Paramount Celebrates Tom Cruise, Touts ‘Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts, ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ & More – CineEurope
22.06.2022 - 21:39
/ deadline.com
Flying high with the success of Top Gun: Maverick, and before surprising CineEurope attendees with Tom Cruise himself, Paramount showed off its upcoming slate for exhibition today in Barcelona. While Maverick and next year’s Cruise tentpole, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning – Part One, were a key part of the show, upcoming titles highlighted included Damien Chazelle’s Babylon, role playing adaptation Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts and the next Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Par’s President of International Distribution Mark Viane kicked things off asserting that “premium formats have never been more important” and encouraged exhibitors that “now, more than ever,” investment is key.
Looking back at the past year, Viane commented, “Fortune favors the bold. Even in the darkest days, we doubled down on releases” and praised such films as The Lost City (“romantic comedies are back!”) and Maverick which he noted is “one of the greatest successes in Paramount history.” It’s “the real deal,” he continued, “and like Tom himself, shows no sign of letting up.” Indeed, TGM crossed $900M globally on Monday as it zooms towards $1B.
Among footage screened, Par showed off an exclusive sizzle reel for Chazelle’s jazzy Hollywood period pic Babylon with Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie which is coming in January; and a brief look at the new Transformers movie which hits June next year.
The first trailer for horror pic Smile was further debuted as was a behind-the-scenes look at Dungeons & Dragons with Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Hugh Grant, Justice Smith and Regé-Jean Page. It releases in March. The trailer for August’s Indian remake of Forrest Gump, Laal Singh Chaddha, which stars Aamir Khan also