UK ‘Terminator: Genisys’ Trailer Raises JK Simons Status

3:33 AM EDT 3/29/2015

Paramount’s UK trailer for the latest Terminator film gives some well-deserved screen time to recent Best Supporting Oscar winner J.K. Simmons, who plays a sympathetic detective. It’s no wonder that they have featured Simmons prominently as his little film Whiplash is doing well overseas, especially in South Korea – a surprise, given the market’s penchant for tentpole actioners. Whiplash took the No. 1 spot in the all-important territory last weekend. In addition to Simmons, the movie won two other Oscars, for editing and sound mixing. The film has made about $20M overseas so far, per Rentrak, and is far from ending its run.Read more

Paramount Takes off ‘The Moon and the Sun’ Starring Pierce Brosnan from Its Scheduled Release Date

10:56 PM EDT 3/21/2015

The Moon and the Sun, the movie adaptation of Vonda N. McIntyre’s 1997 Nebula Award-winning historical science fiction novel of the same name, was originally set for release to US theaters on April 10. Now, less than a month before that date, Paramount Pictures, which acquired the distribution rights to film, has taken it off from its announced release schedule.Read more