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New Paramount chief backs Colbert cancellation, says late-night landscape has 'huge problem'

During a press conference, new Paramount President Jeff Shell backed last month's decision to cancel "The Late Show with ...

Paramount Sues ‘Top Gun: Maverick' Writer's Cousin, Who Claimed He Authored Key Action Scenes

The studio accuses Shaun Gray, a cousin of 'Maverick' screenwriter Eric Warren Singer, of fraud and copyright infringement ...

David Ellison’s Paramount Takes Gloves Off In ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Script Suit As Third Flyboy Flick On Deck

David Ellison's Paramount are set on a Top Gun 3 & they are getting down & dirty in a legal fight over the script for 2022 ...

Paramount goes on the offensive in the Top Gun: Maverick Cousin Fight

Paramount has taken a page from Pete “Maverick” Mitchell’s own playbook today, and gone on the attack: The freshly acquired ...

David Ellison Shows Off His New Throne at Paramount, With ‘Top Gun 3,’ ‘Star Trek’ and ‘World War Z’ Called Priorities

Ellison and his top executives hosted a meet-and-greet with journalists on the storied Melrose Lot Wednesday to further ...

Taylor Sheridan, Paramount Set Massive Texas Production Hub in Fort Worth

The 450,000 square foot campus, built to support four concurrent large-scale productions, is the largest operating studio in ...

Paramount Layoffs Will Be “Painful” But One & Done, Jeff Shell Promises; David Ellison Keeps Timeline Private For Now

Looking to save $2 billion, everybody knows David Ellison’s Paramount is going to have to make some deep cuts & now we know ...

Paramount acquires UFC rights in 7-year, $7.7 billion deal with TKO Group

Paramount will become the new home to all UFC events in the U.S., while UFC's CEO says the White House may host a July 4 ...

New Paramount Plans to Ramp Film Slate Up to 20 Theatrical Films Per Year

"Star Trek" and family films are a priority, though the studio's new execs stopped short of committing to a hard theatrical ...

Paramount’s Big Jump Evokes Meme-Stock Era as Squeeze Risk Soars

A double-digit rally over two trading sessions for the newly-merged media company Paramount Skydance Corp. is recalling the ...

LISTEN: David Ellison and Paramount’s New Regime Meets the Media in New York and L.A.; Backstory on 10 Storytellers to Watch

On 'Daily Variety' podcast, analysis of the new Paramount team's media moments in New York and L.A.; plus the backstory on 10 ...

Paramount Plus reveals 3 massive ways it's taking on Netflix

Paramount Plus just announced several changes it's making to the streaming service now that it's part of Skydance.