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​ Good morning: In today's edition of The Industry, we look at:

Paramount’s Gladiators, from Moonlight to Mufasa, Damien Chazelle is unprisoned, Demi Moore’s gore, and Schrödinger's cat.

Let’s go!

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THE INDUSTRY NEWS

Gladiator. Universal Pictures.

The fate of Paramount is uncertain, but its theatrical slate is defined.

At CinemaCon, amidst the miasma of an acquisition, Paramount Pictures CEO Brian Robbins, who entered the theater on a Gladiator chariot, joked:

“My colleague Chris Aronson [President, domestic distribution] is also raising money to make a bid for the studio; he has a Kickstarter… I don’t know how corporate will feel.”

Shari Redstone was not available for comment.

Paramount’s new slate:

• ​Gladiator II​

  • Dir: Ridley Scott

  • Writer: David Scarpa (Napoleon)

  • Starring: Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Paul Mescal

  • New info: the Colosseum abounds with live animals like sharks, vicious monkeys, and hungry rhinos

  • Release date: Nov 22nd, 2024

Denzel Washington trailer quote:

“Rage is your gift”

• ​South Park Movie​

  • Dir: Trey Parker, Matt Stone

  • Producer: Kendrick Lamar

  • Release date: July 4th, 2025

CEO Brian Robbins stated:

“This script is one of the funniest, craziest, and most original scripts we’ve ever read, and it’s certain to create some fireworks when it hits theaters on July 4th, 2025.”

• Transformers One

  • Plot: Animated Transformers origin story

  • Starring Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Keegan-Michael Key, Steve Buscemi, Laurence Fishburne and Jon Hamm

• ​Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin​

  • R-rated Live action movie

• ​The Running Man​ reboot

  • Plot: a game show in which prisoners must run to freedom to avoid a brutal death

  • Dir: Edgar Wright (Baby Driver, Hot Fuzz)

  • Starring: Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick)

• ​Scary Movie​ reboot

  • Financier: Miramax

  • Production starts in the Fall

• ​Untitled Prison Movie​

  • Dir/Writer: Damien Chazelle (Whiplash)

  • Chazelle’s first since Babylon (2022)

  • Release date: 2025

Paramount also announced an extension on their first look deal with John Krasinksi and Neal H. Moritz (producer: I Am Legend). Moritz will produce the new Scary Movie film.