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Paramount+ announces plan for 150 international originals ahead of UK and Ireland launch

Over a year after its initial launch in the U.S., streaming service Paramount+ will be available in the U.K. and Ireland on Wednesday, June 22. Its international slate of seven new titles was announce

Paramount+ reaches nearly 40M subscribers, will expand to the UK, South Korea and India

Paramount Global, formerly ViacomCBS, reported an overall total of 62.4 million global subscribers across its suite of streaming services, with Paramount+ alone adding 6.8 million total subscribers in

Paramount+ to include Showtime as company bets on streaming future

ViacomCBS, which will now go by the name Paramount, announced on Tuesday its streaming service Paramount+ will include access to Showtime programming in one integrated offering starting this summer. T

‘The Lovebirds’ reportedly skipping theaters and heading to Netflix

Netflix is picking up “The Lovebirds,” an upcoming romantic comedy starring Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae. “The Lovebirds” reunites Nanjiani with director Michael Showalter. The

Netflix is making ‘Beverly Hills Cop 4’

Netflix has acquired the rights from Paramount to make “Beverly Hills Cop 4.” Deadline, which broke the news, said the studio has been trying to restart the franchise in several forms, inc

Somehow, ‘Dark Fate’ got me excited about the Terminator again

The release of a new Terminator sequel has become a familiar ritual: The latest filmmakers acknowledge the greatness of the first two movies, then mumble awkwardly about the other sequels — which ar

Director Ang Lee explains why he built a digital Will Smith in ‘Gemini Man’

Before showing “Gemini Man” to a group of reporters last week, director Ang Lee described the movie as a “leap of faith.” Then, to illustrate how nervous he was, he pretended t

Moonbug nabs $145M to buy up kids’ digital media brands

The entertainment business was founded by former Disney and Paramount executives.

The Infatuation raises $30M from Jeffrey Katzenberg’s WndrCo to bring Zagat into the digital age

WndrCo, the consumer tech investment and holding company founded by longtime Hollywood executive Jeffrey Katzenberg, has invested $30 million in The Infatuation, a restaurant discovery platform.

Startups are giving writers and filmmakers more ways to make it in Hollywood

On May 11, Netflix released the teen dramedy “The Kissing Booth” just as the school year was wrapping up for teens across the country. By June, the company had a smash hit among the tweena

Intel launches motion capture studio in LA to bring cinematic VR to Hollywood studios

About 270 miles southwest from Las Vegas, where Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich is at CES unveiling his company’s latest developments, the lights are off in a massive studio space where man

I have a lot of feelings about the new ‘Ghost in the Shell’ movie

Ghost in the Shell is one of the best-looking science fiction films in years. Yet, despite how much I enjoyed it, it's hard not to see it as something of a missed opportunity.

‘Star Trek Beyond’ points the 50-year-old franchise back at the stars

Let’s start with the obvious: Star Trek Beyond is a pretty good movie, but it doesn’t quite make it into the top tier of Trek films like The Wrath of Khan, The Undiscovered Country and First Conta

Paramount And Twitter Team Up To Offer Sneak Previews And Free Popcorn To Moviegoers

<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/twitter-_-twitterglobalpr_-paramount-twitter-just-a.png" class="shot2">Twitter has just <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/twitterglobalpr/statu

'SUPER 8' Movie Trailer Launches Exclusively On Twitter, TwitVid

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/super8.png" /> A couple of hours ago, <a href="http://www.paramount.com/">Paramount Pictures</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/Super8Movie/s

Hey Brian (Guy Behind iPhone Vs. EVO Videos), Paramount Wants To Talk!

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/121.png" alt="" title="12" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-197251" />Remember those awesome iPhone 4 versus EVO 4G videos? Hopefully you d

Wait, A Hollywood Exec Actually Making Sense With Regard To Movie Rentals And The Web?

<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-190386" title="forrestgump21" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/forrestgump21.jpeg" alt="" />Wait a second, what's this? I must not be read

Movie Licensing Goes Virtual With Habbo-Paramount Deal

An important part of any blockbuster movie’s revenues these days comes from merchandising deals—all the ancillary toys, T-shirts, and backpacks that flood stores after the release of a Harry P

'Jackass 2.5' is first online movie premiere backed by big studio

http://www.mtv.com/jackassworld/player/embed/jaw/wp/ Revolutionary! Paramount Pictures will debut “Jackass 2.5” on the Internet next week, the first time a major studio will premiere a mov