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We’ll have to wait even longer to get our Tom Cruise fix from Paramount Pictures. The studio has further delayed the releases of both “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Mission: Impossible 7” along with “Jackass Forever.” This comes after multiple hiccups for the “Top Gun” sequel, with the release playing musical chairs for almost two years.

We’ll have to wait even longer to get our Tom Cruise fix from Paramount Pictures. The studio has further delayed the releases of both “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Mission: Impossible 7” along with “Jackass Forever.” This comes after multiple hiccups for the “Top Gun” sequel, with the release playing musical chairs for almost two years.

Honestly, when writing for The Playlist, I didn’t think I’d ever have to cover a film about an oversized red dog as much as I have already. But alas, that’s what happens when the Toronto International Film Festival showcases the upcoming family film, “Clifford the Big Red Dog” as one of its world premieres.

isn’t returning for the second season of “Bridgerton” can rejoice now that he’s been cast in an upcoming Paramount film — a reimagined version of “The Saint” crime novellas.Page, 31, is set to star as Simon Templar and will also serve as executive producer, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Representatives for Paramount and Page did not immediately return requests for comment from The Post.The film will tell the story of Templar, who is known as “The Saint,” during his travels as a

Johnny Knoxville and the “Jackass” guys had their prime moment of cultural relevancy about twenty years ago after the TV show first premiered on MTV. Since then, there have been three feature films, each one more commercially successful than the last.

The new “Transformers” movie has only just begun shooting, but Paramount Pictures wants to let the world know that they’re still spending all the money on this franchise.

Paramount Pictures is going all-in on filmmaker Jeff Nichols as they secured him to direct the third film in the successful “A Quiet Place” franchise with the first two installments helmed by actor-turned-director John Krasinski.

Following a terrific box-office opening weekend for “A Quiet Place Part II”— nearly $60 million over the Memorial Day Weekend—Paramount Pictures has carved out a March 2023 release date for a third ‘Quiet Place’ film. But it’s likely not the one you’re expecting.

There have been some signs that Paramount Pictures might be taking a different angle with future “Transformers” movies post-Michael Bay as previously seen with Steven DeKnight‘s quirky 1980s-set “Bumblebee” taking a much less noisy approach and allowing audiences to settle in rather than being bombarded with incoherent explosions.

Following WarnerMedia‘s controversial day-and-date release model, which will see all 17 of their films in 2021 dropping on both HBO Max and in theaters at the same time, Paramount Pictures will attempt to shorten their theatrical window for upcoming sequels such as Christopher McQuarrie‘s “Mission: Impossible 7” and John Krasinski‘s “A Quiet Place Part II.” According to Deadline, the pair of blockbusters will be dropped on their streaming service Paramount+ after spending 45-days in theaters.

Lily Gladstone, the breakout star of Kelly Reichardt‘s 2016 indie “Certain Women,” has been cast alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese’s upcoming $200-million drama, “Killers of The Flower Moon.” Based on the David Grann book of the same name and adapted by Eric Roth (“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”), the crime drama centers on members of the Indigenous American Osage tribe in the United States who are murdered under mysterious circumstances in the 1920s, sparking a major F.B.I.

According to a new report, we’re finally getting another “Cloverfield” project from J.J. Abrams‘ Bad Robot and Paramount Pictures.

Following a wave of new theatrical release date delays due to COVID-19 concerns and slow vaccine rollout issues, Paramount Pictures is the latest studio getting in on the “fun” of pushing back their big releases.

And yet another one bites the theatrical dust. First reported by Deadline, but confirmed by The Playlist, Lee Daniels’ awards season contender “The United States vs.

Paramount Pictures and Hasbro/eOne are on a great quest for an actor to play a fantasy hero and they may have just found them. The Hollywood Reporter has learned that “Star Trek” franchise actor Chris Pine is now in talks with the studio to take the heroic lead in their upcoming “Dungeons & Dragons” remake.

In a film industry that seems to always be on the hunt for the next big franchise, we’ve seen studios dig deep into their libraries to mind for box office gold. And as we pointed out in a recent deep dive into this trend, studios are increasingly looking at prestige films as a previously untapped resource to generate interest in a project.

You’re going to be hearing soon, from us, what we like to call “Prestige IP” (intellectual property). It’s rearing its head everywhere, and it seems to be the way one facet of where Hollywood is headed in its neverending quest to keep franchises and intellectual property churning forever.

As the season continues to shuffle and the streaming wars will feature its first big face off on Christmas Day (HBO Max’s “Wonder Woman 1984” vs. Disney+‘s “Soul“), other streaming services are making moves.

A couple of years ago it was reported that Denis Villeneuve was going to helm a new film about Cleopatra, but it seems that film (if it ever materializes) will have some competition. It was just announced that “Wonder Woman” director Patty Jenkins and star Gal Gadot will reunite for their own version of “Cleopatra,” for Paramount Pictures.

An early script from seminal Hollywood film The Godfather and a painting from Impressionist Pierre-August Renoir are among the items going under the hammer as part of an auction of famed movie producer Robert Evans’ estate.

lengthy interview he did for Deadline’s Disruptors Issue for the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, Coppola discussed how turning 80 made him want to see versions of his great films that pleased him the most. Here is a lengthy track in which he discussed his recut versions of “Apocalypse Now,” “Cotton Club” and his fervent desire to do a better version of that final Corleone installment.

EXCLUSIVE: Looks like Paramount’s plan to next make the “Star Trek” movie that Noah Hawley wrote and plans to direct has been put on pause for a moment. New film chief Emma Watts, who managed many a franchise at Fox, is in the process of figuring out which way to go.The pause on the Hawley project, which had been in soft prep, prompted rumors this week that the filmmaker might exit, but that has not happened yet, sources said.

With most theaters still closed due to the spread of COVID-19, studios are weighing options and making tough decisions. While some studios are just sending films to Premiere VOD (PVOD), Paramount continues to sell off a large number of its titles to various streaming services instead.

“Sonic the Hedgehog” is getting a sequel.

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline hears that the tug of war over one of the highest profile films in Hollywood is about over. Apple will win the derby for the Martin Scorsese-directed film “Killers Of The Flower Moon,” with Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro in the lead roles. The deals are being papered, but I’m told when they are, it will be an Apple original film, and Paramount will distribute theatrically worldwide.

As per the latest news reports, Hollywood actor Russell Crowe is all set to portray a ruthless mobster in Paramount Pictures film titled American Son. The makers of the upcoming film, American Son are reportedly still hunting for the lead actor, but according to a news report in Variety, A Beautiful Mind actor Russell Crowe will be playing the villain who is a notorious mobster.

John Krasinski and Emily Blunt’s thriller “A Quiet Place II” has been delayed amid concerns around an escalating coronavirus pandemic.

Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani, the stars of Paramount’s upcoming comedy “The Lovebirds,” will not attend the film’s world premiere at the SXSW film festival next week, insiders told Variety.

Filming on the latest Mission: Impossible film has been halted over fears of the coronavirus outbreak in Italy, producers have said.

Prepare yourself for the first jaw-dropping trailer of 2020!