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Paramount executives knew they needed to dazzle the audience from the very first moment. \u201cThere\u2019s always self-imposed pressure, but we wanted to make it clear that Paramount is back, bigger and hungrier and better than ever,\u201d Paramount Pictures co-chair Josh Greenstein tells Vanity Fair.<\/em> \u201cThat reel was to help us kick the show off and to align everybody on our vision, which is, we want to be in business with the biggest, best, and most talented filmmakers and actors and actresses in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n Jon M. Chu\u2019s short features more than 30 big stars and filmmakers, with scenes set around the Paramount lot, from the water tank and the theater to the dining hall and the iconic Paramount gate. The video not only teases the studio\u2019s upcoming films and highlights the talent who have signed deals, but also reflects on the Paramount lot\u2019s 100th anniversary.<\/p>\n Parker Finn, the director of Possession, with stars Margaret Qualley and Callum Turner.<\/p>\n <\/span>Justin Lubin<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n But this big idea would have to be completed in only seven weeks. To pull it off, Paramount Pictures co-chairs Greenstein and Dana Goldberg enlisted Chu, who went to film school at USC with Ellison and signed a deal with the studio in December. Chu says Ellison\u2019s pitch to get him to join Paramount \u201cwas all about the soul of a new studio and what we want to see in the future of this business and the opportunity that is here.\u2026 He loves movies so much. I know his heart. I think we are all there because of the spirit of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reinvent a studio.\u201d<\/p>\n