Paramount Pictures movies and franchises, from Star Trek to Mission: Impossible and Transformers.
David Ellison's Skydance completing its acquisition of Paramount reshapes one of the industry's oldest studios at a moment when every major studio is rethinking theatrical-versus-streaming strategy simultaneously, and new ownership typically means a real shift in what gets greenlit, not just a change in the org chart.
Paramount's recent box-office wins — the Mission: Impossible finale, the Sonic franchise, a reinvigorated Star Trek slate on its streaming side — give the new ownership a genuinely strong IP base to build from, which isn't true of every studio going through this kind of restructuring right now.
Our take: the real test of this merger isn't any single 2026 release, it's whether Paramount+ gets meaningfully reinvested in or gets treated as an asset to be sold off or merged elsewhere — that decision affects the fate of shows like Strange New Worlds more than any ratings number does.
Paramount Pictures is one of Hollywood's oldest major studios, tracing its roots to 1912 and standing today as the flagship film label of Paramount Skydance. The studio's mountain logo is among the most recognized symbols in entertainment, and its library spans decades of franchise filmmaking, including Star Trek, Mission: Impossible, and Transformers.
Paramount has also built a strong partnership model with outside production companies, most notably Skydance Media, whose 2025 merger with Paramount created Paramount Skydance and reshaped the studio's ownership and strategic direction heading into its second century.
Paramount forms as one of the earliest major American film distributors and becomes a cornerstone of the Hollywood studio system.
Star Trek begins as a TV series before growing into a long-running film franchise closely associated with Paramount.
Tom Cruise headlines a franchise built on escalating, practically-filmed action across multiple decades.
Viacom and CBS recombine into ViacomCBS, later renamed Paramount Global, which merges with Skydance Media in 2025 to form Paramount Skydance.
Founded the studio in 1912, making Paramount one of the oldest continuously operating major Hollywood studios.
| Title | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Godfather | 1972 | Widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made |
| Titanic | 1997 | Co-produced with 20th Century Fox; one of the highest-grossing films ever |
| Mission: Impossible | 1996 | Launched the long-running Tom Cruise action franchise |
| Transformers | 2007 | Began a major live-action franchise based on the Hasbro toy line |
| Top Gun: Maverick | 2022 | A decades-later sequel that became one of 2022's biggest box-office hits |
| Founded | 1912, by Adolph Zukor |
|---|
| Compared To | Key Difference |
|---|---|
| Universal | Both are century-old studios; Paramount's modern slate leans on Mission: Impossible and Transformers alongside its CBS/Paramount+ streaming ties. |
Founded in 1912, Paramount is among the oldest major film studios still operating today.
Paramount Skydance is the company formed by Skydance Media's 2025 merger with Paramount Global, combining Paramount Pictures, CBS, and related assets with Skydance's production business.
Star Trek remains a Paramount-controlled franchise spanning film and the Paramount+ streaming series, with new film installments periodically in development.
The live-action Transformers films draw on the Hasbro toy line and its various animated adaptations, reimagining the Autobots and Decepticons for modern blockbuster filmmaking.
Paramount was founded in 1912, making it one of the oldest major Hollywood studios.
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