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With the acquisition of Warner Bros., Paramount gains control of a ton of your favorite characters.

This past weekend, Paramount Pictures kicked off the publicity tour for its upcoming Ghost in the Shell adaptation with a global launch party in Tokyo. Cast and crew were on hand to talk about the film; exhibitions of the film’s art and costume designs were on display for those in attendance. For the rest of us, something even better was announce: the first theatrical trailer for Ghost in the Shell is here, and it is not exactly short on style.

It’s only been a few weeks since the most recent trailer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, the sequel to the Michael Bay-produced TMNT picture of 2014, and though it also nicks the Beastie Boys’ “No Sleep Til Brooklyn” for the soundtrack, there are a handful of key differences that distinguish one from the other. Specifically, that this latest spot is chockablock with soundbites that, when taken out of context, could be used by audio editors to form scathing critiques of this film. As the trailer timecounter ticks on, the negative review puns basically write themselves: “We‘re turtles, whether you like it or not.” “This isn’t working!” “We keep failing.” It’s almost like they’re challenging their harshest critics to do their worst.

So Michael Bay posted this at his official blog: TMNT: we are bringing Megan Fox back into the family! Naturally all of the Hollywood news sites are drawing the logical boring conclusion that this means Fox could be playing April O'Neil in his potentially disastrous live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film - you know, the one that had a script so bad it had to be scrapped entirely and had

Gaming: DC Universe Online will release a new Lantern-centric "Fight for the Light" downloadable content pack this summer that will add a light construct powers and missions rooted in GL lore to the title. Animation: Paramount plans to release a film from its new animation studio by 2014, potentially drawing from outlets across Viacom like Nickelodeon...

Although it's a bit "inside baseball" and will presumably have no impact whatsoever on the content of the films, Marvel fans may be interested to know that parent company Walt Disney has arranged to market and distribute "The Avengers" and "Iron Man 3" movies itself, transferring control from Paramount Pictures for the price of $115 million, approximately what the Via

In an ambitious attempt to promote the new animated superhero comedy "Megamind," DreamWorks Animation and Paramount Pictures invited Los Angeles-based superhero fans to assemble and break the world record for the "largest gathering of superheroes...

Just in case you weren't jealous enough of the waves of fans currently descending into San Diego to live it up proper-like at Comic-Con this weekend while you're stuck at home continually refreshing your Twitter feed for breaking news (from ComicsAlliance...