Paramount Pictures 
20th Century Studios 
Lorimar Film Entertainment 
Delivering a keynote presentation on the opening day of TIFFCOM, Paramount Pictures chairman and CEO Jim Gianopulos said that the Hollywood studio is adapting to the pandemic-era reality.Speaking Wednesday morning (local time), Gianopulos attempted to strike a generally positive note, while also detailing the problems the pandemic has posed for Paramount in particular and the industry as whole. The TIFFCOM market, an adjunct to the Tokyo International Film Festival, runs Nov. 4-6, 2020.In common with other Hollywood majors, Paramount was...
Paramount Pictures
Jim
Gianopulos
Chairman / CEO
Paramount chief Gianopulos was in the news as the co-chair of the committee that crafted controversial new inclusion standards for the best picture Oscar, announced in September 2020. But most of his time was dedicated to engineering his studio’s continued box office comeback, led by the Oscar-winning Elton John biopic “Rocketman,” which grossed upwards of $200 million globally, and “Sonic the Hedgehog,” which earned $307 million worldwide before COVID-19 shut down theaters, making it the highest grossing video game adaptation of all time. He also continued to increase the output of Paramount Television Studios, headed by Nicole Clemens, which produces shows for Amazon (“Jack Ryan,” “Jack Reacher”), Apple TV Plus (“Shantaram,” “Home Before Dark”), HBO Max (“Station Eleven,” “Grease: Rydell High,” “Made for Love”), now-defunct Quibi (“Varsity Blues”) and other platforms.
