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Ramsey Naito Exits as President of Paramount Animation

Following the Skydance buyout and appointment of new Paramount CEO David Ellison, the senior executive leaves the post she assumed in 2021; 1,000 employees were let go at the studio this week.

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Paramount Global’s Expansive ‘South Park’ Renewal Now Official

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:47am

Company signs exclusive, 5-year extension with Park County, show creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and South Park Digital Studios for 50 new episodes, rights to the current season and 26-season library.

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‘South Park’ Creators, Paramount+ Agree on $1.5 Billion Streaming Deal

After a series of tense negotiations over streaming rights to the long-running hit animated comedy, the sides reportedly have finalized a new, exclusive 5-year deal that includes 10 new episodes of the show each year plus its extensive library.

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‘South Park’ Season 27 Delayed Amidst Skydance-Paramount Merger

As the ongoing streaming rights battle with Paramount rages on, the series is now slated to premiere July 23; creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone claim the merger is ‘fucking up’ the show.

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Trey Parker, Matt Stone Threaten Legal Action Over Streaming Deal Interference

The ‘South Park’ creators have accused incoming Paramount president Jeff Shell of attempting to alter their negotiations with Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix following Paramount’s overall deal expiration.

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Paramount Drops ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ Trailer #2

By Dan Sarto | Monday, April 7, 2025 at 5:32pm

Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt and his Impossible Mission team are back one last time for more running, jumping, knife fighting and hanging from bi-planes in the new action-adventure spy thriller from Skydance and Christopher McQuarrie, in theaters May 23.

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‘Spellbound:’ Making Children of Divorce Feel Seen

Vicky Jenson and Skydance Animation’s new, original fairy tale take on a very real contemporary family dynamic, with a princess struggling to keep up appearances while hiding the fact her parents, the king and queen, have been turned into massive, rampaging monsters, debuts November 22 on Netflix.

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Netflix Drops ‘Spellbound’ Official Trailer, Key Art, New Images

Get swept away on a monstrous adventure when the animated feature from Skydance Animation and director Vicky Jenson debuts November 22.

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Netflix Drops ‘Spellbound’ Teaser Trailer

Rachel Zegler stars in Vicky Jenson and Skydance Animation’s upcoming original fairy tale take on a modern story, except the King and Queen are massive, rampaging monsters, streaming November 22. 

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Skydance Reveals ‘New Paramount’ Vision Ahead of Merger Finalization

David Ellison, who will be named Chairman-CEO if the deal goes through, stressed that moving forward, the company will be a ‘confluence of art, first and foremost, working hand in hand with technology.’

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Apple TV+ Drops ‘Me’ Trailer

Premiering globally July 12, the live-action family series, a coming-of-age story from Barry L. Levy, follows 12-year-old Ben who, while surviving middle school and adjusting to a newly blended family, discovers he has also super powers – he can shapeshift!

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Declassifying the VFX of ‘Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One’

ILM, led by Simone Coco and Jeff Sutherland, delivered between 1,100-1,200 shots on the Christopher McQuarrie spy thriller, including a gunfight in an Abu Dhabi desert sandstorm, a Rome car chase, and fight atop a speeding train, and star Tom Cruise’s famed motorbike cliff jump.

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Neysa Bove Dives Into the Very Fabric of Animation Costume Design

As head of the industry’s first official studio-designated ‘Costume’ department at Skydance Animation, the former Disney visual development artist no longer jumps between outfits one day and props the next, and that welcome change allows her to bring a focused human touch and feel to designs that machines cannot match.

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Invisible Universe: Dancing Dolls, Culinary Canines, and Celebrity Collaborations

Led by the Serena Williams-inspired Qai Qai, the internet-first animation studio has been steadily building seven different kids’ franchises, incubating first on social media before expanding the brands into film, TV, and games.

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Jonathan Schneider Joins Invisible Universe as President of Studios

The Skydance and Disney alum will lead efforts to adopt new technologies for the studio, especially those involving AI, mo-cap, and real-time rendering.

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New Featurette Drops for ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’

Watch adrenaline junkie Tom Cruise drive and drift one-handed through the streets of Rome, then catch the film during the Early Access Fan Event July 10 at 7:00 PM at participating theaters, or the nationwide debut on July 12.

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Modern Magic Names Belinda Blacklock VP of Animation

The company, founded by Rodney Rothman and Adam Rosenberg, taps animation pro to find, develop and produce animated film and TV projects; new hire follows company recently signing first-look animated broadcast deal with Fox.

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‘The Maximals’ Revealed - Posters Drop for ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’

Paramount Pictures and Skydance’s upcoming sci-fi adventure introduces a new breed of Transformers - The Maximals, played by Ron Perlman, Michelle Yeoh, David Sobolov, and Tongayi Chirisa, hitting theaters June 9.

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Watch: ‘Transformers Rise of the Beasts’ Super Bowl LVII Spot

Mirage crushes it in his debut as a legendary 1993 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 3.8 in the action-packed sci-fi adventure, directed by Steven Caple Jr. and starring Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback\, coming to theaters in June.

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