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\n\tChris Aronson, former domestic distribution chief at Paramount Pictures, has sued the studio, alleging he\u2019s owed millions of dollars in compensation after being let go last September as part of a round of layoffs shortly after its merger with Skydance Media. <\/p>\n

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\n\tAronson\u2019s attorney, Barry Kaufman, tells The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> he filed the complaint with Superior Court of Los Angeles County on Aug. 20 but it hasn\u2019t yet been formally processed yet before the document leaked online. \u201cI have not even received back a conformed copy of the Complaint and the associated documents from the court confirming that it was accepted for filing,\u201d Kaufman added.\u00a0Aronson did not reply for comment.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the complaint, Aronson claims that on Sept. 29 of last year \u2014 months into a new contract agreement inked in July that would have kept him at Paramount until Dec. 1, 2028 \u2014 he was summoned to a meeting with new Paramount co-chairs Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe duo informed him that he was terminated \u201cwithout cause,\u201d the complaint states, and that Greenstein assured him that Paramount would \u201cpay you everything you\u2019re owed under your contract\u201d and \u201cadded words to the effect that \u2018you\u2019re worth every penny.’\u201d Aronson claims that he was also informed that Paramount intended to \u201cdowngrade the position\u201d he was occupying. <\/p>\n

\n\tAs to that pay, \u201cthe remaining salary and incentive compensation under the agreement had an estimate value approaching $3.9 million,\u201d Aronson\u2019s states, per the unprocessed court document that leaked without a case number to Deadline. \u201cWhen the value of lost employment benefits and related compensation components is included, Aronson\u2019s projected economic damages exceed $4 million.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tShortly after the timeline Aronson outlines, Paramount announced in November that it hired Shaun Barber, who spent 18 years at Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment handling such blockbuster franchises like John Wick<\/em>, The Hunger Games<\/em> and Twilight<\/em>, as its new domestic distribution chief. Aronson stayed on until Dec. 1, when Barber took over that role. <\/p>\n

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\n\tAt the time of his layoff, Aronson was 69 years old. The executive\u2019s complaint states that as part of his termination process, he received disclosure data related to broader layoffs at the company and his own independently commissioned analysis found a statistical pattern of age discrimination. That included layoffs of 62 employees aged 40 years or older and 30 staffers under the age of 40. Aronson claims that Paramount\u2019s HR department was aware of age-related impacts of its employment moves made for business strategy reasons.<\/p>\n

\n\tAronson, who had overseen the theatrical distribution efforts on titles like Top Gun: Maverick<\/em>, as well as multiple Mission: Impossible<\/em>, Sonic the Hedgehog<\/em> and A Quiet Place<\/em> installments, stayed with the studio through December of last year. He joined Paramount in 2019 after running distribution at 20th Century Fox prior to the Disney acquisition of Fox studio assets. His contract was renewed in 2022 by Paramount and again in 2025, months before he was terminated. <\/p>\n

\n\tAt the time of the September meeting, Paramount execs had \u201csuggested and dangled the prospect of a future consulting relationship\u201d that never materialized. Aronson had subsequently taken on a consulting role to Rentrak Theatrical, the box office data platform formerly known as Comscore Movies, a division that he once founded. <\/p>\n

\n\tAronson\u2019s complaint says that Paramount not only terminated the role but \u201cabruptly ended what reasonably appeared to be the final chapter of a distinguished career in theatrical distribution.\u201d Paramount declined comment on the suit.<\/p>\n

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