ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish On A Movie A Week On Paramount+ And How SpongeBob Drove Engagement

Discovery CEO David Zaslav, a week after announcing a $43 billion deal to merge with WarnerMedia in a spinoff from AT&T, sees validation in today’s news that Amazon is swallowing MGM.

Famed photographer Chi Modu has died. The artist, who captured iconic shots of Tupac and many more, was 54.

The WarnerMedia/Discovery merger should have no effect on Disney’s business strategies, a bullish Disney CEO Bob Chapek said during a virtual question-and-answer session at the J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference on Monday.Chapek said Disney is enjoying a competitive position as pandemic restrictions begin to soften, and allow the reopening of both movie theaters and theme parks hit hard in the last year.

Disney CEO Bob Chapek said the company made “the right call” by planning to release Black Widow in theaters this summer at the same time it hits Disney+ as a Premier Access title.

Actor Kevin Spacey is on the comeback trail, booking his first film role in four years.

Huntington Beach, California is bracing for what could be the TikTok Woodstock.

The Huntington Beach City Council, earlier this month, approved flying the rainbow colored flag at City Hall and recognizing June as Pride Month. Photo: City of Huntington Beach

EXCLUSIVE: Pet Sematary, Stephen King’s self-proclaimed scariest property ever, next installment in the franchise has gained momentum as it looks like it has found its director. Sources tell Deadline, Lindsey Beer has signed on to direct Paramount Players’ follow-up adaptation of the successful 2019 horror pic based on Stephen King’s best-seller.

Disney has confirmed Marvel‘s forthcoming superhero movie Shang-Chi And The Legend of the Ten Rings will only be released in cinemas.CEO Bob Chapek announced during a Q2 earnings call that it would be released exclusively in cinemas for 45 days before it is shown on a streaming service, according to Variety.Chapek said the decision was based on “recent signs of increased confidence in moviegoing.”Shang Chi will be Disney’s first theatrical releases since the 20th Century film The New

With the announcement that “Black Widow” is going to Disney+ Premier Access on the same date as it does theaters, combined with the news yesterday that Dwayne Johnson’s “Jungle Cruise” is doing the same, theater owners were rightfully concerned that the Mouse House was destroying the theatrical exclusivity window for good.

Disney CEO Bob Chapek said today’s decision by the Centers from Disease Control to dramatically adjust its guidance on masks for fully vaccinated adults is “very big news for us.”

“We believe in the power of live sports,” Disney CEO Bob Chapek said Thursday in announcing an expansion of the brand’s footprint on various fields. Disney said it has renewed its current deal with Major League Baseball and bulked up even more with a new agreement with Spain’s LaLiga soccer league, the exec said on the company’s Q2 earnings call.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterMarvel Studios’ “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” and 20th Century’s “Free Guy” will open in movie theaters exclusively, Disney CEO Bob Chapek announced during a Q2 earnings call on Thursday.

While some of Disney’s biggest blockbusters this summer will debut in both theaters and Disney+ through its Premier Access, Disney confirmed that two films, both “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” and “Free Guy,” will have an exclusive run in theaters.

Regina King has lined up another new movie to direct, according to Collider.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorNickelodeon has emerged as one of the most popular content hubs on Paramount Plus, offering ViacomCBS a flashback to the good old days when it dominated the linear cable kids TV business.The stickiness of Nickelodeon content is a sign that the strategy of expanding the CBS All Access streamer with the Paramount Plus relaunch on March 4 was the right approach, ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish told Wall Street analysts Thursday during the company’s first quarter earnings

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Infinite,” a sci-fi thriller starring Mark Wahlberg and directed by Antoine Fuqua, will exclusively debut on Paramount Plus in the U.S.The move was announced by ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish on the company’s quarterly earnings call on Thursday and comes as Paramount Plus is seeking to bolster its lineup of original content.

The Paramount Pictures sci-fi thriller “Infinite,” starring Mark Wahlberg and previously announced for a Memorial Day weekend theatrical release, will skip theaters to debut exclusively on the streaming service Paramount+.