The show goes on for Paramount with ‘Gladiator II,’ a new Damien Chazelle movie and more

LAS VEGAS – With studies and rumors swirling about imaginable mergers and bids to procure Paramount, the movie studio put its highest foot ahead for theater homeowners at CinemaCon on Thursday.

The ancient studio introduced a new movie with Oscar-winning “La La Land” director Damien Chazelle, a “G.I. Joe/Transformers” crossover and that Glen Powell will celebrity in Edgar Wight’s “Running Man” reboot.

Paramount CEO and President Brian Robbins additionally teased some more which are in construction, together with a Bee Gees movie from Ridley Scott, a new musical from Trey Parker and Matt Stone, a “Star Trek” starting place tale, a new “Scary Movie” and an R-rated are living motion “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin” in addition to an animated “Mutant Mayhem” sequel.

They additionally introduced out stars like Chris Hemsworth and Lupita Nyong’o to discuss their upcoming motion pictures, with video messages from Scott, Denzel Washington and Paul Mescal, who helped introduce new photos from “Gladiator II.”

Washington promised, “Emotion, action and spectacle unlike anything else you’re going to see in theaters this year.”

Paramount had a sure begin to 2024 with a hit releases like “Mean Girls” and “Bob Marley: One Love,” and some primary motion pictures to return this 12 months together with “A Quiet Place: Day One” (June 28), the animated “Transformers One” (Sept. 13), a “Smile” sequel (Oct. 18) and the “Gladiator” sequel (Nov. 22). They may even re-release Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar” in September for its tenth anniversary, and, in 2025, “Mission: Impossible 8.” But soaring over all of it are the studies of the corporate’s sale.

The private-equity company Apollo Global reportedly presented $11 billion to procure the studio, which has filmed leisure, tv and streaming parts like Paramount+. There have additionally been studies of a imaginable merger with Skydance, David Ellison’s media corporate that has helped produce such Paramount releases as “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning.”

Without without delay addressing them, Paramount leaned into the chatter with Robbins joking that the studio’s distribution head Chris Aronson has began a Kickstarter to throw his hat into the hoop.

While the tone at CinemaCon, a weeklong collecting of theater homeowners, exhibitors and all of the quite a lot of firms excited about movie theater operations and reviews, is generally overwhelmingly sure, Aronson took a more sober means.

After coming into the presentation in a Roman chariot retaining a protect emblazoned with the Paramount brand, he famous that the business has misplaced a truthful quantity of widespread moviegoers and will have to paintings to get them again with capital enhancements to theaters and different inventions.

The home field administrative center has progressed 12 months after 12 months for the reason that pandemic, however is still about $2 billion shy of the place the trade used to be pre-pandemic.

“Our industry is at a turning point,” Aronson stated. “It’s quite clear that moviegoers still love going to the movies, but we as an industry must do better.”