Paramount Names Lia Buman as Head of Global Acquisitions and Republic Pictures

The co-founder of Tango Entertainment will be tasked with expanding the studio’s acquisition pipeline

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Lia Buman (Paramount)

Paramount Pictures has named Lia Buman as its new head of global acquisitions and its Republic Pictures label, reporting to Paramount Pictures Co-Chairs Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein. 

The hire is part of efforts by the Skydance-owned studio to expand the studio’s acquisitions pipeline. Buman comes to Paramount from Tango Entertainment, a production company and financier she co-founded with Tim Headington in 2017.

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Jeremy Fuster

Jeremy Fuster, Film Reporter, joined TheWrap in 2016 and covers box office and labor news. He received a National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award for his coverage of the 2023 WGA Strike and was nominated by the LA Press Club as Best Entertainment Journalist. He can be reached at jeremy.fuster@thewrap.com.

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