Paramount Players
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| Division | |
| Industry | Motion pictures |
| Founded | June 2017[1] |
| Founder | Jim Gianopulos |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Wyck Godfrey (Interim role) |
| Products | Film production |
| Parent | Paramount Pictures |
Paramount Players is a film studio division of Paramount Pictures, focusing on "contemporary properties" while working with other ViacomCBS brands. The name alludes to the company's earliest origins as Famous Players Film Company, before its 1914 founding by William Wadsworth Hodkinson.
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History
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."[1] 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.[2]
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.[3]
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 Pictures’ 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.[4]
Films
Released films
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| November 2, 2018 | Nobody's Fool | Co-produced by Tyler Perry Studios and BET Films |
| February 8, 2019 | What Men Want | Co-produced by Will Packer Productions and BET Films |
| August 9, 2019 | Dora and the Lost City of Gold | Co-produced by Nickelodeon Movies, Walden Media, Media Rights Capital, and Burr! Productions |
| October 18, 2019 | Eli | Distributed by Netflix[5] Co-produced by MTV Films, Intrepid Pictures, and Bellevue Productions |
| November 8, 2019 | Playing with Fire[6] | Co-produced by Nickelodeon Movies, Walden Media, and Broken Road Productions |
Upcoming films
| Release Date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| April 17, 2020[7] | Monster Problems[8] | Co-produced by MTV Films, 21 Laps Entertainment, and Entertainment One |
| August 28, 2020 | Spell[9] |
Highest-grossing films
| Rank | Title | Year | Worldwide gross | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dora and the Lost City of Gold | 2019 | $115.1 million | $49 million |
| 2 | What Men Want | 2019 | $72.2 million | $20 million |
| 3 | Playing with Fire | 2019 | $53.4 million | $30 million |
| 4 | Nobody's Fool | 2018 | $33.5 million | $19 million |
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