‘Smile 2’, ‘Mean Girls’ musical on Paramount Pictures’ 2024 release slate
Smile 2, a sequel to final 12 months’s horror hit Smile from Paramount, will hit theatres on October 18, 2024 throughout Halloween, the studio has introduced.
Additionally, Mean Girls: The Musical, an adaptation of the Broadway present primarily based on the well-known 2004 teen comedy, will release in theatres on January 12, 2024. The movie was earlier slated for a streaming release on Paramount+. It stars Angourie Rice Reneé Rapp, Auliʻi Cravalho, Jaquel Spivey and Tina Fey. Fey (additionally screenwriter) and Tim Meadows are reprising their characters from the 2004 movie.
Among different bulletins, Paramount has shifted the release of Bob Marley: One Love, starring Kingsley Ben-Adir because the legendary Jamaican singer, to February 14. Its earlier release date was January 12.
Furthermore, The Tiger’s Apprentice, an animated adaptation of Laurence Yep’s fantasy novel, has been moved to a streaming premiere on Paramount+ in 2024.
It was beforehand slated to reach in theatres on January 19 subsequent 12 months.
The slate reshuffle is paying homage to Paramount transferring the primary Smile movie from streaming to theatrical in 2022. The transfer had paid off immensely for the studio, with Parker Finn’s directorial debut primarily based on his personal quick movie grossing over 200 million USD worldwide in opposition to a 17 million USD finances.