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Heartfelt documentary released to show fans the power of a fallen artist or blatant profiteering? You be the judge!

What begins as a standard sales visit about car insurance renewal, slowly builds piece by piece into a tale of infatuation, intrigue and murder.

There has been a lot of chatter around the topic of strong female characters in film lately. And as Paramount gears up its lady-led actioner Honey Pot, we ask whether this is more eye-candy service or if the girls of America will get their Indiana Jones. Or something like that.

Producer, director, eye glass wearing super entertainment machine J.J. Abrams decided this week to extend the deal the keeps his production company, Bad Robot, and Paramount Pictures in bed together making movies. And that is important.

Paramount Pictures has announced this evening that a third trailer for J.J. Abrams’ upcoming film Star Trek will be hitting theaters on Friday, March 6th attached to Watchmen.

Recent marketing materials — both official and otherwise — from two of Paramount Pictures’ highest profile 2009 movies tell us one thing: they are really into the whole black and white poster aesthetic.

First order of business is to let you know that we did not make the following Oscar advertisements. They are, however, quite funny.

Back in July I had the chance to watch the first thirty minutes or so of DJ Caruso’s newest thriller, Eagle Eye. First off, I have to say that what I saw of Eagle Eye…I loved. It was a fun, fast and intense ride that will make you think twice about syncing your iPhone. Caruso’s Disturbia was a big surprise for me, and his followup film seems to be ready to surprise fans once again.

As if Johnny Depp wasn’t cartoonish enough in Gore Verbinski’s Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, the actor is re-teaming with the director for the animated film Rango.

Some drama has been stirring between Paramount Pictures and David Fincher, and “Heavy Metal” editor Kevin Eastman knows why. Props to The Playlist, who report that Paramount and Fincher, director of Se7en and Fight Club, have been butting heads over the running time of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. As the bout went on, [...]

My hope is that Paramount Pictures issues a heartfelt and public apology to obese American everywhere for the thoughtless and derogatory depictions of people with weight issues.

Some have suggested that this movie goes too far with inappropriate language, situations and characters, but unlike some movies, Tropic Thunder isn’t just going for shock value. At its heart, Tropic Thunder is a parody of its own industry and nothing more.

Word around the campfire is that Jack Nicholson is attached to what is possibly Paul Thomas Anderson’s next film, Power Play, a story about a Native American casino owner who takes on his Las Vegas rivals.

We reported a while back about how the relationship between Dreamworks and Paramount was hitting a rocky, desolate crossroads back in September. The surprising news was how civil and under-the-radar the major players were being about the whole ordeal. Now, it looks like the gloves are coming off, getting filled with bricks, and being put back on.

It appears that saving the human race from the Cylons by spreading the word of L. Ron Hubbard will have to wait — Tom Cruise needs to make another Mission: Impossible movie first.

While I have been relatively wishy washy about this upcoming G.I. Joe movie, but I must admit that all of the character photos we’ve seen so far, including the first look at Rachel Nichols as Scarlett above and the first look at Ray Park as Snake Eyes, have been pretty damn badass.

Indiana Jones could be gracing the pages of the web again a lot sooner than we had thought — and he’s bringing his widget with him.

Paramount Pictures President Andre Cripps dishes some dirt to exhibitors at ShoWest.

Jon Favreau is a funny guy.

We continue our week-long feature of Paramount’s Spiderwick Chronicles, a film that has twice the Freddie Highmore for the same price.