Paramount Pictures and Warner Music Group have announced a multi-year, first-look deal for theatrical films.
The partnership will see the companies develop movies drawing on the lives and music of WMG‘s roster of artists and songwriters.
WMG and its production partner, Unigram, led by Amanda Ghost and Gregor Cameron, will work with Paramount to develop each project in collaboration with the artists and songwriters or their estates.
Robert Kyncl, CEO of Warner Music Group, said: “This collaboration with Paramount unites two forward-looking and innovative companies, and together we’re taking a fresh approach to the space.”
“This collaboration with Paramount unites two forward-looking and innovative companies, and together we’re taking a fresh approach to the space.”
Robert Kyncl, Warner Music Group
Added Kyncl: “Every artist deserves to tell the stories behind their life and music in their own creative way, and we’re excited to partner with our incredible talent and world-class filmmakers to bring these stories to the big screen, growing their audiences around the world.”
“We’re excited to partner with WMG and their extraordinary artists to create powerful theatrical experiences inspired by generation-defining music and talent.”
Josh Greenstein and Dana Goldberg, Paramount Pictures
Josh Greenstein and Dana Goldberg, Co-Chairs of Paramount Pictures, said: “We’re excited to partner with WMG and their extraordinary artists to create powerful theatrical experiences inspired by generation-defining music and talent.”
WMG and Unigram are represented by WME.
The deal follows WMG‘s exclusive multi-year first-look deal with Netflix, announced in March, which focuses on documentary series and films about the label group’s artists and songwriters.
That deal also named Unigram as the production arm for WMG‘s long-form programming.
While the Netflix partnership centers on documentaries, the Paramount deal is focused specifically on theatrical films (movies).
Ghost co-founded Unigram in 2015 in partnership with Len Blavatnik‘s Access Industries, the majority owner of WMG.
A songwriter and producer whose credits include work with Beyoncé, Shakira, James Blunt, and John Legend, Ghost is also chairperson of AI Film, the independent film finance and production company backed by Access Industries.
Unigram‘s production credits include Tetris and The United States vs. Billie Holiday, the latter of which won the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media in 2022.
The two deals reflect a strategy outlined by Kyncl at the Bloomberg Screentime conference in October 2025, where he positioned Warner’s catalog as an untapped resource of content.
“The stories that we have are incredible. And they haven’t really been poked. We’re like Marvel for music,” Kyncl said at the time.
WMG‘s recorded music roster spans artists from Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, Madonna, and Joni Mitchell to contemporary acts including Dua Lipa, Coldplay, and Ed Sheeran.
Ghost and Cameron have a track record of film and music crossovers with WMG-affiliated projects, including the global joint venture between Warner Recorded Music and Lee Daniels Music, which Ghost was integral in setting up.
Greenstein and Goldberg were named Co-Chairs of Paramount Pictures in August 2025, following the studio’s merger with Skydance.Music Business Worldwide