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[[File:Paramount Logo.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]'''Paramount Pictures Corporation''' is an American film production company, and a subsidiary of the media conglomerate Viacom.
[[File:Paramount Logo.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]'''Paramount Pictures Corporation''' is an American film studio and a subsidiary of the media conglomerate Viacom. Founded in 1912, it quickly became one of the major Hollywood studios, a position it retains to this day. Its signature franchises are ''Star Trek'', ''Indiana Jones'', ''Mission Impossible'', and ''Transformers''.


Paramount produced a remake of ''[[King Kong (1976 film)|King Kong]]'' in 1976, and in 2008 produced the film ''[[Cloverfield (2008 film)|Cloverfield]]''. They also released several [[Showa era]] [[Godzilla (Franchise)|''Godzilla'' films]] on VHS in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Among kaiju fans, Paramount is known for producing the 1976 ''[[King Kong (1976 film)|King Kong]]'' remake, releasing the [[Toho]] films formerly owned by [[wikipedia:UPA (animation studio)|UPA]] on VHS and LaserDisc, and distributing every entry in the ''Cloverfield'' franchise.
==History==
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Paramount was founded as Famous Players Film Company in 1912.
==Selected Films==
 
*''[[King Kong (1976 film)|King Kong]]'' (1976) - Distributor
In the 1970s, Paramount and producer Dino De Laurentiis purchased the film rights to [[King Kong]] from [[RKO Pictures]] and produced a remake of the original [[King Kong (1933 film)|1933 film]] in 1976.
*''[[Cloverfield]]'' (2008) - Distributor
*''[[10 Cloverfield Lane]]'' (2016) - Distributor
*''[[The Cloverfield Paradox]]'' (2018) - Production Company (with [[wikipedia:Bad Robot Productions]]), Distributor (China)
*''[[Overlord]]'' (2018) - Production Company (with Bad Robot), Distributor
==Selected Video Releases==
*''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1954) - VHS (1992) and LaserDisc (1994)
*''[[Rodan (film)|Rodan]]'' (1956) - VHS (1992) and LaserDisc (1994)
*''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]'' (1964) - VHS (1989, 1994) and LaserDisc (1995)
*''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster|Godzilla vs. Monster Zero]]'' (1965) - VHS (1988, 1994) and LaserDisc (1995)
*''[[The War of the Gargantuas]]'' (1966) - VHS (1992) and LaserDisc (1994)
*''[[All Monsters Attack]]'' (1969) - VHS (1992) and LaserDisc (1994)
*''[[Lake of Dracula]]'' (1971) - VHS (1994)
*''[[Prophecies of Nostradamus]]'' (1974) - VHS (1994)
*''[[Evil of Dracula]]'' (1974) - VHS (1994)
*''[[ESPY]] (1974) - VHS (1994)
*''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]'' (1975) - VHS (1989 and 1995) and LaserDisc (1995)
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Revision as of 14:18, 18 April 2018

Paramount Logo.jpg

Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film studio and a subsidiary of the media conglomerate Viacom. Founded in 1912, it quickly became one of the major Hollywood studios, a position it retains to this day. Its signature franchises are Star Trek, Indiana Jones, Mission Impossible, and Transformers.

Among kaiju fans, Paramount is known for producing the 1976 King Kong remake, releasing the Toho films formerly owned by UPA on VHS and LaserDisc, and distributing every entry in the Cloverfield franchise.

Selected Films

Selected Video Releases

Real World
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