New Muppet TV Series & Paramount Reveals Their Future Movie & TV Plans

On the February 16, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film news writer Ryan Scott to talk about the latest film and tv news, including a new Muppet tv series and all the Paramount news announced yesterday..

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In The News:

• Ryan: New Muppet Series Will Star The Electric Mayhem, Nostalgia Expert Adam Goldberg Involved
  • The Muppets history with Disney
  • Is this a good pairing?
• Peter (og Sandy): New Star Trek Film With J.J. Abrams Cast In The Works, Could Shoot This Year
  • Place bets on if this will actually happen this year
  • What do we think the plot could be?
• Ryan (og Sandy): Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts Is The Start Of A Planned Trilogy
• Peter (og Ben): Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Villain Spin-Off Movies Coming To Paramount+
  • We knew: computer animated movie from producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg
  • "a series of villain-driven TMNT films" are on the schedule following the release 
  • Who could it be?
  • Shredder, Krang, Bebop, Rocksteady, and the Foot Clan, Baxter Stockman
• Peter mentions that other movie stuff was announced:
  • Sonic Fans Rejoice: Paramount Making Sonic The Hedgehog 3 And Knuckles Spin-Off Series
  • A Quiet Place Part III Will Sneak Into Theaters In 2025
• Ryan (og Jeremy): All Paramount Movies Will Stream Exclusively On Paramount+ By 2024, Scream And Jackass Forever Will Be Streaming This March
  • “Scream" and "Jackass Forever" are both coming to Paramount+ in March of 2022, only months after debuting in theaters.
  • the studio is willingly bypassing "lucrative and profitable short-term licensing revenue" in an attempt to play the long game, growing their in-home library of available titles on streaming and (ideally) expanding their subscription base in the years to come. 
  • Showtime originals added?
  • Mention: 
    • South Park And Beavis And Butt-Head Will Stream Exclusively On Paramount+ In 2025
    • Halo Season 2 Ordered At Paramount+ Before First Season Premieres
    • Paramount Plus Orders More 1883 And Another Yellowstone Prequel, 1932
    • Sexy Beast Prequel Series Has Been Resurrected For Paramount+
  • Does this make Paramount a real player?

 

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