Foremost Plus is busting out the popcorn: The ViacomCBS streamer is stuffing in excess of 1,000 film titles into the service this week as it fights for ground in the streaming conflicts.
The new cluster of flicks includes “Infinite,” Paramount’s sci-fi thriller starring Mark Wahlberg and Chiwetel Ejiofor and directed by Antoine Fuqua, which will solely make a big appearance on Paramount Plus this Thursday, June 10, close by another 1,000 or more films. By and large, the organization said, Paramount Plus will be stocked with in excess of 2,500 film titles before the finish of summer 2021.
On Aug. 20, Paramount Plus will add animated kids’ flick “Paw Patrol: The Movie,” that very day it hits theaters. The subscription service additionally will turn into the streaming home for “A Quiet Place Part II” following its theatrical release.
The transition to help the film lineup comes as ViacomCBS bows its new, less-expensive $4.99/month plan for Paramount Plus with advertisements, accessible beginning Monday. Not at all like the predecessor CBS All Access with promotions at $5.99/month — which is being ended — the Paramount Plus Essential bundle doesn’t give admittance to local CBS stations. (The no-adds $9.99/month Paramount Plus Premium incorporates CBS locals.)
Fundamental Pictures adjusted its pay-TV output deal Epix, the premium network possessed by MGM (which is being procured by Amazon), to give an expanded bucket of movie titles for Paramount Plus.
Here’s a partial list of the movies coming to Paramount Plus this week:
- Action/adventure: “Terminator: Dark Fate,” “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol,” “Red Dawn,” “Skyfall,” “The Avengers,” “Gemini Man,” “The Rhythm Section”
- Comedies: “Like a Boss,” “The Hustle,” “Valley Girl,” “What Men Want,” “Fighting with My Family,” “The Little Hours,” “The Dictator,” “I Love You, Man,” “Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa,” “Tropic Thunder,” “No Strings Attached,” “Hello, My Name Is Doris,” “The School of Rock”
- Critically acclaimed titles: “Rocketman,” “Judy,” “Florence Foster Jenkins,” “The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Revolutionary Road,” “71,” “The Soloist,” “The Birdcage,” “The Full Monty” and “Little Women”;
- Kids and family: “Dora and the Lost City of Gold,” “Sonic the Hedgehog,” “The Addams Family,” “Wonder Park,” “The Adventures of Tintin,” “Charlotte’s Web”
- Horror: “Body Cam,” “Saint Maud,” “Crawl,” “Child’s Play,” “Gretel & Hansel,” “Pet Sematary,” “The Prodigy,” “The Haunting,” “Paranormal Activity 3 & 4,” “Arachnophobia”
ViacomCBS also touted Paramount Plus’s lineup of new and returning original series this summer. That includes the revivial of “iCarly” (June 17), “Evil” (June 20), “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” (June 24), “RuPaul’s Drag Race Untucked!” (June 24), “The Good Fight” (June 24), “Behind the Music” (July 29) and “Star Trek: Lower Decks” (Aug. 12).
“The breadth and depth of premium feature films and exclusive series coming to the service further strengthens our position in the market as a premium entertainment destination,” Tom Ryan, CEO of the recently formed ViacomCBS Streaming division, said in a statement.
Foremost Plus is accessible online at paramountplus.com; on cell phones by means of the Paramount Plus application for iOS and Android; and on Android TV, Amazon Prime Video Channels, Apple TV, Apple TV channels, Chromecast, Facebook Portal, Fire TV, LG Smart TVs, PlayStation 4, Roku Players, Samsung Smart TVs, Vizio Smartcast TVs and Xbox One.