Paramount To Launch Big-budget Animation Unit

Boston Globe, Boston Globe: Business
Wed, 07/06/2011 - 11:09am

Viacom's movie studio, Paramount Pictures, is launching its own animated division to make films with large budgets of up to $100 million each.

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Topics: animation paramount pictures rango viacom

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