Walter Hamada
Live-Action, R-Rated ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Movie in the Works From Producer Walter Hamada (Exclusive)
After the success of last year’s animated hit film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Paramount Pictures is keeping turtle power going by putting a new feature project into development. This one, however, will go beyond the realm of the all-ages material the long-standing property is known for and instead go into gritty, R-rated, territory. […]
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Walter Hamada Launches 18hz Productions, Executive Who Oversaw ‘Smile’ Among Key Hires (Exclusive)
Former DC Films head Walter Hamada has kicked off the new year with the launch of his new production banner, 18hz Productions, and is making key hires. Nathan Samdahl, the former Paramount executive who was instrumental in making the horror hit Smile, will act as the company’s senior vp, while Nick Romano has been tapped […]
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Ex-DC Films Boss Walter Hamada Inks Production Deal with Paramount to Oversee Horror
Walter Hamada has found a new studio home, one that will have him move away from superheroes and return to his horror roots. The former DC Films president has inked an exclusive producing pact with Paramount, the studio announced Tuesday. The move comes just weeks after he departed his post at Warner Bros., where he […]
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DC at a Turning Point: James Gunn Pitches Secret Movie, Dwayne Johnson Flexes His Superman Power (Exclusive)
With the release of Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam this Friday, and DC Films head Walter Hamada quietly ending his tenure in the coming days, DC is charting a course into truly unknown territory. In fact, without a permanent leader to guide the stable containing some of the biggest and best known characters in the world, DC is […]
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DC Films’ Walter Hamada Was on the Brink of Exit After ‘Batgirl’ Cancellation
Amid the shelving of the HBO Max film Batgirl and the clear desire of Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav to find new leadership for the DC universe, DC Films president Walter Hamada has come to the verge of exiting the studio and consulted with counsel, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. Hamada has now agreed […]
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WarnerMedia Stands By Walter Hamada After New Ray Fisher Accusations
The Cyborg actor on Wednesday again attacked the DC Films president for allegedly impeding a misconduct investigation.
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Awkwafina, Hasan Minhaj, Chrissy Teigen Selected to Inaugural A100 List of Influential Asian Americans
The selection committee included Forest Whitaker, Pharrell Williams and Janice Min.
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Stephen King’s ‘It’ Moves From Warner Bros. to New Line (Exclusive)
In a rare move, the long-in-the-works re-adaptation of the novel is shifting to the studio division as the corporate siblings draw clearer distinctions about the types of movies they make.
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47 Ronin: Film Review
Keanu Reeves plays a half-blood Japanese outsider enlisted by a band of leaderless samurai to avenge their master's death in Universal's 3D action epic, from director Carl Rinsch.
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