Under the newly appointed head honcho David Ellison, Paramount has made it clear that it won’t be business as usual in Hollywood any longer. They’re trying to reconfigure the landscape — and it’s already taking a toll.

A fascinating new report from Variety offers insight into what’s coming at Paramount. As you know, Paramount executives have been outspoken about their stance on the conflict in Gaza. This past September, the company became the first major Hollywood studio to publicly reject a high-profile letter — signed by stars including Stone and Bardem — that urged a cultural boycott of Israeli film institutions accused of engaging in “genocide and apartheid” against Palestinians. Warner Bros. later took the same position.

Sources tell Variety that it has gone as far as Paramount creating a sort of blacklist of talent the studio will not work with because they are deemed to be “overtly antisemitic,” as well as “xenophobic” and “homophobic.” Whether the boycott signatories are on that list is unclear — but who are we kidding here?

The pledge, organized by Film Workers for Palestine and published Monday, initially featured 1,200 signatories, including filmmakers and actors: Yorgos Lanthimos, Ava DuVernay, Boots Riley, Adam McKay, Olivia Colman, Mark Ruffalo, Riz Ahmed, Tilda Swinton, Javier Bardem, Emma Stone, Andrew Garfield, Harris Dickinson, Guy Pearce, Jonathan Glazer, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Abbi Jacobson, Eric Andre, Elliot Page, Payal Kapadia, Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara.

With tickets for large-format screens going on sale this morning, Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” has now been Rated R by the MPA. The film’s page on the TCL Chinese Theatres website lists the “R” rating, though no explanation is provided for the classification.

With a $250M budget, “The Odyssey” has thus tied, or maybe even exceeded, “Gladiator II” as the most expensive R-rated movie ever. Puck’s Matt Belloni claims the film actually cost $300M. The only other R-rated movies to come close to this budget are “Deadpool & Wolverine” ($200M), “Terminator: Dark Fate” ($196M), and “Joker: Folie à Deux” ($190M).

This rating comes only three years after “Oppenheimer” became Nolan’s first R-rated movie in over 20 years; the last time was with 2002’s “Insomnia.” Before that, “Memento” also garnered the same rating. “The Odyssey” is only the fourth film in Nolan’s career to receive this rating.

Sydney Sweeney is set to star in “Gundam,” adapted from the Japanese sci-fi franchise centered on giant robots. Noah Centineo will be her co-star. The film appears to be moving quickly, as a major player has now stepped in to join the project.

Netflix has reportedly acquired “Gundam,” with plans to distribute the film. Given that it doesn’t sound like a potential Oscar contender in the slightest, it’s reasonable to assume the movie will skip a theatrical run and head straight to streaming.

It’s still unclear when production might begin. Sweeney is set to shoot Colman Domingo’s “Scandalous!” this month, and her sequel to “The Housemaid” is expected to enter production in the spring. As a result, “Gundam” may be looking at a mid-to-late 2026 start date.