Paramount Pictures

American film and distribution company

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2025 Scheduled release of 'Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning', marking a continuation of the studio's successful franchise collaborations
January 20 2025 Paramount Channel France rebranded as Paramount Network, being the first international version to adopt the 2024 US branding and retiring the Paramount Channel name after 13 years.
2024 Smile 2 continued the franchise's success, earning $138.1 million worldwide with a budget of $28 million
2024 Mean Girls remake achieved significant box office success, earning $104.4 million on a $36 million budget
2024 Terms are set for potential merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media, valued at $28 billion.
2024 Upcoming projects include 'The Tiger's Apprentice' and 'Transformers One', continuing the studio's partnership with Paramount Animation and other production companies
October 18 2024 Scheduled release of 'Smile 2', co-produced with Temple Hill Entertainment.
September 27 2024 Scheduled release of 'Apartment 7A' on Paramount+, co-produced with Sunday Night Productions and Platinum Dunes.
September 20 2024 Released Transformers One, which was the studio's latest film release at the time.
August 13 2024 Paramount Television Studios announces its shutdown after significant staff layoffs, with ongoing and development projects to be transferred to CBS Studios.
July 2024 Reported cancellation of 'The Shrinking of Treehorn'.
April 1 2024 Paramount Network ceases operations in Southeast Asia following the launch of Paramount+ via Blast TV and the upcoming launch of Pluto TV.
March 5 2024 Paramount Animation signs a multi-year first-look deal with Jeff Rowe, director of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, to produce and direct animated and live-action films.
February 2 2024 The Tiger's Apprentice is released on Paramount+ after multiple theatrical delays.
January 12 2024 Released 'Mean Girls', co-produced by Broadway Video and Little Stranger.
2023 The studio continued strong collaborations with Paramount Pictures, co-producing high-profile films like 'Transformers: Rise of the Beasts' and 'Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One', with the latter grossing $567.5 million
October 27 2023 Under the Boardwalk receives a limited theatrical release under the Nickelodeon Movies imprint, with a video-on-demand release following on November 7.
October 6 2023 Released 'Pet Sematary: Bloodlines' on Paramount+, co-produced with Di Bonaventura Pictures and Room 101, Inc.
July 26 2023 Brian Robbins announces that Under the Boardwalk will be released directly to Paramount+ instead of theaters, sparking industry criticism.
April 11 2023 Paramount Television Studios signed a multi-year first-look deal with Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
January 4 2023 Paramount Channel is permanently discontinued in CIS regions and Ukraine.
2022 Begins co-production of newer film franchises including The Bad Guys, M3GAN, Smile, Super Mario Bros., and Five Nights at Freddy's.
2022 Orphan: First Kill generated $44 million at the box office
2022 Smile became a notable box office success, grossing $217.4 million worldwide against a budget of $17 million
2022 Paramount Home Entertainment begins operating under the namesake film studio, rebranding from Paramount Home Media Distribution.
2022 Ashley Brucks concluded her tenure as Senior Executive Vice President of Production at Paramount Pictures
2022 Jon Gonda begins serving as Executive Vice President of Production at Paramount Pictures
2022 Vanessa Joyce begins serving as Executive Vice President of Production at Paramount Pictures
2022 Jon Gonda and Vanessa Joyce conclude their tenures as Senior Vice Presidents at Paramount Pictures.
2022 Brian Robbins assumes the role of Chief Operating Officer at Paramount Pictures, succeeding Andrew Gumpert.
2022 Notable co-productions included 'Ambulance' and the massive blockbuster 'Top Gun: Maverick', which grossed $1.493 billion and received a 96% Rotten Tomatoes rating
2022 Restored 'Pictures' to the bottom of the Paramount logo after ViacomCBS adopted the Paramount name and branding.
2022 Warner Bros. replaced Universal as the distributor for MGM films outside of the United States and Canada.
November 15 2022 Paramount entered a multi-year exclusive deal with former DC Films president Walter Hamada to develop horror films starting in 2023.
October 7 2022 Released 'Significant Other' on Paramount+, co-produced with Quay Street Productions.
September 30 2022 Released 'Smile', co-produced by Temple Hill Entertainment.
September 23 2022 Released 'On the Come Up' on Paramount+, co-produced with Temple Hill Entertainment and State Street Pictures.
August 19 2022 Released 'Orphan: First Kill', co-produced by Dark Castle Entertainment, Entertainment One and Sierra/Affinity.
June 17 2022 Released 'Jerry & Marge Go Large' on Paramount+, co-produced with Landline Films and Levantine Films.
May 2022 Netflix acquires distribution rights for 'The Shrinking of Treehorn'.
May 24 2022 Launched Paramount Network in the Netherlands, replacing Spike.
May 13 2022 Released 'Senior Year' on Netflix, co-produced with Broken Road Productions.
April 28 2022 Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, all Paramount Global channels, including Paramount Channel, are discontinued in Russia.
March 8 2022 Jeremy Kramer steps down, and Paramount Players' operations are merged under Mike Ireland and Daria Cercek, heads of Paramount Pictures Motion Picture Group.
March 8 2022 Paramount Players' operations were folded into Paramount Pictures Motion Picture Group.
February 17 2022 ViacomCBS changes its name to Paramount Global.
February 11 2022 Released 'The In Between' on Paramount+ in the United States and Netflix in other regions.
January 2022 Paramount Pictures acquired film rights to 'Children of Blood and Bone' by Tomi Adeyemi.
January 20 2022 Latifa Ouaou is hired as executive vice president of movies and global franchises for Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Animation Studio. The Tiger's Apprentice is reassigned to director Raman Hui, with Paul Watling and Yong Duk Jhun as co-directors, and Bob Persichetti joining as a producer.
January 19 2022 Paramount Network in the UK is rebranded as 5Action, maintaining the same programme schedule.

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