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Paramount Players is an American film production label of Paramount Pictures, focusing on "contemporary properties" while working with other Paramount Global brands. The name alludes to the company's earliest origins as Famous Players Film Company , before its 1914 founding by William Wadsworth Hodkinson .
Nov 21, 2023 · Paramount Players is a film production company that produces horror, sci-fi, comedy, romance and adventure movies. See the list of 13 titles released or coming soon, with release dates and genres.
Film TitleGenreRelease DateStatusHorrorTBA, 2024Completed 2024Sci-FiOctober 7, 2022ReleasedSuspenseSeptember 30, 2022ReleasedDramaSeptember 23, 2022ReleasedMar 8, 2022 · Paramount Pictures has integrated Paramount Players, a division for youth-oriented films, under its motion picture group. Jeremy Kramer, who led Players for 18 months, will leave the studio after the reorganisation.
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Paramount Players is a film production company and division of Paramount Pictures that mainly produces films based on ViacomCBS properties (specifically from Nickelodeon, MTV and BET). The company was launched in 2017. Its name is a loose reference to the Famous Players Film Company, one of the predecessors of Paramount Pictures.
The company itself is also focusing on "contemporary properties" while working with other Paramount Global brands. The name alludes to the company's earliest origins as Famous Players Film Company, before its 1914 founding by William Wadsworth Hodkinson.
On June 7, 2017, Jim Gianopulos, who joined Paramount Pictures as the Chairman and CEO in March, announced the launch of the Paramount Players division with Brian Robbins, the founder and former CEO of AwesomenessTV, as president. Robbins will work with Viacom’s Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central and BET operations to generate projects while the new division focuses on "contemporary properties." The division was created after Paramount and Viacom expressed disappointment at Comedy Central stars Jordan Peele and Amy Schumer producing their own films (2017's Get Out and 2015's Trainwreck, respectively) for Universal Pictures due to feeling "unwelcome" by Paramount's former executives.
On August 17, 2017, Paramount Players acquired its first project, which is a film adaptation of the book Vacation Guide to the Solar System by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley.
On October 1, 2018, Brian Robbins left his position as the president of Paramount Players after Viacom tapped him to be the president of Nickelodeon, ending his 16-month run at the studio. Despite leaving the studio, he will remain involved with Paramount Players' Nickelodeon films (Dora and the Lost City of Gold and Playing with Fire). Wyck Godfrey, the president of Paramount Motion Picture Group, is serving as interim and will oversee day-to-day operations with support from Robbins until Paramount finds a new president for the studio.
On June 30, 2020, Emma Watts replaced Wyck Godfrey as the president of Paramount Motion Picture Group and began on July 20 (Godfrey returned to producing). In October, Watts tapped Jeremy Kramer as president.
Released filmsUpcoming filmsIn development1."Paramount Pictures CEO says struggling studio is 'poised for a renaissance.' Inside Jim Gianopulos' first year", Los Angeles Times, April 24, 2018.
2."Paramount's New Banner Lands 'Vacation Guide to the Solar System'", The Hollywood Reporter.
3."Viacom Names Brian Robbins President of Nickelodeon", The Hollywood Reporter, October 1, 2018.
4."Paramount Pictures Names Emma Watts President of the Motion Picture Group", The Hollywood Reporter, June 30, 2020.
5."Jeremy Kramer to Head Paramount Players". The Hollywood Reporter.
6.D'Alessandro, Anthony (March 8, 2022). "Paramount Players Merged Under Studio Co-Heads Mike Ireland and Daria Cercek; Jeremy Kramer Departing". Deadline.
On March 8, 2022, Paramount Players' operations were folded into Paramount Pictures Motion Picture Group. [139] However, it will continue to operate as a label as it has several upcoming films on its slate. On November 15, 2022, Paramount entered a multi-year exclusive deal with former president of DC Films Walter Hamada. Hamada will oversee ...
Mar 8, 2022 · March 8, 2022 12:40pm. Daria Cercek and Michael Ireland Courtesy of Brad Buckman/Justine Ungaro. Realigning its divisions, Paramount Pictures has effectively shut down Paramount Players, merging ...
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