Paramount

Like so many other writer-directors, Alex Kurtzman grew up worshiping film.But he is adaptable — and in the streaming era, that is a very lucrative trait.Mr. Kurtzman, the onetime writer of the “Transformers” movies and the director of the…

Bob Bakish, President and Chief Executive Officer of ViacomCBS Inc., center left, and Shari Redstone, Chairman of VicaomCBS Inc., applaud during the opening bell in celebration of the company's merger on Nasdaq MarketSite in New York,…