Overview

• Paramount secured the film package High Side in a highly competitive auction under co-chairs Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein.
• Timothée Chalamet is officially set to star and James Mangold to direct the motocross-bank-heist thriller.
• Jaime Oliveira will adapt his own unpublished story into the screenplay, with Peter Chernin and David Ready attached to produce for Chernin Entertainment.
• The project has moved into pre-production, with casting plans and scheduling to be aligned with Chalamet’s and Mangold’s existing commitments.
• The acquisition underscores Paramount’s renewed emphasis on bold, star-driven original projects under David Ellison’s leadership following the studio’s Skydance Media takeover.