00:00ViacomCBS is giving us an offer we can't refuse.
00:04The company is planning to rebrand CBS All Access as Paramount Plus in early 2021,
00:09stalking the expanded service with originals that have close ties to well-known franchises
00:14from The Godfather to Criminal Minds to The Game. CEO Bob Backish said in a statement,
00:19with Paramount Plus, we're excited to establish one global streaming brand in the broad-paced
00:24segment that will draw on the sheer breadth and depth of the ViacomCBS portfolio to offer
00:29an extraordinary collection of content for everyone to enjoy. In the lead-up to the rebrand,
00:33ViacomCBS has been filling CBS All Access with additional programming, adding to a lineup that
00:38currently includes The Good Fight and Star Trek Discovery with a mix of scripted, unscripted,
00:43and kid series. Among the projects in the works is The Offer, a 10-episode scripted limited series
00:48from writer-executive producer Michael Tolkien about Al Reddy's experience producing The Godfather.
00:53CBS All Access added the Godfather trilogy to its catalog this summer.
00:57Another show in the works is a revival of Mara Brock Akil's sitcom The Game,
01:01which ran for nine seasons on The CW and BET, and now streams on Netflix as part of BET's
01:07programming on the streamer. Paramount Plus will also be the home of The Real Criminal Minds,
01:11a true crime docu-series based on the long-running ABC procedural from CBS TV studios,
01:17and a reimagined behind-the-music from MTV that looks at the 40 biggest artists of the past 40 years.
01:23These projects join the previously announced children's series Camp Quarrel,
01:27set in the world of Nickelodeon's Spongebob Squarepants. For more on this story,
01:30head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.
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