Mike and Pam aren’t the only dynamic duo at CinemaCon anymore.
Historically, film studios have been run by one monolithic figure, calling shots and running expansive teams of middle managers and underlings. Paramount Pictures heads Josh Greenstein and Dana Goldberg are now the second duo running a legacy movie operation in the contemporary landscape (sitting alongside Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy at Warner Bros., which Paramount Skydance boss David Ellison is in the process of acquiring).
Installed eight months ago to run the historic label responsible for classics like “The Godfather” and “Chinatown,” Greenstein and Goldberg made their public debut on Thursday at the annual Las Vegas convention of movie theater owners.
They set a robust agenda for movies for theaters – after their boss, Ellison, announced the studio would offer movie theaters an exclusive 45-day window before Paramount movies head to video-on-demand.
“From day one, we’ve been hard at work doing our part, which already includes bringing 15 theatrical films in 2026 — nearly double the prior year,” Goldberg said on stage at the Caesars Palace hotel and casino.
Greenstein pledged his team was “working to bring you movies across all genres, including the film ‘High Side’ with Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold, one of the many original films we’ll be bringing to your theaters. We are also going to be taking a lot of big bets on originals and are proud to be a place that supports filmmakers who take big swings.”
But first, IP. The leaders said development is active on multiple core Paramount franchises, including Transformers, Star Trek, G.I. Joe and a sequel to the mega-hit “Top Gun: Maverick.”
Goldberg trumpeted the return of “irreverent and outrageous R-rated comedies like ‘Scary Movie,’ as part of our deal with Miramax, and a new ‘Jackass’ film from Johnny Knoxville, Spike Jonze and Jeff Tremaine.” She also plugged Damien Chazelle’s upcoming film starring Cillian Murphy, Daniel Craig and Michelle Williams; and “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow,” based on the beloved bestselling novel, to be directed by Siân Heder and starring Daisy Edgar-Jones.
Both Goldberg and Greenstein also expressed excitement over Teyana Taylor’s directorial debut “Get Lite,” which they compared to Paramount dance classics like “Flashdance” and “Footloose.”
Greenstein added that “what drives our optimism for this new era is the belief that Dana and I have in each other as a team. We have known and admired each other for over a decade. David mentioned some of our prior collaborations, and in fact, the first glimmer of what was to come was our initial meeting on ‘True Grit,’ which forged the working relationship that has brought us together here today.”
