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Ridley Scott in Talks with Paramount about Bee Gees biopic

Ridley Scott is reportedly talking with Paramount Pictures about directing an upcoming biopic about the Bee Gees musical group. Though nothing has yet been finalized, Deadline is reporting that Scott would also produce the as-yet-untitled film along with Michael Pruss, Graham King, and Stacey Snider. John Logan, who will write the script, had earlier been…

J. C. Chandor to Direct TV Reboot of Coppola’s ‘The Conversation’

© 2003 – Paramount Pictures All Rights Reserved Francis ford Coppola’s 1974 film The Conversation is being revived as a television series to be written and directed by J.C. Chandor. The remake of the iconic film is being developed by Paramount via the MRC studio, which has optioned the TV rights from the Coppola estate. Chandor…

‘Top Gun 3’ in Development at Paramount

@Photo by Paramount Pictures/Paramount Pictures – © 2019 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All rights reserved. Tom Cruise, the versatile actor/producer, is cruising full speed ahead on a bunch of new projects, including Top Gun 3, which is in development at Paramount. He’s also shooting Mission : Impossible 8 for the same studio and is working on a…

Jeffrey Katzenberg: Still Proud of Quibi’s Abortive Moonshot

@Jeffrey Katzenberg on American Masters Three years after the demise of the streaming service Quibi, its founder Jeffrey Katzenberg says he is still proud of what he did. In an interview with LinkedIn’s CEO Ryan Roslansky, the former Disney/Paramount/DreamWorks executive said, “I’m humbled by the failure. But I’m proud that what we tried was a…

Martin Scorsese Reveals Why He Didn’t Direct ‘Schindler’s List’: “I’m not Jewish””

After thirty-some years, Martin Scorsese is telling the world why he turned down the possibility of directing Schindler’s List, the acclaimed Holocaust-themed film that was ultimately done by Steven Spielberg. In a recent interview with Deadline, Scorsese said that his decision to turn the project over to Spielberg was prompted after the response to his…

’80 for Brady’: An Inspirational Saga of Girls Gone Rogue

When I initially learned that Paramount’s 80 for Brady was to be a saga about aging actresses, my thoughts immediately gravitated toward another Paramount classic, the 1950 noir epic Sunset Boulevard. That iconic film, a stern and airless saga that charted the decline and fall of Norma Desmond (played by Gloria Swanson), was intense and…

Babak Anvari to Direct new ‘Cloverfield’ film

Paramount Pictures is planning a new installment in the Cloverfield series, with British-Iranian director Babak Anvari as director and Joe Barton as scriptwriter. To be titled Cloverfield 2, the film will be produced by franchise founder J. J. Abrams for Bad Robot, joined by Hannah Minghella and Jon Cohen. The sci fi-horror franchise was launched…