Ryan Reynolds' Production Company Maximum Effort Signs Deal With Paramount Pictures
A couple of months ago we reported that Ryan Reynolds had moved his production company, Maximum Effort, off of the Fox Studios lot and that he wasn’t happy with Disney. Well, Reynolds has found a new home for his production company as he’s just signed a three-year, first-look deal with Paramount Pictures.
The deal reunites Reynolds with longtime executive partner Emma Watts, Paramount’s motion picture group president, and studio CEO Jim Gianopulos. These are the former 20th Century Fox executives that helped greenlight Deadpool and Deadpool 2.
Reynolds said in a statement, “We are so happy the next chapter of Maximum Effort will be written at Paramount. The ‘Deadpool’ movies would never have happened without Jim Gianopulos and Emma Watts and personally, I’ve come to rely on Emma’s incredible insights and instincts. Moviegoing deserves a comeback and we’re excited to help make it happen with Jim, Emma and the rest of the Paramount team.”
Watts added, “Ryan is 100% committed to entertaining the audience and works tirelessly to do so. His company is aptly named, and I’m thrilled to have Maximum Effort in the Paramount fold.”
I’m happy to see that Reynolds has found a new home at Paramount Pictures, with people who trust in him and his vision for the kind of entertainment he wants to deliver to audiences. This is obviously something he wasn’t feeling with Disney, otherwise, he wouldn’t have packed up and left.
Reynolds has several projects in the can set to be released in theaters including Disney’s Free Guy; Netflix’s Red Notice, an art-heist action thriller with Dwayne Johnson and Gal Gadot; Netflix’s sci-fi adventure The Adam Project; and The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard. He’s also still attached to Marvel’s Deadpool 3.
Source: Variety