Paramount+ Cancels ‘Wolf Pack’ After One Season

Paramount has decided to not move forward with a second season of Wolf Pack, Variety is reporting.

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Based on the book series by Edo Van Belkom, Wolf Pack follows a teenage boy and girl whose lives are changed forever when a California wildfire awakens a terrifying supernatural creature and drives it to attack a highway traffic jam beneath the burning hills. Wounded in the chaos, the boy and girl are inexplicably drawn to each other and to two other teenagers who were adopted 16 years earlier by a park ranger after another mysterious wildfire. As the full moon rises, all four teens come together to unravel the secret that connects them – the bite and blood of a werewolf.

Wolf Pack cast members include Armani Jackson, Bella Shepard, Chloe Rose Robertson, Tyler Lawrence Gray, Rodrigo Santoro and Sarah Michelle Gellar. Additional cast includes Bailey Stender, Chase Liefeld, Hollie Bahar, Lanny Joon, Rio Mangini, Stella Smith, Zack Nelson, James Martinez, Amy Pietz, Bria Brimmer, John L. Adams and Sean Philip Glasgow.

Written and executive produced by Jeff Davis, the series was produced as part of his multi-year deal with MTV Entertainment Studios. Davis also wrote and produced the Paramount+ original film Teen Wolf: The Movie, which was produced by MTV Entertainment and MGM. In addition to Davis, Joe Genier, Mike Elliott and Karen Gorodetzky served as executive producers for Capital Arts. Jason Ensler, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Christian Taylor served as executive producers.

Wolf Pack season 1 aired in January 2023 alongside the Teen Wolf movie, with the show's freshman run wrapping in March of that year.

Sources say the streamer was keen on doing a second season of the series, hoping that the audience behind the series would have grown from Season 1 to Season 2, but ultimately delays caused by the writers and actors strikes last year would have meant that a sophomore run would not have been ready until 2025. That, sources say, wasn’t going to work for Paramount+ as the platform would have had to spend more to market the show after being off the air for an extended period of time.

Star Sarah Michelle Gellar, who also exec produced the show, told The Hollywood Reporter in March that writing for a potential second season was already underway. “We plan to do one,” she said when asked about a renewal for the show. “We’d like to. We haven’t gotten the official word. I think it’s a tough time right now with the strike coming up. It’s hard, but our numbers have been great and people are still really finding the show and getting excited about it, so I’m hopeful for a season two.”

Paramount+ had high hopes for the series, which launched out of the Teen Wolf: The Movie on the streamer. Belkom shared news of the cancellation Thursday (Jan. 25) and expressed frustration at the yearlong delay in making the official decision.

"Well, after just about a full year of uncertainty, the hammer finally fell today in Hollywood and news came out that Wolf Pack has been officially cancelled," said the author of the book series the show is based on.

Wolf Pack marked Gellar’s first live-action TV role since she played herself during a 2019 episode of CBS’ The Big Bang Theory. The former Buffy the Vampire Slayer actor last had a series regular role on CBS comedy The Crazy Ones, which ran for one season during the 2013-14 season.

Meanwhile, Paramount+ has yet to make decisions on the futures of scripted series Frasier, Lawmen: Bass Reeves, Special Ops: Lioness and the Beavis and Butt-head animated revival.

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Originally published: January 25, 2024.

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How to Stream 'Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning' For FREE With Paramount+

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning is streaming now on Paramount+! Try it FREE at ParamountPlus.com
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MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING

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Experience the Most Dangerous Mission Yet When the Worldwide Phenomenon Makes Its Streaming Debut

January 18, 2024 – Paramount+ today announced that the latest jaw-dropping chapter in the Mission: Impossible global action series – MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING will be available to stream on the service on Thursday, January 25, in the U.S. and in Canada. The film will premiere in additional Paramount+ international markets beginning in February 2024.

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Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: to track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With the fate of the world at stake, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission –  not even the lives of those he cares about most. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING stars Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Mariela Garriga, Henry Czerny, Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, Frederick Schmidt, Cary Elwes, Mark Gatiss, Indira Varma and Rob Delaney.

Produced by Paramount Pictures and Skydance, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING is a Tom Cruise Production and is directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Based on the television series created by Bruce Geller and written by Christopher McQuarrie & Erik Jendresen, the edge-of-your-seat thrill ride is produced by Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie and executive produced by David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Tommy Gormley, Chris Brock and Susan E. Novick.

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some language and suggestive material.

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Originally published: January 19, 2024.

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Classic Rugrats Comic Strip for January 25, 2024 | Nickelodeon

Classic Rugrats Comic Strip for January 25, 2024 | Nickelodeon

Stream the classic and the all new CG-animated Rugrats series on Paramount+! Try it FREE at ParamountPlus.com!

Rugrats, provided to Creators Syndicate by Nickelodeon, based off the popular animated television series has been created for children and family's to laugh and enjoy together.

Follow these comics and their take on real episodes of the show and their own spin on hilarious adventures.

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Skydance Media CEO David Ellison Makes Offer For Control Of Paramount Global Via National Amusements

David Ellison’s Skydance is said to have made a preliminary offer to buy Shari Redstone’s stake in National Amusements, the family holding company that controls Paramount Global, according to a Bloomberg report.

Reps for Skydance, National Amusements and Paramount Global declined to comment.

Deadline is hearing the the situation is “status quo” regarding Skydance’s pursuit of the media company, which was first reported in early December, and there’s a way to go in clinching a deal for the ultimate prize, Paramount Global.

National Amusements controls about 80% of Paramount Global’s voting stock. Ellison is mainly interested in the studio but Paramount won’t sell its crown jewel alone. Acquiring Redstone’s NAI stake would be cheaper than buying the entire company outright. The idea is that Ellison would merge Skydance and Paramount and look to divest the company’s other assets.

Warner Bros. Discovery was also kicking the tires of NAI/Paramount Global with CEO David Zaslav having conversations with both Shari Redstone and Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish. Wall Street gave that proposition a big thumbs down given WBD’s debt and struggle to get its own financial house in order since Discovery and Warner Media merged.

Rumors about a Paramount deal have heated up as the company’s financials are strained due to streaming losses, the ongoing decline of linear television and a weak ad market. The company is planning a round of layoffs involving hundreds of staffers.

Ellison’s backers would include his father, billionaire Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison. The Ellison family are Skydance’s majority shareholders. The fast-growing studio is a financier and producer on Paramount films including the smash Top Gun: Maverick, TV series and an animation division that has a multi-year deal with Netflix.

The move to go through National Amusements has been controversial with some investors of Paramount Global. Shari Redstone would receive a premium for her stake in NAI in that scenario, Paramount Global shareholders would not.

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Originally published: January 25, 2024.

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What's New on Paramount+ in February 2024 | Release Schedule

Here's your guide to what's new on Paramount+ in February 2024! Try Paramount+ for FREE at ParamountPlus.com!

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ORIGINALS, EXCLUSIVES & PREMIERES

2/1: A Bloody Lucky Day premiere

A down-on-his-luck taxi driver has an uncharacteristic streak of good fortune when he agrees to drive a mysterious man to a faraway city in exchange for an exorbitant fare.

2/2: Kokomo City*

The lives of four Black trans sex workers confront the dichotomy between the Black community and themselves in this intimate documentary.

2/2: Past Lives*

In this Academy Award® nominated film, Nora and Hae Sung—two deeply connected childhood friends—are parted after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Decades later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront destiny, love and the choices that make a life.

2/2: The Tiger's Apprentice

The life of Chinese-American teenager Tom Lee changes forever when he discovers he is part of a long lineage of magical protectors known as the Guardians. 

2/4: The 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards**

It’s music’s biggest night! Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers can livestream the GRAMMY Awards hosted by Trevor Noah and featuring powerful performances from Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Dua Lipa, Luke Combs, Travis Scott and more.

2/6: #Cybersleuths: The Idaho Murders premiere

In this docuseries, TikTok true-crime sleuths sift through clues, explore leads and try to unravel the brutal murders of four students at the University of Idaho.

2/8: Halo Season 2 premiere

With the galaxy on the brink of destruction, Master Chief John-117 leads his team of Spartans against the alien threat known as the Covenant.

2/21: The Family Stallone Season 2 premiere

There's no place like Stallone. Season 2 of the reality series follows Sly, Jennifer and their daughters as they leave Los Angeles. 

2/27: As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial

This eye-opening documentary follows Bronx rap artist Kemba as he explores the growing weaponization of rap lyrics in America's criminal justice system and abroad.

LIBRARY SHOWS

February 1

NFL Slimetime - Week 22 [N]

February 7

Bar Rescue (Season 8)

Behind The Music (Season 2)

Danger Force (Season 2) [N]

Fever Pitch: The Rise of the Premier League (Season 1)

MTV Couples Retreat (Season 3)

Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City Season 1-3

The Love Experiment (Season 1)

February 8

NFL Slimetime - Week 23 [N]

February 9

Super Bowl Greatest Commercials (2024)**

February 11

Tracker (Season 1)**

February 12

Bob Hearts Abishola (Season 5)**

NCIS (Season 21)**

NCIS: Hawai'i (Season 3)**

The Neighborhood (Season 6)**

February 13

FBI (Season 6)**

FBI: International (Season 3)**

FBI: Most Wanted (Season 5)**

February 14

The Smurfs (2021) (Season 2) [N]

VH1 Family Reunion: Love & Hip Hop Edition (Seasons 2-3)

February 15

Ghosts (Season 3)**

So Help Me Todd (Season 2)**

Young Sheldon (Season 7)**

February 16

100 Days to Indy (Season 1)

Blue Bloods (Season 14)**

Fire Country (Season 2)**

S.W.A.T. (Season 7)**

February 18

CSI: Vegas (Season 3)**

The Equalizer (Season 4)**

February 21

Black Ink Crew Los Angeles (Season 2)

Black Ink Crew New York (Season 10)

February 28

Air Disasters (Seasons 18-19)

Survivor (Season 46)**

February 29

Elsbeth (Season 1)**

LIBRARY MOVIES

February 1

12 Years a Slave

23 Walks

A River Runs Through It*

A Thousand Words*

A Walk on the Moon

Agent Revelation

Alfie (1966)

Alfie (2004)

All Styles

American Hangman

An Unfinished Life

Animal Kingdom

Another Kind of Wedding

Arrivederci, Baby!

Barefoot in the Park

Bangkok Dangerous*

Beastly

Beautiful Girls

Benefit of the Doubt

Birthday Girl

Bounce

Bound

Boys and Girls

Bridget Jones’s Baby

Bridget Jones's Diary

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Brown Girl Begins

Captive

Carolina

Case 39

Chicago

Chocolate City

Clue

Cold Brook

Cold in July*

Colewell

Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind*

Daniel*

Dead Water

Dirty Dancing*

Dirty Pretty Things*

Don't Look Now*

Downeast

Drillbit Taylor*

Echo in the Canyon

Ella Enchanted

Ellie and Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt)

Enduring Love

Enough Said*

Extraordinary Measures

Fade to Black

Fancy Pants

Foxfire

Freedom Writers

Freedom's Path

French Postcards

Fresh

Friedkin Uncut

Friends with Benefits

Fully Realized Humans

Fun in Acapulco

Funny Face

Game 6

G.I. Blues

Girls! Girls! Girls!

God's Pocket*

Hamlet (2004)

Hands Up

Harlem Nights

Harold and Maude

Hell or High Water

Hellion*

Home for the Holidays

Hoop Dreams

In & Out

It Started In Naples

International Falls

Interview With the Vampire

Italian for Beginners

Jersey Girl

Just a Kiss

KEVIN GARNETT: Anything Is Possible*

Kinky Boots (2006)

Labor Day

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life

Lee Daniels' The Butler

Like Water for Chocolate

Lincoln

Love Jones

Love Spreads

Love Story

Lucky Them*

Magnolia

Maid in Manhattan

Malena

Margot at the Wedding

Mindhunters*

Moonlight and Valentino

Morning Glory

Murder On The Orient Express* (1974)

Muriel’s Wedding

Night Falls On Manhattan*

No Country for Old Men

No Strings Attached

Once Upon A Time In The West*

Passion Play: Russell Westbrook*

Perfect Sense

Phil

Premature*

Project Ithaca

Red Tails

Rhapsody of Love

Risky Business

Roman Holiday

Romeo and Juliet*

Run with the Hunted

Sabrina (1954)

Sahara

Savage

Save the Last Dance

Shaft (2000)

Shuttlecock: Director's Cut

Sidewalks of New York

Sirens

Slow Burn*

Sound of Violence

Sunset Boulevard

Superpower*

Superstar

Swingers

The Appearance

The Cider House Rules

The Fighting Temptations

The First Nudie Musical

The Get Together

The Good Girl*

The Great Gatsby (1974)

The Harder They Come

The Help

The Honeymooners

The Iron Giant

The Ladies Man

The Ledge

The Long Kiss Goodnight

The Long Shadow

The Love Guru

The Loved Ones

The Original Kings of Comedy

The Out-of-Towners (1970)

The Out-of-Towners (1999)

The Ramen Girl

The Romantics

The Secret Life of Bees

The Sunlit Night

The Weather Man

The Wrong Todd

Tigerland

Tone-Deaf

Trading Places

True Grit (1969)

Urban Cowboy

Vampire in Brooklyn

Virtuosity*

Walkaway Joe

We Own the Night

We Were Soldiers

What Breaks the Ice*

What Women Want

When a Stranger Calls

When We Were Kings

Wuthering Heights (2003)

Why Stop Now

William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet*

Win A Date With Tad Hamilton!

Wish You Were Here

Your Sister's Sister

Zodiac

February 10

Pixie*

February 11

The Last Voyage of the Demeter*

February 23

End of Watch*

SPORTS

2/2-2/3: AFC Asian Cup Quarterfinals

2/3: NCAA Men’s Basketball – Wichita State @ Memphis*

2/3-2/4: PGA TOUR – AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (Third and Final Round Coverage)*

2/4: NCAA Men’s Basketball – Purdue @ Wisconsin*

2/4: Serie A – Inter vs. Juventus

2/6-2/7: AFC Asian Cup Semifinals

2/8: NFL Honors*

2/9: Super Bowl Greatest Commercials 2024*

2/10: Serie A – Roma vs. Inter

2/10: NCAA Men’s Basketball – Illinois@ Michigan State*

2/10: NCAA Men’s Basketball – Gonzaga @ Kentucky*

2/10: The Super Bowl Soulful Celebration 25th Anniversary*

2/10: AFC Asian Cup Final

2/11: Serie A – AC Milan vs. Napoli

2/11: YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE! The Show That Changed Sports Television Forever*

2/11: Super Bowl LVIII

2/13: UEFA Champions League – Copenhagen vs. Manchester City

2/13: UEFA Champions League – RB Leipzig vs. Real Madrid

2/14: UEFA Champions League – Paris Saint-Germain vs. Real Sociedad

2/14: UEFA Champions League – Lazio vs. Bayern Munich

2/15: UEFA Europa League & UEFA Europa Conference League

2/16: Barclays Women’s Super League – Chelsea vs. Manchester City

2/17: NCAA Men’s Basketball – Texas @ Houston*

2/17-2/18: PGA TOUR – The Genesis Invitational (Third and Final Round Coverage)*

2/18: Professional Bull Riders – Los Angeles*

2/18: NCAA Men’s Basketball – Purdue @ Ohio State*

2/20: Concacaf W Gold Cup – U.S. Women’s National Team vs. TBD

2/20: UEFA Champions League – Inter vs. Atlético Madrid

2/20: UEFA Champions League – PSV vs. Borussia Dortmund

2/21: UEFA Champions League – Napoli vs. Barcelona

2/21: UEFA Champions League – Porto vs. Arsenal

2/15: UEFA Europa League & UEFA Europa Conference League

2/23: Concacaf W Gold Cup – U.S. Women’s National Team vs. Argentina

2/24: NCAA Men’s Basketball – Houston @ Baylor*

2/24: NCAA Men’s Basketball – Washington @ Arizona*

2/24: NCAA Men’s Basketball – Alabama @ Kentucky*

2/25: NCAA Men’s Basketball – Creighton @ St. John’s*

2/25: NCAA Men’s Basketball – Purdue @ Michigan*

2/25: NCAA Men’s Basketball – Ohio State @ Michigan State*

2/26: Concacaf W Gold Cup – U.S. Women’s National Team vs. Mexico

Throughout February: Italian Serie A competition

Throughout February: Concacaf W Gold Cup competition 

Throughout February: AFC Men’s Asian Cup competition 

Throughout February: Scottish Professional Football League competition

Throughout February: UEFA Champions League competition

Throughout February: Barclays Women’s Super League competition

Throughout February: Argentina Liga Profesional de Fútbol competition 

* Title is available to Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers.

**All Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers can live stream CBS titles via the live feed on Paramount+. Those titles will be available to stream on-demand to all subscribers the day after they air live.

Dates for library titles are subject to change.

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More Nick: Paramount Plus Expands Kids and Family Programming with New Slate of Films and Series from Nickelodeon Studios!

Originally published: January 24, 2024 at 23:06 GMT.

H/T: Vital Thrills.

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