With 'Angry Birds' headed to theaters, producer David Maisel spills all on how he played a key role in turning Marvel Studios into a global film power as, he says, an inventor of its sequels and quasi-sequels strategy and engineer of the Disney sale.
Even the most ardent fans of Marvel and its heroes probably haven't heard of David Maisel. But he ...
At the annual industry conference known as CinemaCon, movie studios try to wow theater owners with A-list movie stars, chats with famous directors and sizzling trailers for big-budget film projects.
But Paramount Pictures' presentation underwhelmed. Monday night's event at Caesars Palace included an awkward exchange between Megan Fox and Will Arne...
EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has learned that Dan Mintz’s Beijing- and Los Angeles-based DMG Entertainment is one of the entities seeking to buy a piece of Paramount Pictures. The sale of what is believed to be a 40% stake in the Melrose Avenue studio is thought to be going for about $2 billion. Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman told investors last month that the compa...
China's Wanda Group announced that it will partner with Sony Pictures on film production a couple of days after the plans to invest in Paramount Pictures. This deal may be a result that should be called a "sorry award" for Wanda aiming for "Disney in China".
Paramount, one of Hollywood's six biggest film enterprises, announced its intention to sel...
Dalian Wanda Group Chairman Wang Jianlin has set the speculation wheel spinning with comments he made Tuesday at Oxford University. The billionaire mogul said the Chinese conglomerate is poised to announce a “major deal” on Friday, Bloomberg reports. The Chinese group’s Wanda Cinema Line Co. unit was halted from trading in Shenzhen today pending ann...
