Matt and Ross Duffer sign exclusive partnership with Paramount and Skydance after more than a decade with Netflix, strengthening Paramount’s content ambitions as it expands theatrical and streaming output.
Post–$8.4B merger with Skydance, Paramount plans to more than double annual movie output from eight to 15, while maintaining key cable networks and striking a balanced spending strategy between films and series.
iTunes, Amazon, Google, Rakuten & Sky Store will launch this thriller directed by Jimmy Warden and produced by Luckychap Entertainment on 8th September.
Netflix averaged 8.3 million monthly users in Q1 2025, followed by Amazon Prime Video with 7.3 million, Disney+ with 3.7 million, Dazn with 2.2 million, and Now (Sky) with 1.4 million (-5.8%).
"The Paper" follows the documentary crew that immortalised Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch in “The Office” (US) as they find a new subject when they discover a historic Midwestern newspaper.