday that it will start streaming its movies as early as 31 days from the time they hit the theaters. Digital Trends Editor-in-Chief Jeremy Kaplan was on Fox Business News Thursday to weigh in on this. Kaplan also talked about...

People from all over the world will be watching the 87th Academy Awards ceremony. In the past, Best Picture winners were, on many occasions, among the highest-grossing pictures of all-time. So which five winning flicks were the highest grossing of all? Adjusted for inflation, here are the...

Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) is rumored to be interested in acquiring Xbox Entertainment Studios from Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). Few analysts were interested in talking to Benzinga about the rumor, which may turn out to be completely false given Microsoft's official statement on the matter....