Dubai-based Middle Eastern exhibition giant Vox Cinemas has unveiled its first slate of original Arabic films, which it is producing under a commitment first announced in 2021 to make 25 films out of the region in five years.
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Here’s some big news. In the wake of former DC Films Boss Walter Hamada departing Warner Discovery, he’s landed at Paramount Pictures in an exclusive, multi-year production deal. Big gain here for the Melrose lot in an executive, who not only steered DC to its highest grossing movie in Aquaman with $1.1 billion worldwide, but also was behind The Conjuring franchise, the highest grossing horror series ever with over $2 billion.
Hamada’s deal starts Jan. 1, 2023 and he’ll be the architect of Paramount’s mainstream horror genre pod, with the mission to release several, low-to mid-budget films per year across theatrical and streaming. Paramount had a major win this fall with the horror movie Smile, which was originally destined for Paramount+, but was pivoted to a theatrical release where it amassed close to $210M WW, over $100M of that stateside.
“With his track record for groundbreaking success, Walter is the ideal partner and visionary to build out our mainstream horror genre franchise business,” said Paramount Pictures President and CEO Brian Robbins. “As evidenced by the fantastic performance of Smile, there is a tremendous appetite for original, high-concept storytelling in the global marketplace, and we look forward to a long and successful partnership.”
“I am thrilled to collaborate with Paramount Pictures with the singular goal of creating exceptional movies in the horror genre,” said Hamada. “Over the course of my career, nothing has been more gratifying than discovering emerging, first-time filmmakers and writers and unleashing their brilliance in a studio setting. Thank you to Brian and the entire team at Paramount Pictures for this tremendous opportunity, I can’t wait to get started.”
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Dubai-based Middle Eastern exhibition giant Vox Cinemas has unveiled its first slate of original Arabic films, which it is producing under a commitment first announced in 2021 to make 25 films out of the region in five years.
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“, which both surpassed $1B at the global box office. Hamada also shepherded the DC titles “The Batman,” “Black Adam,” “The Suicide Squad,” “Wonder Woman 1984” and “Shazam!,” as well as the studio’s upcoming DC-based releases include “The Flash,” “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,” and “Shazam: Fury of the Gods.” Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President, Production at New Line Cinema where he launched the highest-grossing horror franchise of all time with “The Conjuring,” and the adaptation of Stephen King’s iconic horror novel “IT,” which became a global phenomenon and the highest grossing horror film in history with more than $704 million in global box office receipts.Walter Hamada is represented by attorney Jeff Frankel and Mortimer PR.
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