Shearmur also worked for two years at Paramount as co-president of production, where she was responsible for the studio's literary productions such as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Stop-Loss, Zodiac, Dreamgirls, Charlotte's Web, Nacho Libre, and Failure to Launch. In 2008, she moved to Lionsgate as President of motion picture production. While at Lionsgate she produced the first two Hunger Games movies, then executive produced the final two.