Paramount Halts Pre-Production on ‘World War Z’ Sequel Due to Budget Issues
Development on the project will likely continue, an insider with knowledge of the project says
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‘World War Z’ Writer Makes Directing Debut on Fact-Based ‘Mosul,’ Shot in Secret in Morocco
Matthew Michael Carnahan’s movie is based on New Yorker story about Mosul SWAT team battling ISIS
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Brad Pitt In Talks With David Fincher to Helm ‘World War Z’ Sequel
Actor is trying to land the “Gone Girl” director to helm sequel to 2013 zombie apocalypse movie
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Brad Pitt’s ‘World War Z’ Sequel Loses Director Juan Antonio Bayona
Paramount wants to shoot the sequel this summer, but Bayona is still finishing “A Monster Calls”
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Stanley Kubrick’s Anti-War Script ‘The Downslope’ to Be Developed as Trilogy By ‘World War Z’ Director
Marc Forster will direct and produce the first film in the planned series
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‘Inside Out’ Will Be First Pixar Movie Not to Debut at No. 1
The animated film drew rave reviews in Cannes and scores 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, but “Jurassic World” looks too tough to beat on its opening weekend
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Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard to Play Spies and Lovers in Robert Zemeckis’ WWII Movie
Steven Knight (“Locke”) wrote the untitled period project for Paramount and New Regency
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Brad Pitt’s ‘War Machine’ to Stream on Netflix
Netflix acquires the satirical comedy written and directed by David Michôd
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‘Imitation Game’ Scribe Graham Moore’s NBC Show Scores Straight-to-Series Order
Network commits to 10 episodes of outbreak drama directed by “World War Z” helmer Marc Forster
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‘Batman v Superman,’ ‘Fantastic Four 2’ to Battle ‘Greek Wedding,’ ‘World War Z’ Sequels
Universal’s family comedy starring Nia Vardalos will go head-to-head with DC’s top superheroes
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‘Pitch Perfect 2’ Whacks ‘Mad Max’ With $4.6 Million at Thursday Box Office
The musical comedy sequel gets early edge as George Miller’s action epic rolls to $3.7 million
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Marc Evans Replacing Adam Goodman as President of Paramount’s Motion Picture Group
Paramount Pictures chairman and CEO Brad Grey made the announcement on Monday afternoon
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Lance Bass, Erykah Badu Among Guest Stars on Amazon’s ‘Hand of God’
Along with Badu, Hunter Parrish, Jon Tenney and Jacob Vargas will also recur on upcoming streaming drama
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‘The Killing’s’ Mireille Enos to Star on ABC’s Shondaland Pilot ‘The Catch’
Actress to play a fraud investigator who is also engaged to a con man
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‘Spider-Man’ Reboot: Drew Goddard in Talks to Write, Direct for Sony, Marvel
The filmmaker behind Marvel’s “Daredevil” had been attached to direct “The Sinister Six” for the studio
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Blake Lively to Play Blind Wife of Jason Clarke in Indie Drama ‘All I See Is You’
Marc Forster co-wrote and will direct the film for SC International Pictures
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Billy Bob Thornton, Alfred Molina Join Tina Fey in Paramount Comedy
Margot Robbie and Martin Freeman co-star in the untitled film set in the Middle East
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5 Ways Actors Over 50 Are Shaking Up Their Careers to Avoid the Johnny Depp Curse
The 51-year-old actor adds another flop to his already long streak, but other actors aren’t betting their careers on only box-office bankability
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Skydance Shakeup: Paul Schwake Exits as COO, CFO of David Ellison’s Company
No replacement has been named yet
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Brad Pitt’s ‘World War Z’ Sequel to Be Written by ‘Locke’ Director Steven Knight
J.A. Bayona (“The Orphanage”) will direct the zombie movie for Paramount and Plan B
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Ryan Reynolds’ Kidnapping Thriller, ‘The Captive,’ Acquired by A24 for US Release
Film directed by Atom Egoyan also stars Rosario Dawson, Scott Speedman, Mireille Enos, Kevin Durand, and Bruce Greenwood.
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Amazon Studios Greenlights Pilots from Whit Stillman, Marc Forster, Ron Perlman
“The Cosmopolitans” and “Hand of God” latest star-driven streaming programs
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How Paramount Kept ‘Noah’ From Sinking and Beat the Bad Buzz – Again
This is the third time the studio turned criticism of a high profile movie into awareness – and box office. But who’s counting?
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Fearing Chinese Censors, Paramount Changes ‘World War Z’ (Exclusive)
Plot changes in the Brad Pitt epic are latest example of increasing trend of Hollywood studios trying to mollify China
