Paramount Pictures continues its streak of high-profile deals, sealing a first-look, multi-picture deal with Will Smith and his company Westbrook .

Following the closing of the Skydance merger last month, the new pact with Smith will focus on creating global, four-quadrant theatrical movies with franchise-starting and IP-based films.

The terms encompass a first-look deal with a development commitment to franchise-starters positioned as starring vehicles for Smith, which include the thriller Sugar Bandits and Rabbit Hole. Westbrook will be based on the Paramount lot in Hollywood.

Based on the book Devils in Exile by Chuck Hogan, Sugar Bandits follows a former Special Forces soldier who runs an elite vigilante squad working to wipe out the drug trade in Boston.

Rabbit Hole

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