Paramount Must Fatten Up Its Skimpy Film Slate

April 02, 2015
Paramount Must Fatten Up Its Skimpy Film Slate
By Peter Bart A decade ago I wrote a column about Brad Grey just as he had assumed his new role as chief of Paramount. I issued dire warnings about the challenges he would inevitably face making the transition from the town’s top talent manager to studio chief. Re-invention in mid-career certainly did not work out well for David Begelman, a fabulously successful agent whose stint as Columbia’s CEO almost landed him in jail. Michael Ovitz brilliantly ran CAA bu... Full Story on Variety.com→
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