Skydance-Paramount Megamenger could lead to a legendary jump ship

A new Deadline report reveals that Paramount, under David Ellison, concludes an agreement with Legendary. This comes in the heels of productions upside down by the Duffer Brothers brothers passing from Netflix to Paramount this weekend.

The reshuffles continue, because legendary is now interested in starting a multi -fate global theatrical distribution agreement by Skydance. The agreement, as Deadline said, has been underway since spring and excluded China but would give paramount an integrated streaming window with legendary for probably paramount +, which currently houses Star Trek And the Tom Cruise directed Impossible mission franchise. This is a decision that aligns with the announced plans of Paramount to increase its features by 15 films per year to 20.

Although co -financing is on the table, the trade notes that the legendary and paramount slate is “subordinate to current projects” and that no headlines has yet been announced. This also means that while Legendary moves, pieces of his current slate remain in their respective homes, because legendary does not have exactly an exclusive theatrical agreement with the studios with which he is currently working.

To give examples of the past outings of Legendary, Guillermo del Toro Pacific Rim was released by Warner Bros., then Pacific Rim 2: uprising With universal images. Likewise, the first film Monsterverse, Godzilla (2014), was originally in development at Universal before the rest of the franchise was locked up at Warner Bros. The Monsterverse, including the next Godzilla x Kong: supernova and Denis Villeneuve Dune series, which is crowned with the 2026 Dune: third part, remain in place at WB Discovery.

In addition, after the massive success of A Minecraft film, The other comic gender projects of this partnership should also remain Animal friendsA hybrid live animation comedy vehicle with Ryan Reynolds and Jason Momoa.

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