On the ad free version of Paramount plus, right after the monologue break, it cuts to the band playing on mute on a smaller screen while full screen commercials play.
It used to be something like how the "late show is brought to you by: AD and slogan" now it's that, plus 7 commercials. All the while you can see the band playing, but can't hear them obviously.
You can fast forward, so that's something at least. Still though, this is pretty money grubby. Paying for ad free content to have commercials literally IN the show is horrible.
Scream
Jackass Forever
Luck (Apple TV exclusive)
The Lost City
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Top Gun Maverick
Secret Headquarters
Mission Impossible 7
The Bee Gees bio
Spellbound (Apple TV exclusive)
Babylon
Looks to be an interesting year. They're taking more risks than WB but I don't see any records being broken.
Watching voyager on Paramount plus on Roku. Much lower quality and a square picture compared to Hulu. Any solutions?
The Top 3 of the major studios will surely continue to be Warner, Universal and Disney but could Paramount be the fourth again? Their totally theatrical releases for 2022 are as follows according to Wikipedia:
Columbia Pictures:
Morbius
Uncharted
Bullet Train
65
Oh Hell No
The Man from Toronto
Spider-Man Across the Spider-verse Part One
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile.
Paramount:
Scream
Jackass Forever
The Lost City
Sonic 2
Top Gun: Maverick
Under the Boardwalk
Secret Headquarters
Mission Impossible 7
Bee Gees Biopic
Babylon
I think that if it could mainly due to Mission Impossible 7 with Sonic and Top Gun.
In this post, I will look into Paramount Pictures, the studio that has a hard time launching their own animation division. To think the first theatrical animated film with the new Paramount Animation logo is a film called Under the Boardwalk. Besides that, Paramount is well known for The Godfather, Star Trek, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Forrest Gump, Mission: Impossible, Titanic, Transformers, and Iron Man. More recently, Paramount is well known for Sonic the Hedgehog, A Quiet Place: Part II, PAW Patrol: The Movie, and Clifford the Big Red Dog.
The Current Situation of Paramount Pictures
Paramount+ was launched earlier this year in an attempt to make Paramount as recognizable of a brand as Disney or Universal (Stupid Warner Bros for not naming HBO Max as WB Max). Despite movie theaters being back up in operation, Paramount still released more films on streaming than in movie theaters. Let’s look into how well Paramount Pictures did this year.
2021
Coming 2 America - Paramount kicked off the year by sending two of their films to streaming at the same time on March 4, 2021: Coming 2 America and The Spongebob Movie: Sponge on the Run. Let’s talk about Coming 2 America first. This film was originally set for a theatrical release, but got sent to Amazon Prime Video. It’s a comedy sequel to a 33 year old film that isn’t as good as the original. Under normal circumstances, I think Coming 2 America would’ve made $50M domestically and $80M worldwide. With a budget of $60M, I doubt this would’ve been a success for Paramount. They definitely made the right move with moving Coming 2 America onto streaming.
The Spongebob Movie: Sponge on the Run - The Spongebob Movie: Sponge on the Run was the other film that got sent to streaming on March 4, 2021. This was a launch title for Paramount+. While it isn’t a bad movie to start with, I think a normal theatrical release could’ve worked as well. Under normal circumstances, I could see the film making $110M domestically and $220M worldwide. It would be a huge step down from Sponge Out of Water (I honestly like Sponge Out of Water more than Sponge on the Run. The Spongebob Movie is a masterpiece though), but I think it would’ve been a moderate success.
Without Remorse - Without Remorse is the next film that Paramount sent to streaming. This would be the second of three films to be sent to Amazon Prime Video. Under normal circumstances, I could see the film making $80M domestically and $120M worldwide. If the
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