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UPDATED, Friday PM: Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2 is heading to a $17 million-plus Friday, which will put the sequel on track for a third weekend of $60M at 4,440 theaters, -41%, making it one of the seven best third weekends ever. Oscar buzz is already developing around the movie, and rightfully so: it’s…

Perhaps emboldened by the critical success of the “Long, Long Time” episode of HBO's The Last of Us, production company Platinum Dunes takes the third episode in its post-apocalyptic A Quiet Place franchise into surprisingly melancholy territory. It's an…

EXCLUSIVE: David Suchet has landed his first TV acting gig in several years with a Channel 5 series titled The Au Pair opposite Lupin star Ludmilla Makowski. The iconic British actor, who played Hercule Poirot in 70 Agatha Christie adaptations over 25 years, will play George, a diabetic father who…

Paramount Global is pushing ahead with asset sales and bankers are in the house as it sets out to streamline and raise cash to pay down debt. Its three co-CEOs confirmed as much Tuesday at a company town hall with staff. Lots of things are being explored. Deadline hears there's early chatter about…

In the latest executive shuffle at Paramount Global, home entertainment chief Bob Buchi is exiting and will be replaced by Amazon MGM digital distribution exec Andres Alvarez. Craig White, EVP, Worldwide Sales & Distribution for Home Entertainment, is also departing the company. Chief Content…

Paramount Global’s unorthodox Office of the CEO, which started as a presumed placeholder, is turning into a longer-term fixture poised to once again reshape the tempest-tossed company. Consisting of three top Paramount execs – George Cheeks, Chris McCarthy and Brian Robbins – the Office replaced Bob…

EXCLUSIVE: Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly is cementing itself as one of Paramount network Channel 5’s longest-running stalwarts after receiving a hefty double season order that will see it cross the 100-episode mark. Channel 5 said Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly is its highest-performing factual…

Paramount went all in on Gladiator II at CineEurope today, showing off an exclusive extended look at Ridley Scott's sequel to his 2000 Best Picture Oscar winner. Introducing the footage in a video clip, Scott promised that Gladiator II, coming nearly two-and-a-half decades after the original, is "well…

Paramount on Tuesday debuted the first trailer for Smile 2, Parker Finn’s follow-up to his surprise 2022 horror hit Smile, which follows a new set of characters within the same universe. Directed by Finn from his own script, the sequel follows Skye Riley (Naomi Scott), a global pop sensation about to…

Share of Paramount Global hit a milestone today, and not a good one. The stock price fell below $10 intraday, changing hands at $9.91 just now, down 2% from Friday. It’s never dipped below ten bucks since Viacom and CBS merged in December of 2019, making this an all-time low after David Ellison’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Up-and-comer Jacob Rodriguez (Tell Me Lies) has landed the male lead in Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado (wt), the new live-action family film being produced for Nickelodeon and Paramount+ by Nickelodeon Studios. With Samantha Lorraine on board for the title role, as previously…

The implosion of talks between David Ellison's Skydance and Shari Redstone has cast a pall on the town. Beyond Paramount Global's share price inching down to below $10 a share, enthusiasm does not seem high over the rival bidders or Redstone relying on a troika of George Cheeks, Chris McCarthy and Brian…