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Paramount is turning Pierce Brown’s Red Rising into a movie, and the director is someone who knows dystopian young adult franchises well. The studio has picked up the film rights to the series, and Francis Lawrence is attached to direct an adaptation of the first novel, also titled Red Rising. The news first came from…

Paramount Skydance has officially taken over Warner Bros Discovery in a $110bn merger that is set to reshape Hollywood and the media landscape.

The streamer took U.S. and select international rights on comedy It Gets Worse, coming-of-age drama Major Players and the adaptation of The Ministry of Time.

The indie film sector is scratching its head this week over what a combined Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) will meaningfully offer it when the $111bn merger closes, which now looks inevitable after Paramount and a dozen US states settled their antitrust case.

Paramount has reached a settlement with a group of US states that clears the way for its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, officials announced Monday, creating a Hollywood empire spanning television, news and cinema.

Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko return with the franchise’s next chapter, following Pavi, a young Earthbender hunted as humanity’s destroyer after discovering she is Korra’s successor; Book 1 rolls out in 3-episode batches starting October 9.

Paramount has offered three-year agreements to AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. and Cineworld Group’s Regal Cinemas, requiring it to release the films exclusively in theaters for at least 45 days Bloomberg August 09, 2026 / 07:58 IST Paramount Chief Executive Officer David Ellison has already made similar claims in public, but the written commitments provide assurances…

If you’re a big G.I. Joe fan there’s good news and bad news. And also some very weird news. The good: Paramount is reportedly developing not one but two movie scripts in hopes of bringing the popular franchise back to the big screen. The bad is that, while beloved Hollywood figure Danny McBride is developing…