Paula Wagner News

October 22, 2009
Lee Daniels Going from Precious to Miss Saigon?
Paula Wagner has been quiet since leaving United Artists last year, but she's ready to resurface -- and she wants her next project to be a film adaptation of "Miss Saigon" with "Precious" director Lee Daniels behind the cameras. More...

August 15, 2008
United Artists Says Tom's Sticking Around
Hot on the heels of Paula Wagner's departure from United Artists, MGM CEO Harry Sloan has issued a statement making it clear that Wagner's longtime partner, Tom Cruise, will continue as a "full partner in control of UA." More...

August 14, 2008
Paula Wagner Leaves United Artists
Paula Wagner's two-year tenure at United Artists has come to an end: the producer announced her departure from the studio yesterday, continuing a bumpy streak for the imprint she'd hoped to revive with partner Tom Cruise. More...

April 23, 2008
Critics Prep Obits for Valkyrie Months in Advance
It's been pushed back twice, and its trailer has been roundly mocked. Will Valkyrie end Tom Cruise's days as a bankable star -- and take the new United Artists with it? More...

January 7, 2008
Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner Make United Artists Strikeproof
His big-screen alter egos have saved the world on numerous occasions, and now it seems as though Tom Cruise -- and his partner Paula Wagner -- may have helped bring an end to the writers' strike. More...

March 30, 2007
More Details on Bryan Singer's "Valkyrie"
The details continue to roll in regarding director Bryan Singer's next project, the WWII thriller "Valkyrie." History buffs started piecing it all together last week, when word surfaced that the film would deal with the real-life attempted assassination of Adolf Hitler, but IGN Movies reports that, in an interview with Variety, Singer gave some more specifics. More...

March 16, 2007
A "Superman Returns" Sequel? Don't Hold Your Breath
All that talk about potential villains for the "Superman Returns" sequel will have to remain conjecture for awhile -- the film's director, Bryan Singer, has his plate full with other projects, including a just-announced reunion with "The Usual Suspects" screenwriter Chris McQuarrie for Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner's United Artists imprint. More...

January 26, 2007
The Weekly Ketchup: Sundance Reviews, Oscars Announced, Connery On "Indy 4," And More!
In this week's Ketchup, our correspondents from The Sundance Festival gave their thoughts on several premiering films, and the Oscar nominations were first announced, then debated. More...

November 16, 2006
Tom Cruise, Robert Redford & Meryl Streep On the "Lamb"
One surefire way to make people forget you got jilted by a studio is to, oh I dunno, BUY an old movie studio AND sign on to work opposite Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. That Tom Cruise is a pretty busy guy. (And ok, he didn't BUY United Artists, but it looks like he'll be running the show.) More...

November 2, 2006
Tom Cruise Handed Reins to Reborn United Artists
After a very public break-up with Paramount back in August, Tom Cruise and producing partner Paula Wagner have rebounded, set to run the venerated movie studio founded by Hollywood greats Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith. More...

August 23, 2006
Paramount & Tom Cruise Decide to See Other People
Paramount decided not to extend its contract with Tom Cruise's production company, thereby sparking a whole lot of Hollywood water cooler gossip about who said nasty things and why. It's pretty fun stuff, too. More...